The Trailer Park: Monsters, Spies & Hobbits
The end-of-the-year cinematic lineup promises some thrills, adventure and lots of escapist fantasy. Yet only one new trailer has me convinced to pay the theater price to watch its movie on a big screen.
The end-of-the-year cinematic lineup promises some thrills, adventure and lots of escapist fantasy. Yet only one new trailer has me convinced to pay the theater price to watch its movie on a big screen.
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.
This week’s theatrical release of ‘Gravity’ is the latest in an intriguing genre of films that take place primarily in a single location with a small cast of characters. If you think that sounds like an incredibl...
Two disaster films open this week. One is about a disaster, and the other simply is a disaster.
Even the title is bad. ‘Runner Runner’ might have looked good on paper, especially when director Brad Furman (‘The Lincoln Lawyer‘) hired Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake and Gemma Arterton to star in this on...
You’re bound to read all sorts of hyperbolic love for Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Gravity’. Just so you know, it’s all true.
Animation was once again king at the box office this weekend. Meanwhile, two major awards contenders made disappointing debuts.
We went negative with last week’s Roundtable topic about worst movie endings. This week, let’s turn that around to talk about movies that had truly great opening scenes that really grabbed us right from the start.
It looks as though the Hollywood studios hope to counter the usual September box office slump with a slew of high profile releases this week. In addition to a heavyweight CG-animated sequel, there’s a major awards contender,...
In addition to starring, Joseph Gordon-Levitt makes his debut as a writer/director with ‘Don Jon’. At its core, the movie shows a simple man’s transition from an unlikable sex-obsessed douchebag into a somewhat f...
If you cast your net in the same place twice, you’re bound to come up a little empty the second time around. What? You don’t understand fishing metaphors? Well, let me explain.
There’s no doubt that Ron Howard can make great films. His movies have won numerous awards and have starred some of the biggest names in the business at one point or another. That said, with only a few exceptions such as ...