‘Outcast’ Review: A Medieval Mess
If it’s 2015 and you’ve made a movie starring Nicolas Cage and Hayden Christensen, it’s either a parody or something went horribly wrong. While ‘Outcast’ definitely has a handful of laughs, none of th...
If it’s 2015 and you’ve made a movie starring Nicolas Cage and Hayden Christensen, it’s either a parody or something went horribly wrong. While ‘Outcast’ definitely has a handful of laughs, none of th...
In theory, a documentary about the legendary Iron Curtain Soviet hockey team should be about as niche as a movie can get. It should appeal exclusively to sports aficionados and air only on ESPN in the middle of the night where not...
Horror comedy is a fickle beast. The tonal balancing act is incredibly tricky. Tension-busting humor tends to undermine creeps and suspense, while unnerving scenes and graphic gore can suck laughs out of the room. Get the balance ...
As expected, the big game kept many moviegoers at home and out of theaters over the weekend. Estimates projected the rough patch, but even the studios didn’t foresee the blow being as heavy as it was.
No matter which team wins, the Super Bowl and its over-hyped commercials will be a bigger winner than any of this weekend’s theatrical releases. Between the big game and the continued juggernaut of ‘American SniperR...
‘Black or White’ takes on the messy issue of contemporary race relations in America. The filmmakers so desperately want this to be a Big Important Movie about Big Important Things that they forget to bother with more s...
The Found Footage genre has grown past the point of being an annoying trend and is now used as a vehicle to trot out other older genres again cheaply. That’s not necessarily good or bad, and certainly there have been and wil...
I must confess to having a soft spot for Jason Statham. Along with The Rock, he’s the last of the old-fashioned action stars. And much like Dwayne Johnson, he’s also a far better actor than his heavily accented 1980s f...
If anyone handed out awards for “Best Camel Skin Coat,” then ‘A Most Violent Year’ would sweep the category by a landside. Oscar Isaac saunters into the film early wearing the sweet garb and works it for th...
Amid a variety of new movies, Clint Eastwood’s ‘American Sniper’ held onto the top spot at the box office and continued breaking records. At the same time, we saw a few mighty surprises: Jennifer Lopez’s ca...
It’s really a shame about Johnny Depp. Once the most consistently electric actor of his generation, now the Deppster is a walking collection of ticks and scarves and eyeliner and desperation. At some point during the decade ...
This weekend offers three new wide releases that each have Rotten Tomatoes scores of less than 15%. That’s a perfect sign that this is a good time to catch up on Oscar contenders.