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‘Macbeth’ (2015) Review: Game of Shakespeare

Philip Brown — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 20:00:38 +0000

Of all of William Shakespeare’s beloved works, few translate to the screen as well as ‘Macbeth’. It helps that the play was one the Bard’s shortest and it’s also the closest thing Shakespeare ever came to delivering an exploitation movie. The best cinematic adaptations of the tale have come from filmmakers working halfway between art...

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‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Review: Cinematic Stagecraft

Philip Brown — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 16:00:57 +0000

Generally speaking, I don’t cover the Front Row Theatre cinematic screenings. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a wonderful program that brings some of the finest theatrical events on Broadway and the West End to towns that could never possibly experience them otherwise. However, most of them ultimately feel like filmed plays and don’t offer much...

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Weekend Roundtable: Sibling Rivalry

Josh Zyber — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 20:00:23 +0000

As both brothers and enemies, Thor and Loki have a complicated relationship. So it goes with many siblings, though perhaps not often to that extreme. In honor of ‘The Dark World’ opening this weekend, today’s Roundtable explores other fictional sibling relationships, across any media from movies to TV, books, comics, videogames and more. Luke Hickman...

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Weekend Movies: What’s in a Name?

Luke Hickman — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:00:22 +0000

Talk about a counter-programming. As the Oscar contenders continue to roll out, this weekend is all over the place with an over-the-top B-movie and yet another remake of Shakespeare’s most famous love story. ‘Captain Phillips‘ invades the largest number of screens this weekend. Tom Hanks leads the otherwise no-name cast in Paul Greengrass’ deservedly-shaky drama....

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Now Playing: Joss Whedon Gets His Bard On

Bryan Kluger — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:00:41 +0000

Joss Whedon has taken off his brown coat and hung up his superhero costume for the time being to give us a laugh-out-loud and fresh telling of Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’. With an amazing cast, comedy at every turn and an excellent eye for direction, Whedon pulls off this amazing tale with grace and...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of April 7th, 2013 – Exterminate All Rational Thought

Josh Zyber — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:00:38 +0000

So far, April has turned out to be a pretty slow time for new Blu-ray releases. While this week doesn’t have a whole lot going on, fans of cult movies may find something of interest. New Releases Despite casting Bill Murray as a philandering Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and despite reuniting the actor with his ‘Rushmore‘...

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The Trailer Park: Zombies, Zombies Everywhere!

M. Enois Duarte — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:00:34 +0000

Zombie horror movies have always been a part of the low-budget independent filmmaking arena, and they’re often not very well made. They do, on occasion, find a small audience and grow into cult favorites in spite of their quality. Then there are those that go unseen and practically forgotten soon after been released, essentially escaping...

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Blu-ray Highlights for May 29th, 2012 – Not Much to Talk About

Josh Zyber — Tue, 29 May 2012 13:00:36 +0000

Criterion collectors, indie movie fans, Shakespeare buffs and classic foreign film aficionados might all find new Blu-ray titles to peak their interest today. For anyone looking for something a little more mainstream… Well, there’s always next week. Don’t get me wrong; I fall into most of the above categories. Even so, there’s no denying that...

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Blu-ray Highlights for 2/7/12 – Love Means Never Having to Watch ‘Twilight’

Josh Zyber — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:29 +0000

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 that’s intended to give us time to buy and watch them in advance. As if we’d really...

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The Netflix Stream: Week of January 8th, 2012

Dick Ward — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:00:22 +0000

When looking through the movies being removed from Netflix this week, I began to get very excited. It looked like nothing of value would be lost. Instead, it turns out that Netflix will deprive us of great Shakespeare performances, and give us garbage in return. I’m not even going to link to the remake of...

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Weekend Movies: Shakespeare, Jack Sparrow and a Talking Cat Walk into a Bar…

Luke Hickman — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:00:27 +0000

Oddly enough, of the three wide openers this weekend, the movie with the biggest star (Johnny Depp) is getting the smallest release. An animated feline outlaw is opening the widest, while Justin Timberlake’s futuristic sci-fi thriller falls somewhere in between the two. Knowing that ‘The Rum Diary‘ is based on another Hunter S. Thompson novel,...

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The Trailer Park: Shakespeare and Other Adaptations

M. Enois Duarte — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:00:24 +0000

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 “faithful” enough. In the coming months and through the early part of next year, we have a slew of film adaptations...

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