Weekend Box Office: Hello, Ladies
This weekend taught us a couple lessons: 1) Never underestimate the power of female audiences, and 2) Neither posthumous star vehicles nor low-budget horror movies are ever sure things.
Blu-ray Highlights: Week of April 27th, 2014 – Utterly Labo
I wish I could say that this week brings some improvement for Blu-ray fans. That sure would be nice, wouldn’t it? Unfortunately, the latest batch of new discs once again offers slim pickings.
Weekend Roundtable: Only the Good Die Young
From James Dean to Marilyn Monroe, Heath Ledger and Philip Seymour Hoffman, cinema history is cluttered with stars whose lives were tragically cut short right in the primes of their careers. As we witness the posthumous release of...
Weekend Movies: Wake Me When Summer Comes
I previously stated that summer started early this year with the April 4th release of ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’. Now I have to take that back, because absolutely nothing has happened since then. Sadly, this...
‘The Quiet Ones’ Review: Shut Up Already
When the proud Hammer Films production banner was revived in the UK, it brought some hope that handsome, serious and decidedly British horror films would start slipping out again. ‘The Woman in Black‘ even suggested th...
‘Brick Mansions’ Review: Parkour! Parkour!
Writer/producer Luc Besson has shoved parkour action, fast ‘n furious car carnage, and RZA stunt casting into a blender and emerged with ‘Brick Mansions’. Sadly, the results aren’t nearly as fun as the ingr...
‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ Review: The Hipster Vampire
Jim Jarmusch emerged as a filmmaker with a unique style from his first feature, and one of the most interesting aspects of following his career has been watching the director bend genres to his will. Jarmusch’s latest, ‘Only...
Odds & Ends: Director Obsessions and Screenwriter Break-Ups
Because my available time to write is more limited these days than I’d like, I’ve decided to create a post to compile some quick-hit thoughts on news that might be pertinent to the interests of this blog.
‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ 1.19 Recap: “What Part
Just two episodes after the supposed “game-changer,” it sure didn’t take ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ long to revert right back to the old villain-of-the-week formula.
SteelBook Alert: You Betcha!
As I mentioned last week, Fox’s upcoming wave of war movie SteelBooks in the UK doesn’t do much for me. Even if you feel the same, the studio has a lot more metal cases coming down the pike, and many of these have uniq...
Poll: Will You Cancel Netflix Due to the Rate Hike?
Earlier this week, Netflix announced that it will increase the price of its streaming video service by “one or two dollars a month” within the next few months in order to support its development of original content suc...
‘Bates Motel’ 2.08 Recap: “That’s the Gre
With only two more episodes (after this one) to go this season and Norman’s girlfriend Cody out of the picture, ‘Bates Motel’ begins to put a laser-like focus on setting things up for the season ender. This week ...