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Author Archives: Drew Taylor
Weekend Movies: ‘Fast’-er Pussycat, Kill Kill
This weekend is a big ol’ grab bag of genres and choices. Unfortunately, like most weekends, the majority of the movies being unleashed – both into the malls and multiplexes and the smaller art houses – are terrible. But hey, “Sum...
Weekend Box Office: Birds Beat Easter Bunny
Easter weekend moviegoers went for the birds again, as ‘Rio’ was the number one film for the second week in a row. I thought that maybe ‘Hop’, the movie about the mischievous, rock ‘n roll-playing Easter Bunny, might pull a holida...
Weekend Movies: Battle of the Jungle Animals
Since I’m always looking for ways to frame the weekend movie brawl, when I see two movies that have jungle animals in the title, well, it’s pretty easy. It looks like things really should come down to Fox’s ‘Water for Elephants’ v...
Weekend Box Office: ‘Rio’ Rocks It
After opening strong internationally last week, ‘Rio’ finally made its way to its country of origin (the movie was produced by Greenwich, CT-based Blue Sky Studios) and kicked similar amounts of ass. Never mind that it’s overlong,...
Weekend Movies: The Weekend of Meh
Well, this weekend is pretty dreary. We’re stuck in the netherworld between the prestigious Oscar season and the bombardment of summer, where studios either try to push movies that are sort-of summery, or just get rid of junk that...
Now Playing: ‘Rio’ Flaps Its Wings but Doesn’t
When I panned ‘Hop’ a couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine said, “It doesn’t matter – all kids care about is whether or not it’s funny.” This might be true, but it also isn’t an excuse, especially in an age of Pixar and ‘Fantasti...
Now Playing: Nothing to ‘Scream’ About
First, a brief biographical note: When the first ‘Scream‘ came out way back in 1996, I (like most people) missed it during its initial theatrical run. There was a second-run house where I grew up in Texas that showed movies for a ...
Danny Boyle Does ‘Frankenstein’
One of the many great pleasures in watching director Danny Boyle’s career unfold is the inability to pin him down as he bounces from one genre to another – from zombie tale (‘28 Days Later‘) to trippy sci-fi freakout (‘Sunshine‘) ...
Weekend Box Office: ‘Hop’ Stays on Top (See What I Di
For the second weekend in a row, the furry appeal of ‘Hop’ was too much for audiences (perhaps sedated or heavily drugged) to resist. The Russell Brand-voiced Easter Bunny movie made it to the #1 spot again. That’s interesting bec...
Weekend Movies: ‘High’, ‘Hanna’ and Russe
Once again, the films surging into the box office this weekend are a mixed bag of genres, for a wide range of audiences. There’s something here whether you like your young girls as assassins or shark attack victims, want a cheeky ...
Now Playing: ‘Hanna’ Slays
It’s funny to watch the marketing for ‘Hanna’, Joe Wright’s new little girl assassin film that opens this weekend, change and evolve. When the first trailers came out, the advertising emphasized the film’s weirdness – its spooky m...