— by ADAM DALE — In an outer Boston suburb in the ‘80s, a young boy named John (Mark Wahlberg) spends his Christmas not with the neighborhood kids – who like to beat up the local Jewish kid — but alone wishing that he could have a best friend. When he receives a stuffed teddy[...]
Trailer: Robot & Frank
— by ADAM POYNTER — We all know that there are many independent films out there that are far superior in storytelling capability and in impact to the majority of the blockbuster films that fill up theaters during peak times when they all seem to be released. Every now and then, some of the smaller, […][...]
Two Clips from Killing Them Softly
— by ALEXA MILAN — With surefire hits like “The Amazing Spider-Man” and “The Dark Knight Rises” still on the horizon, summer blockbusters are still at the forefront of most movie lovers’ minds. But once the summer season winds down, there are a few pretty intriguing films set for the quieter early fall months. Among […][...]
Review: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
— by ADAM DALE — In case you have never heard of him, Seth Grahame-Smith is an author who quickly is becoming sought-after as a screenwriter. With his first mash-up hit, “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,” becoming a hit after its release in 2009, its no surprise that he soon had another novel that mixed […][...]
Trailer: Alex Cross
— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — The trailer for “Alex Cross” is up and I’m not really feeling it. However, I will give Tyler Perry props for trying something different. Up until recently, the actor, writer, producer and director has starred mostly in comedies. “Good Deeds” — a film that met heavy criticism — was Tyler’s […][...]
Review: Searching for Sugarman
— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — Apparently, one can be famous and not even know it. Such was the case for unknown folk singer Sixto Rodriguez in the ’60s. Discovered by two producers who heard him play in a dive bar in Detroit, Rodriguez was signed to Sussex and A&R records where he released two albums, […][...]
Nine Clips from Cosmopolis
— by CHERRY BELL DAMASCO-FARRINGTON — In David Cronenberg’s upcoming futuristic drama “Cosmopolis,” based on the 2003 novel by Don DeLillo, Robert Pattinson (the “Twilight” saga) plays 28-year-old Wall Street tycoon Eric Parker as he is being transported across midtown Manhattan to get a haircut at his father’s old barber in the midst of the […][...]
Machete Kills: More Big Names Added
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — Robert Rodriguez is in his own realm as a director, and if you watched “Machete” (starring Danny Trejo) in 2010, then you understand exactly what I am talking about. It was like some B-movie you might have seen in the ‘80s, but with actors you would not have expected seeing […][...]
Review: Silenced Voices
— by BEV QUESTAD — “Sri Lanka seems to be cursed. For 30 years it has endured a brutal and seemingly endless ethnic civil war.” These are the words of a beautiful Norwegian journalist, Beate Arnestad, as she rides undercover through checkpoints skirting a fenced-in area of Tamils – exiles in their own country. The […][...]
Criterion’s The Gold Rush Restoration Demo
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — I am so glad so many classic movies are being remastered and restored back to health. Movies like Ben-Hur,” “Casablanca” and numerous Alfred Hitchcock classics have all been cleaned up and, perhaps, now they look even better than they did when they were originally released. This is mostly due to […][...]