The market for animated movies may be nearing a saturation point as audiences confront a growing number of choices, some Hollywood veterans say. When it comes to computer-animated movies, studios seemingly can’t get enough of talking animals, planes, cars, monsters, cavemen, snails and little blue creatures who live in mushrooms. Â Â Â Â
A Second Look: Time has healed the reputation of the once-notorious film ‘Ishtar,’ among several critical ‘flops’ that have proved to be misunderstood rather than misguided. The 1987 film “Ishtar” has long held a cultural status much larger than that of just a single movie, as shorthand for the utter worst, an epochal flop with audiences and critics alike and a huge financial bomb. Its air of …
Holding on from the previous week, the Jackie Robinson biopic “42” was the top-selling DVD, coming in ahead of “Evil Dead,” the remake of the 1981 cult horror favorite. Â Â Â Â
Other new releases: ‘The Place Beyond the Pines,’ ‘The Sapphires’ and ‘West of Memphis.’ Mud    Â
The Jackie Robinson biopic “42” scored the top spot on the DVD and Blu-ray sales chart in its first week in release. The film, starring Chadwick Boseman and Nicole Beharie, outpaced “Evil Dead,” this year’s remake of the tongue-in-cheek horror classic from 1981. Â Â Â Â
Some actors have faces that are known everywhere. Once seen, never forgotten.
Also reviewed: ‘Kiss of the Damned’ from Xan Cassavetes and ‘Moon Man’ from Stephan Schesch. The Silence    Â
Disney’s “Oz the Great and Powerful” returned to the top of the DVD and Blu-ray sales chart in its fourth week in release. Buzz around Universal’s “Despicable Me 2” continued to boost sales of the original, which took the No. 2 spot.
Also reviewed: ‘Evil Dead’ and ‘Orphan Black: Season One’ come to DVD and Blu-ray. Only God Forgives
Black-and-white movies are having a moment, thanks to ‘Frances Ha,’ ‘Much Ado About Nothing,’ ‘Nebraska’ and more. So why now? When Hollywood began transitioning from black-and-white films in the early 1960s, the director Vincente Minnelli had a simple, dismissive reply to those who questioned the shift