the doubting Sarchie makes us play the “how long before the cop gets around to calling the helpful priest” game as Satanic civilians – Iraq War vets – start showing signs of supernatural evil, thanks to a tomb they stumbled into while on duty in the Middle East. Checking into a domestic violence call, another “scratching noises in the basement” call, and a third “crazy woman at the Bronx …
With this in mind, I offer a list of 12 things I learned from movies that aren’t true at all. There’s a moment in “Up in the Air” when George Clooney comes home and pours himself a big fat drink that, for a moment, made me think I wasn’t drinking enough.
Several intriguing releases hit video shelves in August, with the highest profile going to Based on Suzanne Collins’ teen novels, it crosses influences like “The Most Dangerous Game†(hunting humans), “Lord of the Flies†(kids on an island), “Survivor†(TV show) and even the Japanese “Battle Royale†(all of the above) for a new generation, as helmed by intelligent writer-director Gary Ross. “A …
Compared to his father, Roger (Olivier Gourmet), who exploits illegal immigrants for a living and is raising his son to carry on the family business, Igor (Jeremie Renier) is at least recognizably human.
Hot movies hit the video store “Mud†with Matthew McConaughey as a shady fellow who charms two boys into believing his stories about how he’s running away to meet his sweetie (Reese Witherspoon). “Vanishing Waves†is about a man who keys into the dreams of a comatose woman and begins a passionate, complicated and dangerous affair.
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Vast majority of theaters have changed to digital projection.
Lance Armstrong’s story has everything. Victory. Redemption
Not surprisingly, perhaps, this renowned musician and conductor sees the cinematic experience as being about the music as much as anything else. Topilow will lead the San Antonio Symphony in “Pops Goes to the Movies,†which will feature a wide-ranging selection of scores from Hollywood, from the fantastic (“The Wizard of Oz,†“The Lord of the Ringsâ€) to the intense (“Star Wars,†“Jawsâ€) and the …
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment’s leisurely Blu-ray issues of vintage Woody Allen movies continue this month with “Hannah and Her Sisters†and “Sleeper,†about a year after “Annie Hall†and “Manhattan†arrived in stores. Equal parts cerebral and slapstick humor, it’s the tale of a hapless health food store owner who is frozen then revived 100 years later, when the U.S.