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With the previous two ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks’ movies, I was fortunate enough to miss those screenings. Sadly, as much I tried finding a way to avoid ‘Chipwrecked’, I just couldn’t get out of it. Her...
With the previous two ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks’ movies, I was fortunate enough to miss those screenings. Sadly, as much I tried finding a way to avoid ‘Chipwrecked’, I just couldn’t get out of it. Her...
Setting aside Roman Polanski’s personal affairs, the guy is a stellar filmmaker. If it weren’t so, he wouldn’t have a career anymore. But here he is still making acclaimed films with A-list actors as if nothing e...
Please note: While ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’ technically opens today, it can only be seen on IMAX, XD and other larger-than-usual premium screens until the film expands on December 21st. Even with the infl...
For the third film in a row, Guy Ritchie has proven that he’s back in fine form. ‘A Game of Shadows’, the follow-up to Ritchie’s 2009 ‘Sherlock Holmes’ flick, magnifies everything that worked in...
Bring on the holiday gobbledygook! This weekend, three sequels (two of them among the most anticipated films of the year) and two indies take stage. Let’s get the worst of the sequels out of the way first.
Yesterday morning, in a presentation hosted by Woody Harrelson, Sofia Vergara, Gerard Butler and Rashida Jones, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced its nominees for the upcoming Golden Globe Awards ceremony in Januar...
Sundance’s “Park City at Midnight” category is one of my favorites. It’s an out-of-competition section that gives films a chance they wouldn’t necessarily get at a prestigious film festival like this.
This week, in addition to some of the expected new titles, VUDU also adds a notable new documentary that is apparently not getting a Blu-ray release. Times like this are why a good streaming service is useful to supplement a disc ...
Ack! Netflix loses more ‘MST3K’ this week, and that’s a hard thing to deal with. On the plus side, We’ve got plenty of crappy Christmas specials to fill out the season, and a pretty important documentary to...
A lot of the season’s storylines are finally starting to come to a head on ‘Terra Nova’. I guess that’s a good thing, isn’t it? I mean, at least it’s some sort of progress.
‘Chuck’ is a fun show, but it’s also a frustrating one that too often relies on cheap gags and erratic, illogical plotting as narrative shortcuts. This past Friday’s episode featured some of both the best a...
The reason that studios love franchises (and remakes too for that matter) so much is that little effort has to be done in order to create a following. Basically, the characters are already established, so there’s no need for...