Which movies to see this weekend, March 22 The Incredible Burt Wonderstone This comedy about Las Vegas magicians, starring Steve Carell, would be a borderline case were it not for Jim Carrey, who is hysterically funny in the supporting role of a crazy, masochistic street magician.
Worth seeing at the movies The Incredible Burt Wonderstone This comedy about Las Vegas magicians, starring Steve Carell, would be a borderline case were it not for Jim Carrey, who is hysterically funny in the supporting role of a crazy, masochistic street magician.
Which movies to see this weekend, March 15 Emperor Practically a study in how to make very little drama go a very long way, this film tells a semi-fictional tale of Gen.
Steve Carell’s best-reviewed movies In collaboration with Rotten Tomatoes and its parent company, Flixster, The Chronicle presents the critical consensus of Steve Carell’s best-reviewed films. The figure listed is the percentage of critics who have rated the film positively, based on reviews listed at rottentomatoes.com.. The terrific ensemble cast – including Steve Carell as a sad-sack Proust …
DVD review: ‘The Jazz Singer’ Historically, the most important scene in the film is the one in which Al Jolson, as a cantor’s son turned secular entertainer, ad libs dialogue as he plays the piano and sings for his mother. The naturalness of that interchange followed by the stiffness of the silent sequence that followed was said to have doomed silent films.
New on DVD and Blu-ray, March 1 The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare This well-crafted documentary by Matthew Heineman and Susan Froemke offers an X-ray of what’s wrong with this nation’s health care system and suggests solutions – among them, that the medical industry needs to switch its focus from intervention to prevention and that patients should change their lifestyles.
DVD review: ‘Smash: Season One’ “Smash hit” is the only way to describe this visually compelling show depicting the struggle to produce a musical about Marilyn Monroe and get it to Broadway. this set with 15 episodes comes just when executive producer Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” is up for numerous Academy Awards
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Feb. 19 The Strike” (2012), “Bagdad Cafe” (1987), “Broken Roads” (2012), “The Cyclist” (2012), “The Factory” (2012), “Fangoria Presents: Renegade Version” (1991), “Hipsters” (2008), “Hollow” (2011), “I Love You to Death” (2012), “Innocent Bystanders” (1972), “Irreconcilable Differences: Special Edition (1984), Julius Caesar (1970), Lake Noir (2011), Live Nude Girls (1995 …
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Feb. 8 Alex Cross An indifferent story and script are elevated somewhat by action director Rob Cohen, who makes the most of every opportunity in this tale of a madman assassin and the cop out to catch him. The Eye Has to Travel Lisa Immordino Vreeland’s captivating documentary explores the wit, whimsy and world-class taste of her mother, renowned fashion editor at Harper …
DVD review: ‘Following’ On the same day that Warner Bros. released the gargantuan caped-crusader instant classic “The Dark Knight Rises,” the Criterion Collection released a black-and-white, $25,000-or-so psychological thriller from 1997 with no stars.