Category Archives: Previews

15
Oct

Too Early for This: Oscar Picks – 15 Oct 2014

BEST PICTURE Birdman Boyhood Foxcatcher Gone Girl The Imitation Game Inherent Vice Interstellar Into the Woods The Theory of Everything Unbroken Falling off: The Grand Budapest Hotel Rising star: American Sniper The skinny: Boyhood and Gone Girl are the only … Continue reading →

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9
Oct

The Weekender: Someone please think of the ‘Children’!

Movie of the Week Men, Women & Children Jason Reitman made three of my favorite movies of 2000s. He followed those up with the bitingly funny Young Adult. But between this and Labor Day, he’s not having a good year. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews | Tagged addicted, alexander, dracula untold, judge, kill the messenger, men women and children, pride, pump | Comments Off

2
Oct

The Weekender: My ‘Girl’

Movie of the Week Gone Girl David Fincher returns with another impeccably crafted, gripping best-seller adaptation that’s sure to wreck your entire evening. I can’t wait. WIDE RELEASE • Annabelle • Left Behind LIMITED RELEASE • 20,000 Days on Earth … Continue reading →

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25
Sep

The Weekender: You gotta ‘Believe’

Movie of the Week Believe Me* Finally, a movie made by Christians that’s top quality and everyone can enjoy. Read my review and interview at College Movie Review. WIDE RELEASE • The Boxtrolls • The Equalizer LIMITED RELEASE • Hector … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews | Tagged all is by my side, believe me, boxtrolls, equalizer, hector and the search for happiness, jimi hendrix, tracks | Comments Off

18
Sep

The Weekender: I Took a ‘Walk’

Movie of the Week A Walk Among the Tombstones* A solid back-to-basics detective story from the great Scott Frank (The Lookout, Out of Sight). Liam Neeson gets a role he can sink his teeth into for the first time in … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews | Tagged disappearance of eleanor rigby, guest, maze runner, skeleton twins, tusk, walk among the tombstones, zero theorem | Comments Off

11
Sep

The Weekender: Mmmm…. ‘Drop’!

Movie of the Week The Drop James Gandolfini, in his final performance, joins the always terrific Tom Hardy in this Dennis Lehane adaptation. Hardy plays a bartender in over his head with the mob. It sounds pretty standard, but Lehane … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews | Tagged atlas shrugged, drop, five star life, frontera, god help the girl, no good deed, wetlands | Comments Off

4
Sep

The Weekender: A Box of Chocolates… In IMAX!

Movie of the Week Forrest Gump Haters to the left. This is still one of the best movies ever made. Yes, it’s sentimental. Yes, it’s a little in love with its still breathtaking special effects. But you’d have to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews | Tagged dock ellis, forrest gump, frank, identical, life after beth, love is strange, no no | Comments Off

1
Sep

Summer TV Hangout 2014 Recap & Fall Preview

I didn’t watch quite as much TV this summer as I did last summer, and that’s probably a good thing. While I never made time for The Office (again) or season 2 of The Wire (that will come this fall), … Continue reading →

Posted in Previews, Television | Tagged blackadder, blackish, brooklyn nine-nine, gotham, hbo, key and peele, marry me, mindy project, modern family, mulaney, netflix, newsroom, saturday night live, simpsons, snl, undeclared, wire | Comments Off

28
Aug

The Weekender: Little ‘Italy’

Movie of the Week The Trip to Italy Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan return with more drunken shenanigans. Won’t you join them? WIDE RELEASE • As Above, So Below • The November Man LIMITED RELEASE • The Discoverers – Angelika Dallas Read my … Continue reading →

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24
Aug

Emmy Predictions 2014: Drama

DRAMA SERIES Breaking Bad (AMC) Downton Abbey (PBS) Game of Thrones (HBO) House of Cards (Netflix) Mad Men (AMC) True Detective (HBO) Should and will win: Breaking Bad Could win: True Detective Should have been nominated: The Americans (FX) DRAMA … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged boardwalk empire, breaking bad, downtown abbey, game of thrones, good wife, hbo, homeland, house of cards, mad men, masters of sex, netflix, newsroom, ray donovan, scandal, showtime, true detective | Comments Off