Weekend Movies: Leak of the Devil
This weekend’s two biggest new movies revisit familiar ground. One takes us back in time to ’80s buddy action flicks, the other remakes a horror classic. Pick your poison.
This weekend’s two biggest new movies revisit familiar ground. One takes us back in time to ’80s buddy action flicks, the other remakes a horror classic. Pick your poison.
Despite competition from another acclaimed Oscar-contender, ‘Gravity’ held its grip on the box office this weekend. Meanwhile, the ‘Machete’ sequel was dead on arrival, and North America said “No More...
Talk about a counter-programming. As the Oscar contenders continue to roll out, this weekend is all over the place with an over-the-top B-movie and yet another remake of Shakespeare’s most famous love story.
Just one week after ‘Gravity’, we get another major Oscar contender. Paul Greengrass, the director mostly known for movies that are shaky as hell, has finally made a film that actually warrants shaky-cam. Set almost en...
It doesn’t always go this way, but I love when great movies receive their box office rewards and bad movies pay the price. This weekend, justice was served.
Two disaster films open this week. One is about a disaster, and the other simply is a disaster.
This week offers a perfect example of counter-programming. On the one hand, we have an R-rated, hard-to-watch tale of two fathers coping with the kidnapping of their daughters. On the other, there’s a PG-13 dance drama. And ...
For the umpteenth time this year, a tiny horror movie has destroyed another title that should have done much better. With the genre still going strong, don’t expect the scary streak to end anytime soon.
This summer was one for the books. Tentpoles flopped while horror thrived. Fittingly, this Friday the 13th offers another horror sequel, as well as a mobster comedy infused with action. Which will you choose?
With only one wide release, there was no question about what would open in the top spot at the box office this weekend. The real question was whether it would earn enough to make the threequel worthwhile. Unfortunately, it’s...
When the only nationwide release of the weekend is a sequel to a nine-year-old Vin Diesel flop, you should know that it’s time to stay home. Ready or not, September is here.
The way I see it, there are three types of people who will want to see ‘Riddick’ this weekend: 1) those who enjoy the established character and want to see more, 2) those who like Vin Diesel and his ‘Fast and Fur...