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TIFF Journal: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Jason Gorber — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 12:00:16 +0000

Fred Rogers is an extraordinary subject for a movie, as proven by Morgan Neville’s phenomenal 2018 documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor?. Marielle Heller’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood takes a different tack, placing Rogers almost at the sidelines of his own story. Generations of children grew up to the sights of a lanky...

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Weekend Roundtable: Just the Two of Us

Josh Zyber — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 16:00:02 +0000

The technology for doing it keeps improving, but casting one actor to play multiple characters in the same movie is a trick that goes back at least as far as the days of Lon Chaney and Douglas Fairbanks. This week’s Roundtable looks at some of our favorite examples that pulled it off. TV shows are...

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Toy Story 4 Review: Hardly Kid Stuff Anymore

Jason Gorber — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 18:00:41 +0000

The most remarkable thing about Toy Story 4 is that it managed to see the light of day in the first place. The series had ended, in quite satisfying fashion, with the third film in 2010. Bringing it back could easily feel like trying to drink from a dry well. Toy Story 4 turns out...

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Contest: Win ‘Saving Private Ryan’ on 4k Ultra HD Blu-ray!

Josh Zyber — Mon, 07 May 2018 17:00:35 +0000

Paramount offered us two extra copies of the new Ultra HD Blu-ray edition of Steven Spielberg’s war classic ‘Saving Private Ryan‘ to give away to our readers. Enter our contest for your chance to win one. To win a copy of the Ultra HD Blu-ray, all you have to do is participate in our photo...

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‘The Post’ Review: Fetishizing Print

Philip Brown — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 16:00:44 +0000

Look out, here comes a Steven Spielberg movie starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks about the value of journalism challenging government and the struggle women face in a man’s world. It’s also a period piece and based on a true story. In other words, ‘The Post’ is so calculated for Oscar glory in 2017 that...

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Off the Shelf: Splash

Shannon Nutt — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 16:00:30 +0000

Back in 2004, ‘Splash’ celebrated its 20th anniversary with a brand-new DVD release. You probably didn’t know that a Blu-ray version of that release hit the market in 2013. For whatever reason, Disney decided to offer it only in Australia for Region B customers (even though the disc is, in fact, region-free). Is the Blu-ray...

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‘The Circle’ Review: A Tech-No-No Thriller

Philip Brown — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 15:00:04 +0000

‘The Circle’ is one of those 10-minutes-in-the-future satirical thrillers that can cause queasy unease with their prescient commentary (i.e. the ‘Black Mirror’ effect). Unfortunately, it’s not a particularly good one. There are great ideas at the core, some fantastic sequences, and committed movie star performances that suggest everyone sincerely wanted this to work. But it...

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‘Inferno’ Movie Review: Hellishly Mundane

Philip Brown — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 19:00:22 +0000

When Ron Howard and Tom Hanks adapted the best Dan Brown books, the results were pretty dumb and dull movies that mostly made their fortunes off brand name recognition. Now that they’re getting into weaker entries in Brown’s inexplicably popular canon, it should come as no surprise that things are getting worse. ‘Inferno’ sees the...

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‘Sully’ Review: Grumpy Old Pilot

Philip Brown — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 19:00:43 +0000

Like almost all of the later period films directed by Clint Eastwood, ‘Sully’ seems to be executed with a mixture of passion and disinterest. The movie has some rousing, even stunning sequences executed by the aging filmmaker (especially anything involving the airplane tragedy), but it also has tedious dialogue scenes that Eastwood barely seems to...

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‘A Hologram for the King’ Review: Joe Versus the Hologram

Philip Brown — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 19:00:13 +0000

Tom Hanks sure does like an inspiring story. The closest thing we have to a contemporary Jimmy Stewart, Hanks has dedicated his career to playing nice guys doing nice things in nice tales that impart nice themes. ‘A Hologram for the King’ might be based on a Dave Eggers novel and adapted/directed by ‘Run Lola...

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‘Bridge of Spies’ Review: Tinker Tailor Spielberg Hanks

Philip Brown — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 13:00:34 +0000

Small and subtle by the blockbuster pioneer’s often grandiose standards, ‘Bridge of Spies’ nonetheless continues to make the case for Steven Spielberg possibly being the finest American filmmaker alive. Even though much of this tale of gosh-darn American goodness in the face of Cold War paranoia might consist of guys in suits sitting in rooms...

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The Trailer Park: Mars Needs Damons

M. Enois Duarte — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 16:00:13 +0000

Some of the best known and respected actors are starring in roles that demand pretty big shoes this year. In the past, they’ve proven themselves adequately and, for the most part, to the satisfaction of the box office. Aside from one long-time favorite of many, however, the question remains whether they will satisfy moviegoers later...

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