I Thought It Sounded Like a Bad Idea
Late last week, I’d written up a post about Mel Gibson making a cameo appearance in ‘The Hangover 2’, and how that didn’t seem like a wise decision to me. Lo and behold, before I could run the article, news...
Late last week, I’d written up a post about Mel Gibson making a cameo appearance in ‘The Hangover 2’, and how that didn’t seem like a wise decision to me. Lo and behold, before I could run the article, news...
C’mon, be honest now. If you have any sort of movie collection, there’s no doubt at least one title you’d rather not admit to owning. We all have them. For this week’s Roundtable, it’s time to come cl...
The two major releases this weekend both involve ghostly visions from beyond the grave, which are either reassuring (as in Clint Eastwood’s ‘Hereafter’) or scary-as-hell (‘Paranormal Activity 2’). Oth...
If you want to be surprised by ‘Paranormal Activity 2,’ then you should probably stop reading this review. When you’ve seen it (and you will; this thing is going to be a big hit), come back to this review, read w...
Hey, you guys like regular features, right? How about a weekly rundown of the Oscar race as it heats up, with an emphasis on various categories and an overall assessment of how things are shaping up? Well, that’s what I plan...
This week’s poll was inspired by this past weekend’s Roundtable discussion, in which we asked everyone to sound off about directors who just shouldn’t make any more movies. Perhaps the most controversial selectio...
Huh. Maybe this is America’s anti-intellectual tendency rearing its head. After two weekends of David Fincher’s rapid-fire, whip-smart ‘Social Network’ reigning over the box office, the jackasses have now m...
Do you remember how I was saying just last week that Warner Bros. had cancelled plans to convert the upcoming ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1’ into 3-D for its theatrical release this November? I applaude...
This week’s Roundtable topic was suggested by Dick. As soon as I heard it, I knew we needed to do this one right way. So, here it is: If you had the power to make one director stop making movies, who would it be?
The weekend’s big ticket movie choices basically boil down to two options: the three-dimensional silliness of Johnny Knoxville and company’s ‘Jackass 3D’ or the geriatric spy thriller ‘RED.’ Tha...
‘RED,’ based on a comic book by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner, is about a bunch of killer retirees. That’s not exactly the sexiest sell to modern audiences, but there’s an intriguing twist. These ex-CIA age...
If this week’s earlier box office recap had a certain “written while waiting for dinner at an East Hampton bar” feel to it, well, that’s exactly the situation it was written under. The fact was that I took ...