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Bob Cashill returns to the multiplex and ponders “Moneyball,” “Drive,” and “The Debt.”
Bob Cashill isn’t all smiles over the top-grossing adaptation.
Bailee Madison is going to need a bigger flashlight to scare off unwelcome houseguests in a shivery remake.
The Coen brothers’ cult smash has gone Blu. Just take it easy, man.
Bob Cashill checks out the tight-skirted babes in Zack Snyder’s folly, and eventually critiques the extended edition on Blu-ray.
Comics don’t stay in comics. For better or worse, most comics are produced in the hopes they will lead to films, cartoons, action figures, video games, backpacks, beach towels and…
The Oscar-winning director of “Man on Wire” returns with a documentary that’s in no way monkey business.
Is a movie that’s 90% awful still worth seeing? If it’s (Optimus) prime Michael Bay, yes, almost. Other, less awful movies are also considered.
“This is no fantasy…” A DVD megaset of all things “Superman” has made it to Blu-ray.
Manufactured-on-demand discs bring the rockin’ 60s artifacts Hold On! and How I Won the War to light.
The French classic Diabolique and the Korean thriller I Saw the Devil will tingle spines in any language.
Robin Wright may be The Conspirator in Robert Redford’s Lincoln assassination film, as Michelle Williams goes west in Meek’s Cutoff.
Bob Cashill takes a look at some of the less familiar chapters from a storied career.
No fooling — Insidious, from the makers of Saw, gets things bumping in the night. Plus, Hilary Swank is The Resident, and the phantasmagorical Santa Sangre, both on DVD.
London’s hottest show is now playing at a movie theater near you. And a former bride of Frankenstein stars in The Tourist, now on Blu-ray.
A megahit from Korea slams onto Blu-ray. Expect a fair amount of destruction, a lot of slashed throats, and some flying body parts.
Who’s that girl? Why it’s Jane Eyre, back again, as a new documentary revisits The Boys in the Band and some Monsters cause trouble on home screens.
There are worse things than fumbling the lyrics of the national anthem at the Super Bowl or tabloid crackups, Xtina. There is Burlesque.
Liam Neeson wants to know who he is in Unknown. Characters in Another Year would rather be someone else. Bob Cashill analyzes these identity crises.
Bob Cashill asks if it’s possible to feel bad about a movie that earns an Academy Award nomination. Yes, says sorrowful Way Back star Ed Harris.
Popdose takes a look at the music of film composer Jerry Goldsmith, and features selections from his best-known scores.
Popdose reviews the return of the “At the Movies” brand to PBS television.
Bob Cashill counts ’em down. “I better be on there, buster,” growls The Fighter himself, Mark Wahlberg.
Just how depressing are the “holiday movies” that have lingered into the new year? Film Editor Bob Cashill tests for gloom as the star of Blue Valentine and All Good Things, Ryan Gosling, anxiously awaits results.
Every holiday season, dozens of writers attempt to trivialize the holiday season through popular culture. Chestnuts like It’s a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street and A Christmas Story are…
Bob Cashill says movies weren’t just a laughing matter for the director of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” “The Pink Panther,” and “Victor Victoria.”