The Hangover: Extreme Edition (Warner Bros., 2010) No, you didn’t fall asleep for ten years — Warner Bros. really is double-dipping with The Hangover, a movie that only came out…
Film
1,626 Articles
Jeff Johnson
1 Min Read
With Red about to hit movie screens, Jeff Johnson takes a look back at other aging movie characters who kicked some major ass.
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
The Secret of Kells (Flatiron, 2010) The surprise feelgood story of last year’s Academy Awards, this beautiful tribute to Celtic lore went from small Irish film to Oscar-nominee overnight —…
Bob Cashill
1 Min Read
A status update on The Social Network tags the Wall Street sequel and Inside Job. But the sensitive may want to defriend the horrific Red White & Blue.
Jon Cummings
2 Min Read
John Lennon’s traumatic teens, and the birth of the Beatles, get the little-British-art-film treatment. But can it work both as cinema and as Beatleography?
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
It seems awfully quaint today, but it really wasn’t that long ago that King Kong was close to the pinnacle of gee-whiz special effects entertainment. I was born in the…
Kelly Stitzel
1 Min Read
“Wolfman’s got nards!” Kelly Stitzel kicks off a month of Halloween-themed posts with the cult ’80s hit, The Monster Squad.
Ted Asregadoo
1 Min Read
Ted Asregadoo reviews the latest in the Classic Albums series, this one focusing on Rush’s two most influential LPs, 2112 and Moving Pictures.
Bob Cashill
1 Min Read
Let Me In is a bloody good translation of the Swedish vampire classic, while on DVD Russell Brand disturbs the peace in a different way in the comedy Get Him to the Greek.
Jeff Johnson
1 Min Read
It may be a remake, but Let Me In offers a twist on the venerable vampire genre. Jeff Johnson offers some other movies about more than just garlic and blood.
Bob Cashill
1 Min Read
Liza Minnelli has a new CD, titled Confessions. There’s a lot to confess regarding her film and TV career–and cause for celebration, too.
Pete Chianca
1 Min Read
Is the YouTube sensation known as Fred the new Pee-Wee Herman, or a harbinger of hell on earth? Pete Chianca knows the answer.
Bob Cashill
1 Min Read
Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to DVD we go with the animated “Black Cauldron” from yesteryear and today’s CGI-filled “Prince of Persia.”
Ken Shane
1 Min Read
L.A.’s Laurel Canyon was one of the most important breeding grounds for American music in the ’60s. A new documentary traces the history of the scene.
Jeff Giles
1 Min Read
The Blu-ray market was made for reissues, but not all reissues are created equal. With that in mind, here are four recent Blu-ray sets that bring some hit films of…
Kelly Stitzel
1 Min Read
John Cusack goes on a cross-country journey with Daphne Zuniga to find The Sure Thing and Kelly Stitzel finally decides to go along for the ride.
Bob Cashill
11 Min Read
Two years ago I took a friend to see the acclaimed Broadway revival of The Seagull, starring Kristin Scott Thomas. At intermission we got to talking about some of the…
Jeff Johnson
1 Min Read
Satan takes the elevator to a theater near you in this weekend’s Devil, reminding Jeff Johnson of cinematic Beelzebubs past.
Scott Malchus
5 Min Read
Film legends Michael Caine and Michael Douglas return with two diversely different films. Both men, each two-time Academy Award winners, no longer have anything to prove and could easily rest…
Dw. Dunphy
1 Min Read
I know two things you’re thinking right now. The first is, how awful that such a wonderful actor as Kevin McCarthy has been lost to us. The second is, really?…
Kelly Stitzel
1 Min Read
Soundtrack Saturday turns two with a very special video retrospective. Join the celebration!
Bob Cashill
9 Min Read
Was this the worst summer ever for movies? Depends on whom you ask. One acquaintance said 2000 was the low point, and stuck to it even when I threw out…
Jeff Johnson
1 Min Read
With Machete arriving in theaters this weekend, Jeff Johnson has his mind on sweet revenge — of the cinematic variety.
Bob Cashill
10 Min Read
Roger Corman more than earned the honorary Oscar he picked up last year. He wrote, produced, and/or directed some terrific flicks, from Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957) and The…
Jeff Johnson
1 Min Read
With Piranha 3D in theaters now, I thought it might be fun to revisit an old favorite from 1978. Movies like Piranha happened in the good old days of drive-in…
Kelly Stitzel
1 Min Read
Look, everyone! It’s another breakdance movie! Well, maybe that’s not fair. Though Beat Street (1984) does feature breakdancing, it’s about ’80s hip-hop culture in New York City as a whole, which…
Matt Springer
1 Min Read
To some, he is the Flanneled One. The Bearded One. Baron Papanoida. The Maker. To others, he is a former mythmaker who has since surrendered any pretense of creative integrity…
Bob Cashill
6 Min Read
The Tillman Story is an outstanding story of heroism—not, however, the one you were told. Or rather, sold. You remember the official story. How in the wake of 9/11 Tillman,…
Pete Chianca
1 Min Read
As a lake full of pretty young co-eds prepares to be eaten by fish this weekend, Pete Chianca reflects on the bloodthirsty creatures of his cinematic youth.
Tony Redman
1 Min Read
In 2001, Larry Blamire created a movie called The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, a parody of science fiction films of the 1950s. The movie never had a wide release, playing…