Who Needs ‘Star Wars’ in 3-D?
By now, I’m sure that everyone has heard the news that George Lucas intends to convert all six of his ‘Star Wars’ movies to 3-D and re-release them to theaters one per year, staring in 2011. Is anyone actually ex...
By now, I’m sure that everyone has heard the news that George Lucas intends to convert all six of his ‘Star Wars’ movies to 3-D and re-release them to theaters one per year, staring in 2011. Is anyone actually ex...
This holiday weekend (What is it? Columbus Day? When you’re a writer every day is a work day) was an all-out battle. Disney’s feel-good true-life sports picture ‘Secretariat’ battled gooey romantic comedy &...
Earlier this year, Warner Bros. made the rather bold announcement that the studio intended to present all of its future “tentpole” movies in 3-D. While some of these films would be native 3-D productions, a good number...
The “Director’s Cut.” The “Extended Edition.” The “Unrated Version.” Since the dawn of the DVD era (and even earlier), it’s been a Hollywood staple for filmmakers and studios to add ...
Yes, that’s the theme of this weekend’s crop of new movies: really long titles. From ‘It’s Kind of a Funny Story,’ to ‘Life As We Know It,’ to ‘My Soul to Take’ (not to mention...
So, between the time that I saw ‘The Social Network’ last week and the time that it opened a few days ago, people have been asking me what kind of box office impact “the Facebook movie” might make. I had se...
As the fall movie season opens, Hollywood unleashes on theaters a torrent of prestige pictures, Oscar bait, and potential holiday blockbusters. For this week’s Roundtable, we take a look at the films we’re most anticip...
Take heart, moviegoers! There are two good movies – like really, really good movies (in fact, if I want to be grandiose, two of the best movies of the year) – coming to the multiplex near you! When was the last time I said there w...
‘Buried,’ the new Ryan Reynolds thriller, opens with our charismatic actor trapped in a small wooden coffin several feet underground. The rest of the movie takes place in this small space. Literally. If you have a prob...
At the press conference following the New York Film Festival press screening of ‘The Social Network,’ director David Fincher jokingly compared his college-set tale of betrayal and jealousy to ‘American Graffiti.&...
Ah, Mark Romanek. You’re sort of a genius. You pioneered the art form of music videos and made a brilliant, if somewhat aloof feature debut in the form of the psychological thriller ‘One Hour Photo.’ Then you was...
The New York Film Festival, hosted by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, kicked off last Friday night with the dazzling debut of David Fincher’s newest masterpiece, ‘The Social Network.’ The Festival continues f...