Categories
Archives
My Work
Links
Category Archives: Film
The Weekender: The ‘Great’ Escape
IN THEATERS: The Great Gatsby (PG-13) Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire Written for the screen by Baz Luhrmann & Craig Pearce Directed by Baz Luhrmann I’m really mad for Baz Luhrmann’s films because they’re so go-for-broke, Old Hollywood … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Previews
Tagged at any price, great gatsby, kerry washington, leonardo dicaprio, midnight's children, peeples, salman rushdie, zac efron
Comments Off on The Weekender: The ‘Great’ Escape
The Weekender: ‘Man’ of the Hour
IN THEATERS: Iron Man 3 (PG-13) Starring Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Kingsley Screenplay by Drew Pearce & Shane Black Directed by Shane Black Now that The Avengers has conquered the world, I hope Iron Man 3 can be spared … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Previews
Tagged angels share, iron man, kate hudson, kon-tiki, reality, reluctant fundamentalist, renoir, robert downey jr
Comments Off on The Weekender: ‘Man’ of the Hour
The Cynic’s Summer Movie Preview 2013: From Worst to First
Here’s a handy list showing all the major summer releases I covered in my three-part series, moving from bottom to top, to the insufferable to interesting. (But if you honestly thought The Smurfs 2 was my most anticipated movie this … Continue reading
The Cynic’s Summer Movie Preview 2013: The Exciting
Check out the awful movies here and the somewhat tolerable movies here. (Note: As always, the images in this post are meant solely for the promotion of the films they represent. All images are copyright the respective studios. No copyright … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Previews
Tagged before midnight, blue jasmine, despicable me, elysium, great gatsby, i'm so excited, iron man, kick ass, monsters university, much ado about nothing, only god forgives, star trek, way way back, we're the millers, world's end
Comments Off on The Cynic’s Summer Movie Preview 2013: The Exciting
The Cynic’s Summer Movie Preview 2013: The Somewhat Tolerable
Check out the awful movies here. (Note: As always, the images in this post are meant solely for the promotion of the films they represent. All images are copyright the respective studios. No copyright infringement is intended and all images … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Previews
Tagged 2 guns, bling ring, conjuring, epic, heat, man of steel, now you see me, paranoia, red, ripd, this is the end, to do list, white house down, wolverine, world war z
Comments Off on The Cynic’s Summer Movie Preview 2013: The Somewhat Tolerable
The Weekender: Send the ‘Pain’ Below
IN THEATERS: Pain & Gain (R) Starring Mark Wahlberg, The Rock, Anthony Mackie Written for the screen by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely Directed by Michael Bay Though I’ve never been a fan of Michael Bay’s overblown, overlong explosion orgies, it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Previews
Tagged big wedding, mark wahlberg, matthew mcconaughey, mud, pain and gain, robert de niro, starbuck
Comments Off on The Weekender: Send the ‘Pain’ Below
The Cynic’s Summer Movie Preview 2013: The Awful
This year has been off to a rough start, not just in the news, but cinematically as well. By this point in 2012, we had already been given a bounty of good-to-great films. So far this year, I’ve only seen … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Previews
Tagged 300, after earth, fast and furious, grown ups, hangover, internship, lone ranger, mortal instruments, one direction, pacific rim, percy jackson, planes, rapturepalooza, smurfs, turbo
2 Comments
The Weekender: Living in ‘Oblivion’
IN THEATERS: Oblivion (PG-13) Starring Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko, Morgan Freeman Written for the screen by Joseph Kosinski and Karl Gajdusek and Michael Arndt Directed by Joseph Kosinski Something of a pet project for Kosinski, it appears this sci-fi about … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Previews
Tagged ben affleck, from up on poppy hill, gimme the loot, hayao miyazaki, lords of salem, oblivion, rob zombie, shane carruth, to the wonder, tom cruise, upstream color
Comments Off on The Weekender: Living in ‘Oblivion’
The Weekender: Mixed ‘Company’
IN THEATERS: 42 (PG-13) Starring Chadwick Boseman, T.R. Knight, Harrison Ford Written and directed by Brian Helgeland Another entry into the Athletes That Had to Overcome Racism in a Movie That’s Extremely Heavy-Handed but Nonetheless Inspirational pantheon that also includes … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Previews, Reviews
Tagged 42, ashley tisdale, company you keep, disconnect, harrison ford, james mcavoy, jason bateman, not today, room 237, scary movie 5, shia labeouf, trance
Comments Off on The Weekender: Mixed ‘Company’
Roger & Me
Like many other film critics of all ages, creeds and genders, I owe an enormous debt to Roger Ebert, one that cannot be paid back in a written appreciation like this. But Roger always struck me as someone who remained … Continue reading