On the Big Screen
Where’s the Jokes, Mummy Men?
August 26, 2008
Do mummies bring out the best or worst in Brendan Fraser, playing explorer Rich O’Connell? They have ensured the actor has a vigorous daily workout. Yet something’s snagged th » Full Story
A Weed-Loving Ride on the ‘Pineapple Express’
August 26, 2008
How did we get into this mess? By smoking, inhaling and bonging a sweet smelling, tropical flavored, stash of a leafy, green weed. And it’s a gradually tightening noose from which t » Full Story
How Video Games Became Movie Fodder
August 26, 2008
Imagine this for one minute, will you — a movie about “Madden 2009.” That’s right, I said it. Video games are no strangers to movie adaptations, so why should one » Full Story
You Might Have to Wait a Bit for a Blockbuster
August 19, 2008
Bond. Twilight. The Earth Stands Still.
Those are just a few of the anticipated tent pole features Hollywood will serve up this fall, particularly in the Thanksgiving-Christma » Full Story
A Knight of Cinematic Brilliance
July 29, 2008When you go to escapist flicks, they usually have but a single, somewhat rudimentary element: Variations on the good guy(s) versus bad guys(s) sometimes doused with a sense of morality li » Full Story
Demons, Manilow: That’s Our Hellboy
July 16, 2008
Do you notice a slight resemblance of the red horned, demon carrying an oversized gun called Samaritan and an animated green ogre? Hellboy’s (Ron Perlman) body characteristics may r » Full Story
Will Smith Still Has That Box Office Draw
July 16, 2008
“Hancock” remains still, after a week in meditation over its viewing, a movie with the utmost promise and unwavering mediocrity. It was both formulaic and ground breaking &mda » Full Story
It’s Not the End of The World ... Wait, Check That
June 30, 2008
Where and with whom would you want to be at the end of the world?
With retreating intimate foreshadowing and intentionally disturbing, otherwise ordinary shots, M. Night Shyam » Full Story
Wall-E an Save-the-Earth Allegory
June 30, 2008
Leave it to the premier animators at Pixar to conceive a futuristic love story between two robots that sends older viewers a clear message that we must take action to take care of Mother » Full Story
The Strangers — Must-See Suspense
June 20, 2008
Every so often a film sneaks into the release schedule that instantly becomes a “must see.” Inexplicitly, those exiting “The Strangers” had mixed comments, b » Full Story