Now Playing: Nothing New About ‘New Year’s Eve’
Last year, New Line put out the highly successful chick flick ‘Valentine’s Day‘, an ensemble story about more than a dozen people in Los Angeles on the romantic holiday. The result was a formulaic,...
View ArticleSundance 2012 Preview: The Premieres
The Premieres section is probably the most popular slate of films at Sundance. This is because the movies usually have ensemble casts along and well-known directors. Many are still independently...
View ArticleSundance Journal: ‘Red Lights’
The first two-thirds of ‘Red Lights’ make a fine psychological thriller. In the last third, however, the train of thought totally derails, and the film has one of the messiest endings I’ve ever...
View ArticleWeekend Movies: Two of the Worst Films of Their Genres
Both of this week’s big openers fail at doing what they’re meant to do. The animated family flick is chock full of less-than-entertaining content and the R-rated comedy isn’t funny in the slightest....
View ArticleNow Playing: De Niro’s Best Work in Years
Even though we never once seen him pick up a pen, Robert De Niro’s possibly crazy character in ‘Being Flynn’ is always talking about a book he’s writing – not just any book, but a masterpiece. As I sat...
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: Hunters and Psychics
A weird combination to say the least, these trailers are related in that they feature very well-respected veteran actors in starring roles, namely Willem Dafoe and Robert De Niro. Both movies are also...
View ArticleBlu-ray Highlights for July 10th, 2012 – Tonight I’m Gonna Party Like It’s 1999
In the age of Facebook, is there still any point to high school reunions? And in the age of the 90-day turnaround to home video, is there any point to releasing an unneeded four-quel to theaters? These...
View ArticleNow Playing: David O. Russell’s (Somewhat) Romantic Comedy
Since the dawn of film, we’ve been inundated by countless romantic comedies. Most of the time, we’re forced to watch conventional couples come together, but occasionally a movie will tweak the formula...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: I’m Too Old for This Sh–
Each pushing 70 years of age, both Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone have new action movies in theaters this year. In this week’s Roundtable, we discuss other ridiculous examples of...
View ArticleWeekend Movies: All Pain, No Gain
When does ‘Iron Man 3′ come out? That’s the only thing I can think about this weekend. You’re better off being put out of your misery than having to see either of this week’s two nationwide releases....
View ArticleGo a Little Crazy – Win ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ on Blu-ray!
We were all set to give away another, slightly older Blu-ray today when word came in late last night that we have a spare copy of this year’s Best Picture nominee ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ available...
View Article‘Silver Linings Playbook’ Contest Results
What’s that, you haven’t won any of our recent Blu-ray contests? Don’t get too down about that. Look at the silver lining: At our current rate, you’ll have plenty more opportunities. For example, one...
View ArticleNow Playing: ‘Family’ Matters
Director Luc Besson sure must love Martin Scorsese’s ‘Goodfellas’. His new film ‘The Family’ is a dark and ultra-violent comedy that plays like a follow-up to that movie, if it showed Henry Hill’s life...
View ArticleWeekend Movies: Finally, A Frightening Friday the 13th
This summer was one for the books. Tentpoles flopped while horror thrived. Fittingly, this Friday the 13th offers another horror sequel, as well as a mobster comedy infused with action. Which will you...
View ArticleNow Playing: ‘Vegas’, Baby!
The trailers for ‘Last Vegas’, a comedy starring several actors over the age of 60 in a plot very similar to ‘The Hangover’, gave me serious doubts about how good it could actually be. On the one hand,...
View ArticleMid-Week Poll: Which December 2013 Movies Are You Excited To See?
Along with beaming children, the warm embrace of families, holiday cheer and all that nonsense, the end of the year also brings with it a bunch of big new movie releases. December is traditionally a...
View ArticlePoll: Do You Ever Go to the Movies Alone?
This week’s poll was inspired by a conversation that sprung up in the Comments of our last Blu-ray Highlights post. Do you ever go to a movie theater by yourself, or does it make you uncomfortable to...
View ArticleWeekend Roundtable: Slumming It
What is THAT actor doing in such an obviously stupid movie? Surely you’ve asked that question after watching a trailer for a dumb (often big-budget) movie featuring otherwise respectable actors...
View ArticleThe Trailer Park: Full of Laughter and Tears
A trio of legendary performers demonstrate they still have what it takes to make moviegoers laugh and cry. Now in their golden years, Al Pacino, Meryl Streep and Robert De Niro promise to make this a...
View Article‘The Intern’ Review: Interminable and Inconceivable
Stale, safe and manipulative, ‘The Intern’ is the cinematic equivalent of an exhausted sigh from a collection of filmmakers and actors who just don’t seem to care about what they’re doing. It’s a movie...
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