Weekend Box Office: Drag Along
After nearly a month at the top of the box office charts, ‘The Force Awakens’ was finally dethroned by the ‘Ride Along’ sequel. As it turns out, that’s not the only movie that out-grossed ‘Star ...
After nearly a month at the top of the box office charts, ‘The Force Awakens’ was finally dethroned by the ‘Ride Along’ sequel. As it turns out, that’s not the only movie that out-grossed ‘Star ...
This week, we both lost David Bowie and gained a new movie starring Ice Cube. I’m not sure that’s a fair trade-off, frankly. Nonetheless, that’s what the universe decided to bring us. With no other connection bet...
This weekend, three films attempt to take down the reigning box office champ ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’. One tells the true story of a controversial assault against Americans in Libya, one is an animated family fli...
The 2014 buddy-cop comedy ‘Ride Along’ wasn’t very good. However, it was released in a slow winter movie season to great success. Hollywood logic dictates that’s more than enough to earn a sequel. So now we...
Before I get into this review, I should start with a semi-apology. I did this with ‘American Sniper’ as well, even though it didn’t make a lick of difference when the comments piled up. I want to make it clear th...
Just as we’re reeling from the loss of David Bowie, beloved character actor Alan Rickman has likewise passed away at the age of 69 following a battle with cancer.
Let’s put all that Golden Globe nonsense behind us and get on with the real awards. The 2016 Oscar nominations were announced this morning by actor Zachary Levi and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Chery...
If the inevitably Oscar-nominated ‘Inside Out’ represents a gold standard in CGI family entertainment, then ‘Norm of the North’ represents the shit standard. This cynically and cheaply produced animated fli...
After debuting to great acclaim at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, director Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s remarkable debut ‘Mustang’ slides into North American screens with Oscar aspirations. Condensed down to co...
Along with all the sequels and superhero flicks hitting screens this year, moviegoers can also expect a wide selection of animated family features in 2016.
I’ve been remiss in talking about notable celebrity deaths here in the blog recently. Among others I’ve neglected to mention were the great cinematographers Haskell Wexler and Vilmos Zsigmond. Death isn’t somethi...
For the fourth consecutive week, ‘Star Wars’ held the top spot at the box office and continued breaking records. However, it was nearly defeated by Leonardo DiCaprio and his bear.