RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) 1911 The impressively big-scale war epic commemorates the centennial of the Xinhai Revolution, which brought Sun Yat-sen to power. The problem with the film (co-directed by Jackie Chan and Zhang…
Feature: “American Scream King” (2010), “The Chateau Meroux” (2011), “Contagion” (2011), “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” (2010), “The Fat-Boy Chronicles” (2011), “Five-Movie Action Pack” (various dates), “The Guard” (2011)…
Reviewed by Walter Addiego, Amy Biancolli, Peter Hartlaub and Mick LaSalle RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Brighton Rock Sam Riley is a slim, mesmerizing package of pure evil as Pinkie, a malevolent young thug in seaside England…
High: Blu-ray, HD Video on Demand and the perfection of the home video experience. It used to be that only the president and Irving Thalberg got to watch movies at home in such splendor.
Alonso Duralde literally wrote the book on Christmas movies: Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas . So who better to pick favorite flicks on the topic? Only Duralde — a film critic for The Wrap and the YouTube review show What the Flick?! — did it with a twist
The Artist This is the month they release the masterpieces, and that’s what this film is.
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Blackthorn A somber, reflective and very different Western – set in the high plains and salt flats of Bolivia – it tells the story of Butch Cassidy’s later days, when the whole world thought he…
1: Why do Laurel and Hardy get fired from the toy shop in “Babes in Toyland”? 2: How does the angel Clarence inscribe the copy of “Tom Sawyer” in “It’s a Wonderful Life”? 3: In “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” Lucy asks…