‘Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead’ Review: Bad Taste Comed
When we hear the words “National Lampoon” these days, we tend to think of ‘Animal House’, ‘Vacation’, and then a slew of absolutely horrendous movies with that label above the title. That’...
When we hear the words “National Lampoon” these days, we tend to think of ‘Animal House’, ‘Vacation’, and then a slew of absolutely horrendous movies with that label above the title. That’...
Five sequels later, it’s still hard to believe that ‘Paranormal Activity’ became the second most successful horror franchise of the decade. Over the last eight years, it’s become an endlessly extended serie...
It goes without saying that a movie starring Vin Diesel as an immortal witch hunter will be stupid, but it shouldn’t be incompetent. And yet, ‘The Last Witch Hunter’ proves that even Diesel can still surprise us ...
Bill Murray is such a singularly hilarious and major talent that it can be easy to forget that he’s just as capable of delivering a stinker as anyone else. After all, the man did co-star with an elephant once. He can’t...
Once the Hollywood nostalgia train gave up on ’80s reboots to move firmly into the 1990s, it was only a matter of time before the studios found their way to R.L. Stine. ‘Goosebumps’ (“The Movie” is sa...
Although Jack Black’s new family flick topped the box office charts, none of the weekend’s four big new movies came out the real winner.
Thrills and scares abound for various audience demographics in this weekend’s new movies. Among them are a new Spielberg drama, a new Guillermo del Toro horror tale, and a playful take on R.L. Stine’s popular book seri...
A spiritual sequel to ‘The Social Network’, ‘Steve Jobs’ sees screenwriter Aaron Sorkin deliver another tale of a troubled genius who helped create a world of computer communications yet couldn’t figu...
Somewhere over the last decade, “rom-com” became a dirty term in Hollywood. To be fair, that was mostly the result of tediously cranked-out movies that sullied the genre out of acceptable date night rotations. However,...
Small and subtle by the blockbuster pioneer’s often grandiose standards, ‘Bridge of Spies’ nonetheless continues to make the case for Steven Spielberg possibly being the finest American filmmaker alive. Even thou...
The most admirable element of Guillermo del Toro’s latest flight of fancy might not be the luscious visuals that seem to ooze off the screen, but the sincerity. ‘Crimson Peak’ is a full-on Gothic romance equally ...
Gently insane and supremely talented Winnipeg filmmaker Guy Maddin has never exactly been known for the clarity or simplicity of his movies. But even by his strange standards, ‘The Forbidden Room’ might be his wildest ...