Most movie series don’t make it to five films. Either the filmmakers run out of ideas, or the studio reboots the characters. The latest “fifth-quel” is Scary Movie 5, which, since…
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Romance is in the air, as Warner Brothers releases another large collection commemorating the studios 90th Anniversary.
Jessica Chastain is as important to Zero Dark Thirty as Daniel Day Lewis is to Lincoln.
Growing up in the south suburbs of Chicago, there were two kinds of houses: Tribune houses, and Sun-Times houses. The Tribune…
Wonder Women: The Untold Story Of American Superheroines will air on PBS this April. Here’s why you shouldn’t miss it.
Part Michael Clayton, part Rambo, this eco-thriller certainly has more going for it than your typical B-movie.
Horror movies derive most of their power and enjoyment (you sicko) from a combination of novelty and surprise.The novelty: how the filmmakers will have this particular bad guy stalk and…
Somewhere at the crossroads of Coen and Tarantino, you’ll come upon Andrew Dominik’s Killing Them Softly.
Eventually the tabloid fixtures, the celebutantes, the people that are famous for being famous, heck, even the D-list “legitimate” celebrities yearn for real fame, which is to say launder their…
Life of Pi is a technical miracle and a spiritual wonder.
Dreamworks’ CGI caveman spectacular The Croods comes out on Friday. It’s the first big animated movie of the year, but it’s hardly the first time a bunch of modern(ized) stone-age…
Hitchcock could have been a great film. Instead, it’s just a good movie, fun, but rather light, with an excellent cast.
Popdose takes a brief overview beyond the yellow brick road.
Sometimes a film cries out for a sequel. And sometimes we cry out when we see a sequel. Here are seven movie series that fall into the second group.
Check out the remarkably tender and funny “The Sessions” on Blu-ray.
The Barbra Streisand remake of A Star is Born is on Blu-ray.
In the final week of her 1980s Best Original Song adventure, Kelly takes a look at the nominees from 1987.
It’s showtime! Oscars, Top Ten 2012, and the greatest movies ever made.
Even a scatologically obsessed middle-aged guy from New Jersey can be an inspiration sometimes.
With the Academy Awards coming up, Jeff Johnson weighs in with his annual Oscar predictions.
I haven’t seen ANY of this year’s slew of “Best Picture” nominees. Besides the high price of tickets and parking, I simply can’t sit still while today’s over-indulged directors take…
Warner Brothers continues celebrating of its 90 years of producing and acquiring films with this collection of significant movie musicals.
