As I sit in a candlelit apartment in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, little did I know that news from across the country would blow me away.
Disney has announced it has made it’s biggest aquisition since Marvel. It has gobbled up Lucasfilm.
Read moreDisney buys Lucasfilm?! New ‘Star Wars’ film in 2015??!!
We’ve had films before with a “Maverick” in them. One Maverick was an old West quick-draw/card-sharp who the ladies loved. Another was a Navy fighter pilot with a big chip on his shoulder and a really bad attitude. Now we have a new Maverick on the big screen, but this time it isn’t a person. It’s a place in California that has gigantic waves that challenge the best of surfers. It is known as either Mavericks or Maverick’s, so the title is accurate.
Read more‘Chasing Mavericks’ is great for surfers, but not everyone
[rating=2]Starring: Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Juliet Rylance, James Ransone
Director: Scott Derrickson
Writer: Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill
To clear something up, despite having a villain that targets children, Sinister is not about Jerry Sandusky. It is a requisite Halloween movie that delivers some scares, but hardly anything more.
Read more‘Sinister’ is a creepy chiller that could have used more fright
[rating=2]Starring: Tyler Perry, Edward Burns, Matthew Fox, John C. McGinley, Giancarlo Esposito, Jean Reno, Carmen Ejogo, Yara Shahidi, and Cicely Tyson
Director(s): Rob Cohen
Writer(s): Screenplay by Marc Moss and Kerry Williamson, from the James Patterson novel.
Rob Cohen is a hit and miss director. Hits that include The Fast and the Furious and xXx, and misses such as Stealth and The Skulls. His latest film, Alex Cross, falls somewhere in between.
Films about someone suffering from alcoholism aren’t new. Days of Wine and Roses, 28 Days and When a Man Loves a Woman are among those in the genre where at least one drunk finds reason to get sober. Smashed takes the concept one step further, and while it hews closely to Days of Wine and Roses, it isn’t exactly the same story.
A teaser of the teaser for Iron Man 3 wants to tease you about the release of Tuesday’s teaser.
Wow, that’s dizzying. When the heck did the trailer become such a big even that it needs it’s own teaser?
Read moreNew ‘Iron Man 3’ armor revealed in teaser trailer… for teaser trailer
[rating =4]Starring: John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy, Moon Bloodgood, Adam Arkin, W. Earl Brown, Annika Marks and Robin Weigart
Director(s): Ben Lewin
Writer(s): Ben Lewin
Among living actresses, the list of those who have won two Academy Awards for Best Actress is a short one. It includes Glenda Jackson, Sally Field, Jane Fonda, Jodie Foster, Hillary Swank and now Meryl Streep.
The Sessions may be the film that adds another name to that distinguished list, as Helen Hunt is radiantly brilliant as Cheryl, the sexual surrogate who works to help the late Mark O’Brien, played by John Hawkes (best known for his role as “Bugsy” in The Perfect Storm).
Read moreHelen Hunt shines in ‘The Sessions,’ a captivating tale of sex and human need
The First Time is the story of two high school students, “Aubrey Miller” (Robertson) and “Dave Hodgman” (O’Brien), who meet in the alley behind a big house where a bunch of teens are engaged in some serious partying.
Read more‘The First Time’ is all about the time of teen angst
The trend toward remaking great films from Scandinavia continues with this remake of the 1996 Danish film Pusher, which was so successful it spawned two sequels. At least I’m told the original was great. I didn’t see that original film, but I’m told by people whose opinions I value highly that it is a terrific. It’s on my list of movies to watch.
Read more‘Pusher’ is a remake that makes one long for the original
An icon of soft-core porn has passed away.
Sylvia Kristel, the Dutch actress who taught countless teenage boys about sex with her Emmanuelle films, has died, AFP reported on Thursday.
The 60-year-old actress and model was battling cancer, and suffered a stroke in June.