The Hollywood studios love remaking popular foreign movies almost as much as they love remaking their own old movies. Sometimes this works out well, but often it doesn’t. In this week’s Roundtable, we look at examples ...
[Editor’s Note: This week, our friend and frequent Roundtable contributor Adam Tyner from DVDTalk has agreed to help us out with a review of the latest cinematic tome from Titan Books, publishers of the impressive ‘Ali...
This first day of February brings us an eclectic slate of new Blu-ray releases. We’ve got remakes, classic animation, and some of this past year’s most overlooked films. Let’s see what might be worth buying, shal...
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… But mostly it was the worst of times. Actually, that’s a little dramatic. 2010 wasn’t a particularly stellar year for movies (unlike, say, 2007), but there wer...
You won’t see me openly campaigning for a lot of things in this space. There are people who do that professionally, and I don’t really have a dog in this fight. But if I see a worthy candidate, I’m going to follo...
This holiday weekend (What is it? Columbus Day? When you’re a writer every day is a work day) was an all-out battle. Disney’s feel-good true-life sports picture ‘Secretariat’ battled gooey romantic comedy &...
So, between the time that I saw ‘The Social Network’ last week and the time that it opened a few days ago, people have been asking me what kind of box office impact “the Facebook movie” might make. I had se...
As the fall movie season opens, Hollywood unleashes on theaters a torrent of prestige pictures, Oscar bait, and potential holiday blockbusters. For this week’s Roundtable, we take a look at the films we’re most anticip...
Take heart, moviegoers! There are two good movies – like really, really good movies (in fact, if I want to be grandiose, two of the best movies of the year) – coming to the multiplex near you! When was the last time I said there w...
Technically, the Toronto International Film Festival opened last Thursday, the 9th. However, Mrs. Z and I didn’t arrive in the city until late on Sunday. We didn’t get a chance to see any movies that night, so our fest...
