When ‘Argo’ walks away with some sort of Oscar gold next February, I really want Ben Affleck to stand in front of the media and flip all of his naysayers the bird. Once the butt of many jokes, nobody laughs at him now. Between ‘Go...
There’s nothing wrong with bio-pics that mix a good chunk of action with their drama. Doing so often makes for better entertainment, and the next two previews look quite promising.
Back in 1996, director Scott Hicks burst onto the international cinema scene with his art house hit ‘Shine’, which went on to be nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. Today (literally today), Hicks’...
It’s February, and Valentine’s Day is coming up quickly. Love and romance are in the air. Oddly, the Blu-ray release schedule is loaded up with lovey-dovey movies this week, and basically none on Valentine’s Day itself. I suppose ...
Fans of Joel and Ethan Coen sure are receiving a bounty of riches on the Blu-ray format these days. Hot off the heels of Universal’s release of ‘The Big Lebowski’ a couple weeks ago, Fox rolls out three more of the brothers’ early...
Romantic comedies haven’t been the surefire hits they once were. (Hello, ‘Sleepless in Seattle’.) Some recent high-profile titles have out-and-out bombed, such as James L. Brooks’ massively expensive flop ‘How Do You Know’ – a mov...
This weekend follows the usual January release pattern. There’s one big studio movie that was probably too lousy to compete in another time of year when things are actually, you know, competitive. We also get a sprinkling of indie...
I’ve complained previously about Hollywood’s absurd obsession with the colors teal and orange. This stupid fad is truly ruining the art of motion picture photography. Unfortunately, this ugly color scheme is the sort of thing that...
For me, the best part of this week’s assortment of Blu-ray releases is the satisfaction of realizing that we here at The Bonus View have officially been around long enough to have covered most of these movies from the time of thea...
This weekend, a pair of big-budget Hollywood movies are opening while a few smaller films are sneaking into theaters specifically for awards consideration. (Don’t worry, only one looks like it will be considered at all.) Nothing s...
As the Oscar derby – tightly contested and wide open mere weeks ago – gets whittled down to a remaining few, it’s looking less and less likely that Warner Bros. has a dog in this fight. What’s so fascinating about the situation is...
Ben Affleck’s Boston-set crime drama ‘The Town’ took the top spot at the weekend box office with a cool $23.6 million. For a movie about bank robbers (which, no, I still haven’t seen yet), it carried off a pretty solid haul. I don...
