‘Cinderella’ Review: Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Reboot
If you told me 10-15 years ago that there would be a live action ‘Cinderella’ movie directed by Kenneth Branagh and written by half the directors of ‘American Pie’, I would have told you to “Shut yo m...
If you told me 10-15 years ago that there would be a live action ‘Cinderella’ movie directed by Kenneth Branagh and written by half the directors of ‘American Pie’, I would have told you to “Shut yo m...
When it was announced that Adam Sandler would make a movie with writer/director Tom McCarthy (‘The Station Agent’, ‘The Visitor’), I admit to feeling a little excited. After all, Sandler was fascinating in ...
Issue-based documentaries can often be annoying works of righteous indignation and preaching rather than actual films. It’s rare that an issue doc could be described with a word like “cinematic,” and certainly Ki...
‘Merchants of Doubt’, the latest documentary from ‘Food, Inc.’ director Robert Kenner, takes on the issue of pundits-for-hire who present themselves as scientific authorities to cloud controversial topics (...
As bad as Neill Blomkamp’s robot movie did this weekend, it’s nowhere close to being as big a bomb as Vince Vaughn’s new comedy.
Poor Vince Vaughn. At one point, he was one of the wildest and most unpredictable comedy performers in indie film. Then, for a while he managed to bring his off-kilter machine-gun rants into the mainstream with considerable succes...
This mixed bag of a weekend offers three new movies in wide release, each of which will only appeal to a certain demographic with a specific taste. What tastes would those be? Bad taste, geek taste, and fluffy sweet taste.
I can’t believe that the absolutely abysmal ‘Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ made enough money to justify the production of a sequel. The elderly all-stars return for another round of mildly racist pandering and a fr...
‘District 9’ was an explosive announcement of new directorial voice, but now, two movies later, Neill Blomkamp is still struggling to top or even match it. The verdict has yet to drop as to whether he’s a one-hit...
Based on the most successful kidnapping in history (in terms of ransom returns) and featuring a pretty damn impressive British cast, ‘Kidnapping Mr. Heineken’ is a genre movie that should have made itself. The material...
Generally speaking, there are two types of laughter that any comedian or filmmaker can pull from an audience. The first is a goofy, joyous, thoughtless laughter. The second is the kind of laughter that sticks in your throat and hu...
Terrible storms throughout the nation have once again taken a toll on the domestic box office. Both of the weekend’s new wide releases debuted lower than anticipated, but some Oscar winners scored a nice little bump.