December 31, 2012
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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.
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 …
DVD review: ‘Purple Noon’ “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” a 1955 psychological thriller about a charming serial killer, has the distinction of having been turned into a movie twice, most recently in 1999 by Anthony Minghella – the director’s finest hour
Movies to see this weekend, Dec. 28 Django Unchained Quentin Tarantino’s spaghetti Western, about an escaped slave (Jamie Foxx) who teams up with a bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) to rescue his wife from an evil plantation lord (Leonardo DiCaprio) is the most consistently entertaining film of the year, full of dazzling dialogue, imaginative story turns and moments of high tension. Sulley, the …
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Dec. 28 Arbitrage In writer-director Nicholas Jarecki’s smooth, snooze-inducing anti-thriller – about a high-finance magnate whose cushy life is threatened – an exceedingly dapper Richard Gere appears in nice suits and handsome close-ups that serve no purpose other than to remind us how exceedingly dapper Richard Gere looks in nice suits and handsome close-ups. Killer Joe …
There were lots of movies that came out in 2012, here is a look back at the family-friendly films during the year.
Last week, the Utah Film Critics Association joined a growing chorus of critics groups and film societies in celebration of a movie that almost no one in Utah has seen yet.