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…
“Frankenweenie” and “The Cabin in the Woods” are tied for the 10th spot on this list of 2012’s best films.
DVD review: ‘House M.D.: Season 8’ In 2008, across 66 countries, this series became the most watched TV show on Earth. Every culture, it seems, enjoyed seeing American doctor Gregory House, played by British actor Hugh Laurie, behave like a pompous ass, ridiculing his fellow doctors and nurses, sneering at his administrators and humbugging the experts because he always understood the …
This is the lightest week of the year when it comes to new DVD releases.
Various Artists, “La Boheme” (Electric Picture, Deutsche Grammophon)
The eclectic list, which includes both gentle children’s films and bloody action epics, is a snapshot of the year in cinema
Movies opening this week, Dec. 28 First the money rolls in, then the quest to save Django’s wife plops them in enemy territory – the plantation of callous Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio).
Because nothing says Christmas more than tuberculosis, revolution, and singing, the movie musical Les Misérables took the Christmas Day box office with a surprisingly high $18 million or so on Tuesday, according to Nikki Finke at Deadline. (The Hollywood Reporter put the film’s “expected take” at $17.5 million.) Following the tuneful and thoroughly depressing story of a man who stole some bread …
Can a movie actually convince you to support torture? Can a movie really persuade you that “fracking” — a process used to drill for natural gas — is a danger to the environment? Can a movie truly cause you to view certain minority groups in a negative light?
Dean Obeidallah says “Zero Dark Thirty” and “Promised Land” present hot button issues that fire up people from the left and right.