aaIt was probably only poetic license, since everyone knows that making another “Transformers” movie (coming in 2014), or another any kind of name-brand movie, is about money in the bank. Disn…
The Avengers”: The pure enjoyment offered by the Marvel mega-event showed that sometimes it’s not great art, but great commerce that expresses the magic of the movies. The summer popcorn hit not only broke the box-office bank, it lived up to expectations and healed the wounds from the 2003 “Hulk” movie by introducing a new big green guy, Mark Ruffalo, with just the right tone of wry empathy….
10 movies to help you beat the fiscal-cliff blues
As politicians engage in a testy battle in Washington that could decide the fate of the U.S. economy in the new year, it’s good to be reminded what people are capable of when they work together to overcome difficult circumstances.
As politicians engage in a testy battle in Washington that could decide the fate of the U.S. economy in the new year, it’s good to be reminded what people are capable of when they work together to overcome difficult circumstances.
The new year promises some blockbuster movies, including “Man of Steel,” “Oz,” and “Star Trek Into Darkness.” Film critic David Edelstein offers Rebecca Jarvis and Seth Doane some coming attractions.
Ziyi Zhang stars in the stunning “Memoirs of a Geisha.†Don’t compare the film to the book, and you’ll enjoy it. / David James/David James (c) 2002 This movie has a great story, is visually beautiful, and the performances are stunning when you consider the number of people who never spoke English before.
I’m not sure that there’s ever been a film franchise that has gotten as much mileage out of mainly bad films as the Resident Evil franchise. Apparently it was all a clever ploy designed to lower our expectations for Resident Evil: Retribution because this film…wasn’t that bad…
Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid appear to be enjoying themselves immensely as former childhood sweethearts who reconnect via Facebook in this initially cosy (the series takes on a darker hue later on) comedy-drama, set in Yorkshire.
DEC 29 ― This has been a crazy year for new Blu-ray and DVD releases, so crazy that even an addict like me found it hard to keep up with it all. So far I haven’t been able to afford the year’s two outstanding boxsets, both released by Universal ― their Universal Classic Monsters collection (which includes classic Universal horror titles like …