MOVIES: This Week's Movies | October 5, 2012
The New York Times critics on “Frankenweenie,” “Sister,” and “The Paperboy.”
The New York Times critics on “Frankenweenie,” “Sister,” and “The Paperboy.”
Movies to see this weekend, Oct. 5 Looper A sci-fi thriller set in 2044, it uses the story of a hit man (who disposes of people from the future sent back to the past) for a reflection on morals and technology. There’s comedy, satire, sci-fi and thriller material, and even some music
Onscreen tobacco use increased by 34% per movie last year in films targeted at children and teens.
THE FILM:It’s funny what marketing departments will sometimes decide to promote for a movie. On the cover of the Blu-ray…
DVD review: ‘A Summer in Genoa’ Within a few years of his Oscar nomination for “A Single Man” and his win for “The King’s Speech,” a busy Colin Firth made two other movies – “A Summer in Genoa” and “Dorian Gray.” Neither film was released in the United States, and “Summer” can only now be seen on home video, four years after its completion. Firth stars in “Summer” as a professor in Chicago whose …
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Family matters are key to this week’s top DVD releases.
Movies to see this weekend, Sept. 28 he focuses on the bleak tone, simplicity of character and cathartic violence of the comic-strip source material. The result is a B-movie success – and the rare superhero film that revels in its carnage instead of stifling it for a PG-13 rating
THE FILM:BRAWLER is a quick moving, very simple tale of the popular and successful underground fighters, the Fontaine Brothers. After…