Weekend Box Office: Denzel + Action = Hit
With his twelfth straight movie in a leading role to open north of $20 million, Denzel Washington has secured his position as one of Hollywood’s most consistently bankable stars.
With his twelfth straight movie in a leading role to open north of $20 million, Denzel Washington has secured his position as one of Hollywood’s most consistently bankable stars.
With two promising new movies, the last weekend of September might shape up to be a good one.
‘Pride’ embodies a certain type of populist British comedy that peaked with ‘The Full Monty’. The formula is simple: take a topic that would have been subversive 15 years ago, stage it as a Frank Capra come...
There are many movies bathed in nostalgia that recreate cinematic experiences of the past, yet few do it in a way that somehow feels modern at the same time. That’s the trick that director Adam Wingard has mastered over his ...
Much of the hype surrounding ‘The Equalizer’ hinges on the fact that it reunites director Antoine Fuqua and Denzel Washington for the first time since ‘Training Day‘. The trouble is that Fuqua hasn’t ...
‘The BoxTrolls’ is a spectacular children’s animated feature, but it’s not a film for anyone whose idea of family entertainment starts and ends with Disney. It’s dark to the point of being horrific, g...
If nothing else, ‘The Skeleton Twins’ offers definitive proof that strong performances can save almost any movie, especially a comedy (even of the serio-comic variety). The story and style of the film were indie cliché...
‘This Is Where I Leave You’ is a kindler, gentler version of ‘August: Osage County’ to watch with your mom. The movie plays mild family dysfunction for mild laughs and milder drama. It’s like a cup of...
One of this weekend’s new movies hit the ground running. The others, not so much.
The post-summer slump may actually rebound this weekend as counter-programming delivers three potentially interesting offerings.
Last year, ‘The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby’ premiered at film festivals as a two-part opus. It depicted the disintegration of a relationship from the perspective of each side (called ‘Him’ and ‘He...
Kevin Smith brings his dialogue-obsessed, Canuk-loving ways into the realm of body horror with the wonderful, flawed and deeply bizarre ‘Tusk’. (Note: I briefly wrote about this film last week as part of my coverage of...