— by ALLISON HIGGINBOTHAM — It has been 45 years since The Doors became a band, 39 years since Jim Morrison’s death, and 37 years since The Doors disbanded. After all this time, people still remain enamored with The Doors. The new documentary “When You’re Strange” tells the life [...]
Archive for the ‘Clips’ Category
A Scene from ‘Cemetery Junction’
— by JOSIANE OCHMAN — Co-written and co-directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the clip for “Cemetery Junction” hints at a promising film-making career for the duo known primarily for their television work. The clip is self-assured in tone and dialogue. It features a[...]
Four Clips from ‘Babies’
— by ALLISON HIGGINBOTHAM — Babies look adorable doing anything. They could be playing with building blocks, staring off into space, or scooting around, and it’s as cute as a button. The film “Babies” is using this cuteness to its advantage. The film explores the first year of four[...]
Four Clips from ‘The Losers’
— by ALEXA MILAN — It may be called “The Losers,” but the latest comic book-turned-action flick looks like it is filled with people who are anything but. The story revolves around a group of U.S. Special Forces who are betrayed and left for dead in the Bolivian jungle. Leader[...]
Seven Clips from ‘Defendor’
— by H.G. WATSON — With all of the big superhero movies out this year, one that may fly under your radar is Peter Stebbings’ “Defendor.” The Hamilton, Ontario, shot and set film is one that superhero film fans should seek out. The plot of the film revolves around Woody [...]
Eight Clips from ‘Date Night’
— by ALEXA MILAN — Steve Carell and Tina Fey are two of the funniest people on TV, consistently delivering laugh after laugh on their back-to-back NBC comedies, “The Office” and “30 Rock.” I’m actually surprised they’ve never acted together before[...]
A Scene from ‘Iron Man 2’: Making an Entrance
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — There aren’t that many new movies that I can watch over and over. As a matter of fact, lately, I usually watch a new movie in the theater, then buy it and watch it . After that, it sits there, along with hundreds of other movies I own, untouched and […][...]
Four Clips from ‘Mrs. Nobody’
— by ALEXA MILAN — Based on these clips from the fantasy romance “Mr. Nobody,” the tagline “Nothing is real, everything is possible” seems particularly fitting. The off-the-wall, fantastical tale centers on Nemo Nobody (Jared Leto), a man who wakes up one day only to discover the[...]
Four Clips from ‘Paper Man’
— by SEAN GERSKI — For a movie starring Jeff Daniels, Lisa Kudrow, Ryan Reynolds and Emma Stone, “Paper Man” has decidedly flown under the radar. The movie debuted at the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival and subsequently was picked up by MPI for North American distribution. The[...]
A Scene from ‘Date Night’
— by RACHEL COYNE — I’m generally not a fan of the movie clips that studios release before their movie opens. When watched without any context and with only knowing the basic plot of the upcoming release, the clips usually make little sense and don’t pack the emotional punch they’r[...]
Five Clips from ‘The Last Song’
— by ALEXA MILAN — “Dear John” hasn’t even left theaters yet and already another Nicholas Sparks adaptation is headed to cinemas. “The Last Song” tells the story of Ronnie Miller (Miley Cyrus), a 17-year-old whose anger about her parents’ divorce linge[...]
Ten Clips from ‘Clash of the Titans’
— by JON MARTINCIC — As an audience, we like originality and creativity, but what we love is a classic return to the well. “Clash of the Titans” may not be the typical sequel, reboot or rehash, but it is a familiar story just on its most recent stint. Louis Leterrier, fresh off of 20[...]
A Scene from ‘Creation’
— by JOSIANE OCHMAN — For a movie about evolution and “Origins of the Species” naturalist and writer Charles Darwin, I would have preferred a different title than “Creation.” Most of you are probably aware of the creationists versus evolutionary theorists battles [...]
A Scene from ‘Leaves of Grass’
— by RACHEL COYNE — I have no idea how Edward Norton manages to switch from muscular badass to schlubby everyman and back again for the various roles he plays, but in the comedic thriller “Leaves of Grass,” he’s definitely de-Hulked. Norton takes on two roles to play identical[...]