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Something I’ve heard, when describing ‘Insidious’, the new ooh-spooky horror film from the ‘Saw’ team of director James Wan and screenwriter Leigh Whannell (who also acts), is that it’s a horror...
Something I’ve heard, when describing ‘Insidious’, the new ooh-spooky horror film from the ‘Saw’ team of director James Wan and screenwriter Leigh Whannell (who also acts), is that it’s a horror...
Sometimes you just have to laugh when you see the box office receipts pouring in throughout the weekend. Initially, it seemed that the family film sequel ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules’ would take the top spot. T...
There are only two big movies opening this weekend, and not even any minor films worth searching out on the art house scene. This is truly a miserable week for new movies. But maybe you haven’t seen ‘Rango’ yet? ...
During the marketing barrage for ‘300‘ and ‘Watchmen‘ director Zack Snyder’s new film, the good folks at Warner Bros. have never been able to illuminate one thing: What exactly is ‘Sucker Punch&...
This weekend had a smattering of new releases. Thanks to an impossible work/travel schedule, I wasn’t able to see any of them early, but I’m still intrigued. None of the movies that opened were big tentpoles or four-qu...
This weekend’s box office crop seems to be defined by adorable leading me – Matthew McConaughey, Bradley Cooper, and a little green alien with the voice of Seth Rogen. What this means, exactly, besides typifying my lack of s...
This weekend’s box office was dominated by two movies that were, in the immortal words of Ricky Gervais, “utter shite.” One was the talk of the town because it trumped everyone else at the box office, while the o...
Maybe it’s the close proximity to the summer movie season, which seems to leap forward every year based on the marketing needs of the studios (Universal is claiming that the April 29th release date for ‘Fast Five’...
After last week’s pitiable box office, it looked like things couldn’t get much lower. Thankfully, at least to the nation’s exhibitors, this weekend saw a sharp swing upwards. Apparently, people love seeing Johnny...
After weeks and weeks of soul-deadening drudgery, we finally have a weekend with a few movies that are actually entertaining. (Movies that are even being ushered into the multiplexes, no less.) We should probably savor this weeken...
For some reason, all the trailers and television spots for ‘The Adjustment Bureau’, writer-director George Nolfi’s adaptation of a marginal Philip K. Dick short story, have featured Matt Damon and Emily Blunt running a...
While I said that my Oscar column wouldn’t return for many moons (thank God), I was tempted to jump right back in after I saw ‘Rango’, the marvelous new animated feature by Gore Verbinski and the whizzes over at Industrial L...