Summertime is here (and has been for about a month now), which means families across our nation are debating on taking that once-traditional American family vacation – the cross-country road trip. Should we pile the kids into the minivan (or the Wagon Queen Family Truckster – if you have one) and visit our national parks – both the nature and amusement-kind – in hopes of creating lifelong memories for all involved, or should we stay at home, save money, send the kids to an […]
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Michael B. Jordan Is Oscar Grant In Fruitvale Station
Fruitvale Station comes out wide on Friday, July 26. We saw it in San Francisco, not too far from where Grant was before he met his demise.
DreamWorks Animation: Ranking the Films from Best to Worst
With “Turbo” now available to lull you into a cartoon coma, it’s time to decide once and for all which DreamWorks Animation films were worth all that work, and which should have been euthanized in the development stage.
RED 2: Movie Review
John Malkovich, Anthony Hopkins, and Helen Mirren as action heroes? Yes! (Bruce Willis, too, natch.) Check out our review of “RED 2.”
Drews & Don’ts: 5 Terrible Stephen King Adaptations
After last week’s list of awesome Stephen King adaptations dropped, the challenge became to write a counterpoint to that list outlining the more execrable films made from Stephen King works. This is where I must confess: my opinion is woefully uninformed. There are a lot of movies that probably should be on my list, and “a lot” turns into “a ton” when you expand to include terrible tv movies (which I’m not, hence no 2002 Carrie or Desperation, among others); […]
The Jukebox Picture Show: Beetlejuice
For this week’s Jukebox Picture Show, we can talk about cha cha, tango, waltz, or the rumba. Or how about one of movie history’s most inevitable mash-ups – Harry Belafonte and bio-exorcism comedy!
Pacific Rim: Movie Review
Monsters beating up robots? Godzilla made by Guillermo del Toro? A glorious mash-up of every summer movie ever made? Bah, humbug!
Drews & Don’ts: 10 Great Stephen King Adaptations
As perhaps the world’s most preeminent writer of horror fiction, Stephen King’s works are adapted almost compulsively. With 60-odd novels and hundreds of short stories to his credit, there’s no shortage of material to pull from. It doesn’t hurt that his books hinge on ideas and rich characterization, aspects that make his yarns eminently adaptable; they also hinge a lot on expository dialogue and reams of internal monologue, things that don’t translate as easily to film. Three weeks into CBS’s […]
The Jukebox Picture Show: Moulin Rouge!
A new weekly feature to sing the praises of memorable song moments throughout cinema history. Have you had enough of silly love songs?
The Way, Way Back: Movie Review
Cool yourself off with our review of “The Way, Way Back,” the latest in a long line of summertime coming-of-age movies.
The Lone Ranger: Movie Review
Hi ho, Silver! Does Johnny Depp make “The Lone Ranger” a must-see summer blockbuster? Check out our review.
20 Feet from Stardom: Movie Review
You know their voices, but probably not their names. Check out our review of the new documentary “20 Feet from Stardom.”