Now Playing: Fear and Loathing in Puerto Rico
Based on the trailer, you’d probably expect ‘The Rum Diary’ to be little more than ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas‘ with some new scenery and the drugs swapped out for alcohol. While there are definit...
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Blu-ray Highlights for 10/18/11 – Come Out, Come Out, Where
This week sees the Blu-ray release of one of the year’s billion-dollar blockbuster hits. Frankly, I couldn’t care less. I’m more interested in the catalog titles. What grabs your attention?
Posterizing: Alcohol, Babysitters and the Future
Are you ready for another edition of Posterizing? You can’t judge a book by its cover, but quite often you can judge a movie by its poster.
The Trailer Park: Shakespeare and Other Adaptations
Next to remakes and reimaginings, movie adaptations of popular books or plays can draw quite a bit of controversy and debate. They’re often compared to the original sources, and unreasonably rejected for not being “fai...
Blu-ray Highlights for 7/12/11 – Return I Will to Old ‘Braz...
Yes, it’s another slow summer week for new Blu-ray releases. Even the title I’ve most eagerly awaited appears to have arrived on the format in a compromised form. Will I be able to resist buying it anyway? Honestly, pr...
Blu-ray Highlights for 5/24/11. What Are You Buying?
Well, folks, it appears that we have another week where catalog titles dominate the Blu-ray scene. In fact, the release slate as a whole is a lot smaller than usual. Fortunately, there’s some quality wheat hidden among the c...
Weekend Box Office: ‘Pirates’ Breaks International Re
Apparently, the U.S. is the only nation to recognize how low the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ series has fallen. Despite opening domestically with only $90.1 million ($25 million below the opening of 2007’s ‘...
Weekend Movies: ‘Pirates’ Set to Plunder
Aside from one behemoth studio tentpole, this is a pretty light weekend, as far as every other movie studio is concerned. Not even the small indie films want to open against Disney’s swashbuckling cash cow. Who can blame the...
Now Playing: Fourth ‘Pirates’ Sinks
Frankly, I’ve been fed up with the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ series since the second movie. The first film, ‘The Curse of the Black Pearl‘, is a Disney classic. But as often happens, Disney proved wi...
Blu-ray Highlights for 4/26/11 – This Is Bat Country
For the first time in quite a long time, there are essentially no notable day-and-date titles on the Blu-ray release slate this week. Instead, this week is all about cult movies. Of those, there are a few worth looking at.
Blu-ray Highlights for 3/22/11. Boo! Boo!
It’s a pretty dire week for new Blu-ray releases, folks. Although there are a lot of titles hitting retailer shelves, damn few of them are worth buying. Don’t believe me? Take a look at the release list.
Weekend Box Office: All Totals Are Subject to Adjustment
After last week’s pitiable box office, it looked like things couldn’t get much lower. Thankfully, at least to the nation’s exhibitors, this weekend saw a sharp swing upwards. Apparently, people love seeing Johnny...