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Weekend Roundtable: Send in the Clowns

Josh Zyber — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 16:00:32 +0000

Clowns seem to be having a bit of a moment this year. A few weeks after Pennywise terrorized audiences, the Clown Prince of Crime gets an origin story in theaters this weekend. Our latest Roundtable topic looks at some of our other favorite fictional clowns. Deirdre Crimmins It feels like I’ve been talking about clowns...

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Cannes Journal: The Dead Don’t Die

Jason Gorber — Thu, 16 May 2019 19:00:27 +0000

Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die has all the parts to make a terrific film – a stellar cast, a smart and resilient indie director, and a cinematically literate tale about the undead that should appease fans of George Romero. Instead, like the corpses that litter the ground, the bits never quite assemble in a...

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‘The Jungle Book’ (2016) Review: Unexpectedly Remarkable

Philip Brown — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 19:00:24 +0000

Disney’s recent trend of digging into its vaults and remaking its animated classics in live action has mostly been a frustrating endeavor. Movies like ‘Maleficent’ and ‘Cinderella’ felt forced and woefully inferior to their predecessors. The prospect of a live action ‘Jungle Book’ seemed particularly dire. Not only does the 1967 animated version hold up...

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‘Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead’ Review: Bad Taste Comedy Gets an Origin Story

Philip Brown — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 15:00:21 +0000

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’s a real shame, because even though it’s pretty much vanished into obscurity, the National Lampoon institution was once at the forefront of American...

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‘Rock the Kasbah’ Review: Messy Murray Misfire

Philip Brown — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 19:00:09 +0000

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 save every project by merely being Bill Murray. Unfortunately, ‘Rock the Kasbah’ is one...

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‘Aloha’ Review: Cameron Crowe’s Current Catastrophe

Philip Brown — Fri, 29 May 2015 13:00:47 +0000

A strange thing has happened over the last few years. The romantic comedy, once a lynchpin of Hollywood’s desire to profit off date nights, has slowly disappeared after a few too many Katherine Heigl crap-heaps soured anyone’s interest. Presumably, Sony hoped that giving former rom-com champ Cameron Crowe a crack at the bat might help...

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Christmas Movie Countdown: Week 3 – Laughing All the Way

Junie Ray — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 14:00:43 +0000

It’s the most stressful time of the year. Malls must be braved, cookies must be made, and elves must be moved daily and photographed for Facebook. For the week before Christmas, I like to pull out the Christmas comedies to refill my cup of good cheer. ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation‘ – Another movie featuring the...

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‘St. Vincent’ Review: Mo’ Murray, Mo’ Problems

Philip Brown — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 17:00:09 +0000

‘St. Vincent’ is a movie that exists for one reason and one reason alone: to share the gift of Bill Murray with the world. Take Murray out of the equation and the flick is a maudlin mess. Include him and he at least makes the movie watchable. Murray stars as the titular Vincent, a former...

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TIFF Journal: ‘St. Vincent’

Philip Brown — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 13:00:18 +0000

There is one reason and one reason alone to see ‘St. Vincent’, and that’s Bill Murray working his cantankerous charms. As usual, that’s just enough to make the whole wonky ride worthwhile. This is far from the finest late career effort out of the star, but Murray at half steam is still better than most...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of May 25th, 2014 – I Want You, on Team Zissou

Josh Zyber — Tue, 27 May 2014 13:00:16 +0000

Long weekends are never long enough, but we hope you had a good one. If you’re all done with your memorializing, it’s time to get back to work with a look at this week’s new assortment of Blu-ray discs. New Releases ‘Endless Love‘ – The original 1981 film adaptation of ‘Endless Love’ was hardly a...

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Now Playing: Grand ‘Hotel’

Philip Brown — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 20:00:58 +0000

In his latest movie, ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’, Wes Anderson has created a murder mystery wrapped in a caper, hidden in action movie, that’s ultimately another of his broken family fables. Somehow it all works. In fact, it’s rather wonderful and just might be his finest film since ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’. Like all Anderson movies,...

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Poll: Favorite Wes Anderson Movie

Josh Zyber — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:00:51 +0000

With this week’s theatrical release of his latest film, ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’, and the impending Criterion Blu-ray edition of ‘The Life Aquatic’ (which finally brings all of his earlier features to the format), now seems like a good time to ask the question: What’s your favorite Wes Anderson movie? Assuming, of course, that you like...

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