Weekend Movies: Nothing to Do
Summer isn’t over yet, so I’m surprised to see only one new wide release this week – especially considering that last weekend had four and this week’s opener is a follow-up a failed 2009 ‘Origins’ sto...
Summer isn’t over yet, so I’m surprised to see only one new wide release this week – especially considering that last weekend had four and this week’s opener is a follow-up a failed 2009 ‘Origins’ sto...
This second installment in a supposed Wolverine trilogy is certainly a step in the right direction. Despite ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine‘ being a terrible mess of a film on all levels, it managed to muster almost $400 mil...
The weekend was a major bust for most of last week’s new movies. Aside from a solid win for the horror film, the other three titles are on track to join this summer’s streak of failures.
During this odd, very busy weekend, Ryan Reynolds and Mary-Louise Parker each have two movies opening wide against one another. For all the die-hard Reynolds and Parker fans out there, a major conundrum is presented: Which movie d...
‘Drive‘, the first collaboration between director Nicolas Winding Refn and star Ryan Gosling, was one of my favorite films of 2011. It was original, fresh, had a killer soundtrack and a colorful cast of characters. I o...
It’s been a couple of years since we’ve had a really great and pure horror film, capable of producing genuine scares. ‘The Conjuring’ may just re-vitalize the genre this summer. Filmmaker James Wan brought ...
I’ve spoken with many people about their thoughts on seeing ‘R.I.P.D.’ this weekend, and 9 out of 10 of them have said that the movie looks terrible. In addition, I’ve heard rumors that a lot of studio peop...
The two ‘RED’ films are meant to be fun and funny. They feature several well-known and highly-accomplished actors doing fantastic secret-agent stuff. The first movie was very engaging as it introduced lead characters F...
Although Guillermo del Toro’s robots-vs.-monsters slugfest ‘Pacific Rim’ may not have been able to win the box office battle this weekend, something tells me that the demographics of our site’s readership p...
Even with monstrous effort, the weekend’s two wide releases were unable to stop Gru and his Minions’, as ‘Despicable Me 2’ deposited another $44.7 million in the bank, bringing its domestic 12-day total up ...
Unless you’re an unapologetic fan of Guillermo del Toro, the ‘Transformers’ movies or Adam Sandler, you might see this weekend as waste. However, there’s a solid piece of entertainment to be found where you...
I would rather be shot in kneecaps than have to watch the first ‘Grown Ups‘ again. What a stupid movie. If memory serves, only a few – and I literally mean “a few,” three at the max – of the supposed jokes ...