The desire among studios to create elaborate and gimmicky collector’s edition packaging for movies on disc sometimes hits the point of absurdity – especially when, as I experienced recently with the ‘Close Encounters o...
Wondering what the most exciting Blu-ray release of the week is? You don’t need to tie me up with a magic lasso of truth to find out. In fact, please don’t do that.
After several weeks of low attendance, this Labor Day improved on last week’s performance, but still ended up being the worst Labor Day holiday since 2000. Giving weight to how bad it was, ‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard...
Welcome to September. Although this first weekend offers almost nothing for new movies, the weeks that follow are likely to drive more box office revenue than August. If you can bear with one more barren week, the drought should c...
Does a bad ending ruin an otherwise good movie? Can you forgive a film that stumbles in its last act if you enjoyed the rest of it? This week’s Roundtable is all about movies that come so close to greatness, but fail to stic...
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...
So, of course, the biggest release this week is the mega-budgeted superhero sequel ‘Iron Man 2.’ But there are a couple of lower profile movies coming out this weekend too. No, seriously.
