New releases: 'The Silence,' Ang Lee's 'The Ice Storm'
Also reviewed: ‘Kiss of the Damned’ from Xan Cassavetes and ‘Moon Man’ from Stephan Schesch. The Silence    Â
July 21, 2013
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Also reviewed: ‘Kiss of the Damned’ from Xan Cassavetes and ‘Moon Man’ from Stephan Schesch. The Silence    Â
Also reviewed: ‘Evil Dead’ and ‘Orphan Black: Season One’ come to DVD and Blu-ray. Only God Forgives
Black-and-white movies are having a moment, thanks to ‘Frances Ha,’ ‘Much Ado About Nothing,’ ‘Nebraska’ and more. So why now? When Hollywood began transitioning from black-and-white films in the early 1960s, the director Vincente Minnelli had a simple, dismissive reply to those who questioned the shift
Also reviewed: Paul Weitz’s ‘Admission,’ British cop drama ‘Blood’ and Harmony Korine’s ‘Spring Breakers.’ The Gatekeepers
Terrorist plots in movies including ‘Iron Man 3’ and ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ go where Hollywood once feared to tread to give real-life relevance to fantasy. Think you can escape the world’s troubles by heading to the multiplex this summer?
Writer Richard Matheson, the prolific author of science fiction, fantasy and horror whose works inspired famous “Twilight Zone” episodes and such movies as “I Am Legend,” “The Incredible Shrinking Man” and “Real Steel,” sometimes found his inspiration in movies.
Truth is stranger than fiction, and the Texas Legislature may be stranger than them all.
“Man of Steel” and “This is the End” aren’t the only game in town for moviegoers this weekend. If you’re looking for an alternative to the big new summer movies, revival theaters, museums and archives have classics and rarely seen vintage films on tap for this week.
What started out as cheap, populist entertainment in comic book form has turned into an endless parade of sexist, semi-fascist bores. Do we now need saving from superheroes? Twenty years ago, after appearing in two phenomenally successful, visually opulent and generally brilliant Batman movies, Michael Keaton decided he didn’t want to make any more Caped Crusader films