Love has triumphed over action at the weekend box office with a No. 1 debut for the romantic drama “The Vow.” Studio estimates Sunday show that the love story starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum took in $41.7…
Hi Mick: Why do quality actors like Geoffrey Rush and Robert Downey Jr., who presumably have long ago achieved financial comfort, take part in bad movies?
RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Anonymous Who wrote William Shakespeare’s works: William Shakespeare, or someone else named William Shakespeare? Roland Emmerich (“10,000 B.C.”) answers with this Elizabethan political thriller,…
Feature: “All’s Faire in Love” (2009), “Anonymous” (2011), “Benji: Deluxe Collection” (various years), “Breaking Man” (2010), “Coming & Going” (2011), “The Count of Monte Cristo” (1934), “Cyberbully” (2011), “The…
Opening Friday Journey 2: The Mysterious Island Once Upon a Time in Anatolia Oscar Nominated Shorts Safe House Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace 3-D Undefeated The Vow
RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) The Big Year David Frankel (“Marley & Me”) directed this sweet-if-inconsequential film about birders (Steve Martin, Jack Black, Owen Wilson) embarking on a “big year” – a quest to spot the…
Feature: “Behind the Glass” (2008), “The Big Year” (2011), “Chalet Girl” (2011), “Dead Hooker in a Trunk” (2009), “Dog Jack” (2010), “The Double” (2011), “Dr. Jekyll vs. the Werewolf” (1972), “Dream House” (2011), “…
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) You may be a fan of the “Dragon Tattoo” trilogy, but unless you’ve seen the films in their original Swedish versions, you don’t fully know the series. For example, I’ve received outraged letters…
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) This four-disc set from the Warner Archive resurrects the early (and most interesting part of) Robert Montgomery’s career. Circa 1930-31, he was the exemplar of the new young man, and as such he…
Feature: “Abduction” (2011), “Action Double Feature: The Last Hard Man/Sky Riders” (1976), “Age of Heroes” (2011), “Belle du Jour” (1967), “Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star” (2011), “Caterpillar” (2010), “Courageous” (…