Top box office films last year showed more onscreen smoking than the prior year, reversing five years of steady progress in reducing tobacco imagery in movies, according to a new study.
Thursday, September 27, 2012 New movies this week Looper The gist: Just the premise of this one is a mindbender: The mob sends people it wants to get rid of back in time 30 years to be killed by a hired gun, but one day they send back the killer’s future self. We can’t wait to hear how they explain why they didn’t just send him to a different gunman. Terminator -style paradoxes abound.
Movies opening Friday, Oct. 5 Bitter Seed Frankenweenie The Oranges The Paperboy Starbuck Taken 2 V/H/S
By Solvej Schou EW exclusive! Blu-ray and DVD release day officially set; get your first look at limited edition combo pack
Movies to see this weekend, Sept. 28 he focuses on the bleak tone, simplicity of character and cathartic violence of the comic-strip source material. The result is a B-movie success – and the rare superhero film that revels in its carnage instead of stifling it for a PG-13 rating
THE FILM:BRAWLER is a quick moving, very simple tale of the popular and successful underground fighters, the Fontaine Brothers. After…
DVD review: ‘Downton Abbey,’ as it aired in U.K. By Scott D.
ETOWAH – Imagine what it is like watching your favorite movie on the big screen for the first time. The thrill and excitement of the action and drama, played out in large scale on the huge screen in front of you. Now imagine seeing them all again – some for the first time – in a cultural landmark, a building you love which stands for culture and elegance.
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Please Note: The images used here are taken from promotional materials and a prior review of the Blu-ray by DVD Savant , not the Blu-ray disc under review. More gripping, succinct, and troubling than almost any picture made in the Hollywood studios’ golden age, Fred Zinnemann’s 1952 Western High Noon is a starker, more thoughtful example of the genre than many of its …