Weekend Box Office: Spirits Point to Success
In preparation for Halloween, teenagers went out in droves to see the only teen-friendly scary movie in cinemas.
In preparation for Halloween, teenagers went out in droves to see the only teen-friendly scary movie in cinemas.
Last week, we looked back at the best movies released during the years we were born. For this week’s Roundtable, I thought it would be interesting to jump forward a decade and identify our favorite movies from the time we ea...
After a few congested weekends, this one takes a step back with just two new wide releases of mild interest. One’s a product-placing teenage horror flick and the other’s an R-rated shoot-’em-up.
Making a horror movie about a Ouija board should be a bunt. The spiritual conduit/family friendly board game has been creeping out kids at sleepovers and slumber parties for decades. Merely mounting a competent ghost story around ...
Lately, the impending arrival of a Keanu Reeves action movie has been something to dread rather than get excited about. Thankfully, the delightfully nostalgic, deliberate throwback ‘John Wick’ has put an end to these c...
Birdman is a big swinging bit of show-off filmmaking for everyone involved. Thankfully, the final result is wildly entertaining and just plain weird enough to justify all the grandstanding. No single member of the team succeeds mo...
Generally speaking, movies about teacher/student relationships in the world of jazz music aren’t typically described by words like “incendiary,” “vicious” or “masterpiece.” ‘Whiplash...
For too long, men have like Seth Rogen have dominated the “adult child” comedy market, as if women were impervious to the comedic charms of being ludicrously immature twenty-somethings. Thankfully, along comes ‘L...
Last week, hoping to finally put up a real fight against the hugely successful Marvel Cinematic Universe, Warner Bros. announced an aggressive slate of upcoming comic book superhero movies based on its DC Comics properties. Which ...
If nothing else, ‘Horns’ can’t be faulted for lacking ambition. The quirky, Magic Realist comedy with hints of horror desperately wants to be one of those cross-genre head-trips that tosses various influences int...
Over this very congested weekend, Brad Pitt and his tank plowed through the competition to win the top spot at the box office.
In this week’s Roundtable, let’s look back in time a little and mark some milestones. What was the best movie released the year you were born? This may or may not happen to be the film that won the Oscar that year, but...