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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of January 6th, 2019 – Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World

Josh Zyber — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 13:00:22 +0000

The new year is only slowly ramping up with Blu-ray releases. While this week brings a larger selection than the last couple over the holidays, the biggest titles are some TV shows and festival films. If you were hoping for a major blockbuster, hold tight for another week. New Releases (Blu-ray) Mid90s – Jonah Hill...

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TIFF Journal: Mid90s

Philip Brown — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 15:00:06 +0000

Ten years ago, if you’d pointed at the poster for Superbad and had to guess which of the two actors sporting dazed faces would go on to direct, Jonah Hill likely wouldn’t have been the top choice. Then again, whoever would have guessed the guy would end up scoring two Oscar nominations? Hill’s had an...

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‘War Dogs’ Review: A Gun-Running Hangover

Philip Brown — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 19:00:42 +0000

It seems to be an unwritten law in Hollywood that if you’re successful as a comedy director for long enough, you’ll eventually try to make a dramatic movie in a bid to be taken seriously. That’s where Todd Phillips is at with ‘War Dogs’. Thankfully, like Adam McKay before him, he hasn’t gone full po-face...

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‘Sausage Party’ Review: Dirty Pixar

Philip Brown — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 19:00:38 +0000

We aren’t quite there yet, but there will come a point when people recognize that Seth Rogen is actually a little underappreciated. He’s made some crap, sure, but when the guy actually writes and controls his projects with partner Evan Goldberg, there’s always some sort of clever genre game, surprisingly layer of emotional honesty, or...

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‘Hail, Caesar!’ Review: A Very Coen Goof

Philip Brown — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 20:00:38 +0000

The thing about the Coen brothers is that no matter strange, dark and personal their movies get, they also still enjoy a good laugh. Their latest film. ‘Hail, Caesar!’, comes after three fairly ambitious pictures that wrestled with some hefty themes. This time, the brothers merely hint at intellectual ambitions. This movie is a goof,...

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‘True Story’ Review: Too False

Philip Brown — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 19:00:17 +0000

There’s a truly great movie buried somewhere in the disappointingly decent ‘True Story’. The tragic source material was an ideal springboard for a disturbing adult drama, and the central stunt-casting of Jonah Hill and James Franco was just crazy enough to work. Unfortunately, first time director Rupert Goold doesn’t quite have the skill or sensitivity...

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Weekend Movies: Over Hill and Dale

Luke Hickman — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 16:00:33 +0000

I miss the good old days when summer blockbusters were original material. This year, you can’t go more than two weeks without a sequel or a remake, and fantastic original movies like ‘Edge of Tomorrow’ can’t catch a break. The two big movies opening nationwide today are each second chapters in very successful franchises –...

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’22 Jump Street’ Review: Meta Sequel Madness

Philip Brown — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 13:00:14 +0000

The ’21 Jump Street’ movie shouldn’t have worked, but then the filmmakers actually made that the main joke. The same is somehow true of ’22 Jump Street’. On paper, it’s a terrible idea for a movie. Thankfully, the filmmakers know that fact well enough to run with it and mercilessly mock the very idea of...

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‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ Review: How to Make a Decent Sequel

Philip Brown — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 19:00:36 +0000

‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ might not have the advantage of being a pleasant surprise like the original film, but it recaptures almost all of the charms of its predecessor with ease. The action is intense, the animation beautiful, the story heartwarming, and the central dragon absolutely adorable. If it’s not quite as impressive...

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SteelBook Alert: Jumping the Gun

Josh Zyber — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 13:00:52 +0000

Even though the comedy sequel ’22 Jump Street’ won’t open in theaters until this Friday, a Blu-ray release with exclusive SteelBook packaging has already been announced in the UK. Intriguingly, you can help decide what artwork gets used. ’22 Jump Street’ Available at: Zavvi Release date: October 13, 2014 Price: £22.99 Region code: Unconfirmed. Most...

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Oscar Poll: Best Supporting Actor and Actress 2014

Josh Zyber — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 16:00:54 +0000

Supporting actors and actresses often don’t get nearly as much respect as lead actors and actresses. To that end, we’re consolidating the polls for both Supporting categories into one blog post. Best Supporting Actor Wouldn’t it be hilarious if Jonah Hill actually won an Oscar? Not gonna happen. Jared Leto has this in the bag....

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Now Playing: Greed Really Is Good

Luke Hickman — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 14:00:54 +0000

Oliver Stone and Michael Douglas have nothing on Martin Scorsese’s new based-on-a-true-story portrayal of Wall Street. Normally, movies released on Christmas Day consist of happy holiday content, but ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ goes against that grain. It’s the anti-Christmas movie. Leonardo DiCaprio plays real-life stock market manipulator Jordan Belfort, who, in the 1990s, took...

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