Steven Soderbergh Calls It Quits
Did you realize that the upcoming medical thriller ‘Side Effects’ will be the last theatrical feature film from Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh? Were you even aware that Soderbergh directed ‘Side Effects...
Did you realize that the upcoming medical thriller ‘Side Effects’ will be the last theatrical feature film from Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh? Were you even aware that Soderbergh directed ‘Side Effects...
Besides ‘Escape from Tomorrow‘, the other hot ticket at Sundance this year was a little movie in the U.S. Dramatic Competition called ‘Fruitvale’. It’s the cinematic equivalent of getting punched in t...
Out of all the movies that I saw during Sundance this year, a little title called ‘Blue Caprice’ was the most affecting. There were other movies I liked more, but in terms of a film’s ability to elicit deep emoti...
Last week, nerd worlds collided when Lucasfilm’s new corporate owners at Disney announced that the next ‘Star Wars’ movie will be directed by J.J. Abrams, the man currently holding the reins of the ‘Star Tr...
Every year at Sundance, one movie bursts out of obscurity to become the hottest ticket of the festival. Last year, that was ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild‘. A year before that, it was ‘Catfish’. This yearR...
There’s been a lot of porn at Sundance this year, for whatever reason. Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s directorial debut centers on a ‘Jersey Shore’ type who’s addicted to watching it.
Of this weekend’s three wide releases, not one met box office expectations. The most star-studded couldn’t even crack the Top 5.
Have you ever watched a movie trailer that was so jaw-droppingly awful that you couldn’t believe the film got made in the first place? Of course you have. With the releases of ‘Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters’...
‘Primer’ director Shane Carruth’s ‘Upstream Color’ is a puzzling array of stunning images, pieced together with limited dialogue, and collectively glued by one of the most immersive soundscapes I̵...
I’ve been following the case of the West Memphis Three ever since HBO aired the first ‘Paradise Lost’ documentary in 1996. I was 15 then, and at that age, I was outraged at how the justice system in Arkansas fail...
‘Quartet’ marks the directing debut of Dustin Hoffman, who is now five years shy of 80, and the two make a great pairing, just like a good wine and cheese. Hoffman took his cues from Ronald Harwood’s play and fro...
Here we have another fine example of studios pushing titles that wouldn’t stand a chance opening against “real” movies. January is the month where these misfits are laid to rest… and it can’t end quic...