Weekend Movies: The End (of Summer) Is Near
Here we go, folks. August is the final month of summer blockbusters. I would hardly define any of this weekend’s movies as “blockbusters,” but they’re much closer than next weekend’s releases, so this...
Here we go, folks. August is the final month of summer blockbusters. I would hardly define any of this weekend’s movies as “blockbusters,” but they’re much closer than next weekend’s releases, so this...
A few indie horror filmmakers lent their hands to the bloody, silly, fun B-movie flick ‘You’re Next’. Director Adam Wingard doesn’t shy away from chopping faces or slitting throats, and has cast horror-mate...
‘The World’s End’ is the third film in the so-called “Cornetto Ice Cream Trilogy” by Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. This one is just as much fun and even more action-packed than ‘Shaun...
Witty and prolific crime novelist Elmore Leonard passed away on Tuesday at the age of 87. Over the course of his long career, a couple dozen of the author’s stories were adapted to film (some of them more than once) by sever...
Much like how ‘Forest Gump’ was a feather in the wind, observing and interacting with major historic events through the decades, ‘Lee Daniels’ The Butler’ uses a similar plot device as we follow a bla...
From the director of ‘Smashed‘ and the writers of ‘(500) Days of Summer‘ comes a charming little gem called ‘The Spectacular Now’. In a way, this is a high-school movie, but one that’s who...
Of this weekend’s four wide releases, only one walked away a success. One of the other three did all right, but the others flopped hard.
The bio-pic genre is a reliable Hollywood staple. After all, when you run out of original stories to tell, why not just base a movie on a real person’s life and let history write the script for you? The success of a bio-pic ...
There have been nearly twenty sequels, spin-offs or reboots since April – some good, some not so good. This weekend gives us yet another, as well as three original movies, each opening on more than 2,000 screens.
Joshua Michael Stern’s bio-pic about one of the world’s greatest tech innovators offers a selective look into the life of Steve Jobs and his first twenty rocky years with Apple. Not only does the film present an inform...
Mark Millar’s ultra-violent superhero story is back in ‘Kick-Ass 2’. If you can believe it, this highly entertaining sequel amps everything up to eleven. From the characters to the story and especially the violen...
Lindsay Lohan is back. And I don’t mean “back on her feet.” I mean “back at being trashy and gross.” Go figure. Bret Easton Ellis’ latest venture will make you want to immediately take a shower ...