Indie Films

Critic Review

Warm Bodies Review: The Heart Still Beats in this Walking Dead

February 2, 2013

Up until now 99.9% of zombie movies are a one-way street to destruction and relentless survival. There’s no hope for a cure because it’s all part of the design to [...]

Disney

The Box Office Story: ‘Ted’ and ‘Mike’ Go 1, 2, ‘Brave’ Drops to Third

July 2, 2012

While it didn’t match the opening weekend for The Avengers or The Hunger Games, June 29-July 1 produced the third biggest box office weekend of 2012, with four films making [...]

Critic Review

Movie Review: Magic Mike – The Thrills Are Cheap; So What’s Wrong With That?

June 30, 2012

Would it matter If I said Magic Mike was a bad movie? Are there persuasive enough words to scare off those who are jumping up and down to see Channing [...]

Film & Movies

The Box Office Story: ‘Snow White’ Is The Fairest Movie In The Land

June 4, 2012

When Universal Studios asked the magic mirror who would be the fairest movie in all the land this weekend, it replied, “None other than your own, Snow White and the [...]

Film & Movies

The Box Office Story: ‘The Avengers’ Soars Again While ‘Battleship’ Stays Anchored

May 21, 2012

It was predicted that to eclipse The Avengers at the box office this past weekend, a newcomer would have to make close to $60 million. But the solar eclipse was [...]

Disney

The Box Office Story: Can Anything Stop The Hulk and ‘The Avengers’?

May 14, 2012

Question: When is it good when a film drops -50.3% in gross and remains #1? Answer: When the film is The Avengers, which officially completed the biggest opening two weeks [...]

Captain America

The Box Office Story: Earth’s Mightiest Opening – Marvel’s ‘The Avengers’ Eclipses $200 Million

May 7, 2012

There was really just one, green, giant-sized box office story this weekend. Assembling Earth’s Mightiest Heroes proved to be the jackpot as The Avengers were on a record pace, after [...]

Art & Culture

The Box Office Story: ‘Think Like a Man’ is #1 – Audiences Getting Full on ‘The Hunger Games’

April 22, 2012

It took five weeks, but box offices are beginning to get full on Katniss Everdeen as The Hunger Games fell to third place this weekend. Taking the top spot was [...]

Critic Review

Movie Review: Marley – One Love, One Film

April 20, 2012

A key point in the new documentary, Marley (opening appropriately on 4/20 and also available Video On Demand), happens when the director Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland) visits [...]

Blu-Ray

Blu-Ray Review: Shame – Beneath The Skin With Steve McQueen and Michael Fassbender

April 17, 2012

There are few places less sexy than on a subway train but there’s Brandon Sullivan (Michael Fassbender, Inglourious Basterds, Prometheus) in the middle of Shame, eyeing his next prey sitting [...]