— by CAM SMITH — “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” has been at the very top of my must-see list for months now — above even film-geek cinematic altars of worship like Cameron’s “Avatar” and Peter Jackson’s “The Lovely Bones.” After that[...]
Archive for the ‘Clips’ Category
Listen to Zac Efron Sing About Wheaties
— by RACHEL COYNE — Zac Efron tackles a serious dramatic role in “Me and Orson Welles” in an effort to prove he’s more than just a singing teen heartthrob from “High School Musical.” So here’s a clip of Zac Efron singing for you! “Me and Orson[...]
Ten Clips From ‘Planet 51’
— by SEAN GERSKI — When the Academy Awards nominations are announced on Feb. 2, 2010, there will be great anticipation over which animated movies made the cut for the Animated Feature Film category. In some years, it is hard to justify even three films receiving nominations[...]
A Clip From ‘Serious Moonlight’
— by ALEXA MILAN — Meg Ryan’s career choices have been less than stellar since her “You’ve Got Mail” days. It’s hard to tell if her latest comedy, “Serious Moonlight,” will put her back on the right track or be just another addition to a long list of flops[...]
Five Clips from ‘The Good Soldier’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — “The Good Soldier” follows the journeys of five combat veterans from different generations of American wars as they sign up, go into battle and eventually change their minds about what it means to be a good soldier. From the clips you will see some pretty[...]
Two Scenes From ‘The Descent – Part 2’
— by CAM SMITH — Neil Marshall’s 2005 spelunking horror effort “The Descent” was a one of the best fright flicks of the decade; a claustrophobic spine-chiller featuring a group of young women falling prey to subterranean flesh-eaters after becoming lost in a ink-black cavern. It[...]
Love on the High Seas in a ‘Pirate Radio’ Clip
— by RACHEL COYNE — I feel like I haven’t seen a lot of promotion for “Pirate Radio” on TV, but they’re certainly doing a crackerjack job of pimping it out online. In yet another clip from “Pirate Radio,” Bill Nighy — as the renegade ship’s captain — is officiating the [...]
Six Clips From ‘Pirate Radio’
— by SEAN GERSKI — Based in 1960s Britain, “Pirate Radio” is about a ship containing a variety of crazy DJs. And, of course, the government is trying to shut them down. While “Pirate Radio” doesn’t hit U.S. shores until Nov. 13, it already has been released [...]
Four Clips From ‘Wrong Turn at Tahoe’
— by CAM SMITH — Poor Cuba Gooding Jr. Has there ever been a more spectacular post-Oscar win flameout? Well, maybe Mira Sorvino … Regardless, you can’t help but want to root for the guy every single time he shuffles up to bat with his latest clunker. “This is it, Cuba[...]
A Clip From ‘Planet 51’
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — There is a lot to be said about the clip for the movie “Planet 51” shown below. To me, it is smart to not just show a montage of different clips from a movie, but to provide a two-minute clip of perhaps a key moment instead. In this case, that’s[...]
Five Clips From ‘The Open Road’
— by ALEXA MILAN — “The Open Road,” a dramedy from writer-director Michael Meredith, began filming in early 2008 and has been struggling to find an audience ever since. The movie had a limited run in theaters in August and will now hit store shelves on DVD Nov. 17. The film centers[...]
Open ‘The Box’ For Five Clips
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — When I first saw the trailer for this movie “The Box,” I remember thinking, “This reminds me of something I’ve seen before.” In the official movie trailer, a mysterious man with a scarred face (played by Frank Langella) gives a financial[...]
Five Scenes From ‘Looking for Palladin’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — “Looking for Palladin” follows Josh Ross (David Moscow), an arrogant Hollywood talent agent who is sent to Guatemala to lure Jack Palladin (Ben Gazzara), an old Hollywood star, out of retirement. Even though Josh and Jack have never met, Josh has quite a [...]
A Clip From ‘The House of the Devil’
— by TOM ELCE — Touted by several critics as something of an effective throwback to the haunted house themed horrors of the ’80s and ’70s, Ti West’s “The House of the Devil” looks to be one of the more promising horror efforts of the year, seemingly a world [...]