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Ubiquitous though they may be, it’s damn hard to make a decent teen movie. The “growing up n’ getting out” or “growing up n’ getting laid” structures have all been worn pretty thin and it&...
Ubiquitous though they may be, it’s damn hard to make a decent teen movie. The “growing up n’ getting out” or “growing up n’ getting laid” structures have all been worn pretty thin and it&...
Breaking into record-setting territory, Steven Spielberg’s 22-year-old dino franchise is far from extinct.
We may never get to see living dinosaurs in real life, but movies and TV have resurrected the prehistoric monsters for decades. As the ‘Jurassic Park’ franchise stampedes back to theaters this weekend, we look at some ...
This weekend should end any anxiety caused by the unanswered question: “How will a fourth ‘Jurassic Park’ movie compare to the 22-year-old original?”
No other television series has spawned more retrospective documentaries than ‘Saturday Night Live’. To be fair, no other show in the history of television has a comparable legacy of launching generations of comedy star...
Reduced down to its logline of a title, ‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’ sounds like an almost impossibly twee indie film too syrupy to stomach. Mixing together hipster quirk with cancer tears, the movie should be the ...
With the death of Sir Christopher Lee, cinema has lost not just one, but several icons.
It’s amazing how a few decades can change standards in moviegoing. In 1993, simply seeing Steven Spielberg throw credible dinosaurs up on the big screen qualified as an unprecedented success of cinematic spectacle. These day...
Most great documentaries are found as much as crafted. Crystal Moselle’s Sundance award-winning doc ‘The Wolfpack’ certainly features one of those miraculous subjects that documentarians can spend an entire caree...
It’s an interesting time for Westerns. In the big picture, the genre is essentially dead. Yet, on a small scale it’s incredibly vibrant. The only time that Westerns get made these days are essentially as auteur pieces ...
Some of the best known and respected actors are starring in roles that demand pretty big shoes this year. In the past, they’ve proven themselves adequately and, for the most part, to the satisfaction of the box office. Aside...
With glowing reviews and great word-of-mouth, it’s no surprise that Melissa McCarthy’s new comedy came in at the top of the box office this weekend. However, much like Warners’ big-screen revival of an HBO series...