Weekend Movies: The Fish and the (Un)Dead
The only new films that I’d care to see this week aren’t playing anywhere near me… for now. I’m certain that the majority of you are limited to the same wide releases that I am. They’re not awful opti...
The only new films that I’d care to see this week aren’t playing anywhere near me… for now. I’m certain that the majority of you are limited to the same wide releases that I am. They’re not awful opti...
Although the month of September will be peppered with some promising new movie releases, this week isn’t. Only two films open wide. I saw one at Sundance. The other, despite starring several very familiar faces, is completel...
As a sign of how low studio expectations may be, not a single of this week’s three new wide release movies will hit more than 2,700 screens. Considering that the year’s last successful opening was ‘The Expendable...
Here it comes, the bitter flavor of post-summer movies. Not all of this weekend’s new film releases appear to be like the usual impending September drivel, but unfortunately most of them do.
With summer drawing to a close, the studios offer up a huge spread of variety this weekend. We get a family flick about a kid who grows from a garden, a stop-motion movie about a kid who sees dead people, a musical drama that will...
This weekend marks one of the last big pushes for summer. We get another ‘Bourne’ sequel and a Will Ferrell comedy that feels like an endless ‘SNL’ political sketch. I don’t think there’s any do...
At the time I’m writing this, I haven’t yet seen either of this weekend’s two major new movies. Judging only by the trailers and TV spots, both look like clones of the original movies that they’re based upo...
What kind of movies think they can go head-to-head with the Caped Crusader? Little ones – little movies that aren’t even close to playing on the same field as ‘The Dark Knight Rises’. This week, we have an R-rate...
I considered scrapping today’s edition of Weekend Movies simply because 99% of moviegoing audiences already know what opens this weekend. I decided to go through with it anyway so that I could tell you about the little movie...
This weekend is the only thing standing between us and ‘The Dark Knight Rises’. Let’s just get it over with.
The timing of this week’s movies has been strange. The $220 million comic book franchise blockbuster opened on Tuesday – which was to be expected considering that Wednesday was a major box office holiday. The teeny-bopper po...
This weekend feels more like something out of September than mid-summer. There’s the R-rated comedy, the adult drama, the light-weight drama and a Tyler Perry movie. Which of these four shouts summer to you?