What movies to see this week, Nov. 2 John Hawkes plays a polio victim who can’t move his arms or legs but wants to experience sex for the first time, so he hires therapist Helen Hunt, in this well-acted, humane and sexually explicit drama. The original film was directed by Peter Whitehead, and the new version has Mike Gochanour and Robin Klein restoring more than 90,000 frames of optical screen …
Movies opening Friday, Nov. 2 Utilizing stark public and police cameras, plus blurry private video and cell footage, we see parasitic creatures jump from fish to humans, terrorizing a town
DVD review: ‘The American President’ What would happen if a widower started dating a woman while he was president of the United States?
New on DVD and Blu – ray , Oct. 26 Vampire Hunter This crazy mashup, based on Seth Grahame-Smith’s novel, works because the filmmakers decided not to be smirky about the gimmick but to treat it with an illusion of seriousness: Gerrymandering While the tone is sometimes breezy, the content of this advocacy documentary by Jeff Reichert is likely to enrage the viewer – it’s about how politicians …
Remember when the best way to watch a movie was under the stars at the local drive-in theater? Those days may be long gone, but thanks to the Lake Havasu City Parks and Recreation Department, you can still experience the thrill of movies under the stars.
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Oct. 23 Vampire Hunter” (2012), “Booley” (2010), “Breaking and Entering” (2010), “Cargo” (2011), “Claustrophobia” (2011), “Conned” (2010), “Crooked Arrows” (2012), “Dropping Evil” (2012), “Esposito” (2011), “Fanny, Annie & Danny” (2010), “Fatherless” (2011), “Fear and Desire” (1953), “Freight” (2010), “From Beneath” (2012), “Gerrymandering” (2010), “Gringo” (2012), “The …
Which movies to see this weekend, Oct .19 The latest edition of the Roxie Theater’s annual celebration of all that is noir and noirish kicks off Friday with a 20th anniversary screening of Quentin Tarantino’s “Reservoir Dogs,” playing alongside one of its principal inspirations, the little-known 1971 “Day of the Wolves.” Cumulatively, what you get is what you get from noir, only in an updated …
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Oct. 19 When the patriarch kills a neighbor, the family members become, by ancient custom, prisoners in their own home. Europe’s Most Wanted The “Madagascar” films have never been realistic, or moved at a snail’s pace, but this speed-freaking latest installment – in which our anthropomorphic Zoo Yorkers swim from Africa to France – is frenetic to the point of incoherence …
Sony redo of PlayStation Store links games, movies LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sony Corp. is revamping its PlayStation Store as it prepares a common storefront across devices from its game console to its Web-connected TVs, Blu-ray players and phones. Sony’s general manager of global digital video and music services, Michael Aragon, said Sony plans to roll out similar storefronts on TVs and other devices …
Movies opening Friday, Oct. 19 Alex Cross Tyler Perry goes all cops and killers in this adaptation of the James Patterson thriller, as a homicide detective dancing a dangerous tango with a sly serial killer (Matthew Fox) who makes it personal.