— by ADAM POYNTER — When “Ghost Rider” hit the screen in 2007, it was apparent that this awesome character and concept was being utilized in an underwhelming comic-book based movie franchise. Half a decade later, Columbia Pictures is releasing a reboot/sequel to the critically-panned film — “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance” — with new […][...]
Under Review: ‘Griff the Invisible’
— by ADAM POYNTER — While the superhero genre is in full swing, there is a growing sub-genre focusing on everyman superhero films — such as “Defendor,” “Kick-Ass” and “Super” — in which an average person puts on a costume and fights crime[...]
Under Review: ‘Glee: The 3D Concert Movie’
— by ADAM POYNTER — With more than 34 million song downloads to date, enough merchandise to solve our current economic deficit and, of course, a sold-out tour that boasted a 40-date concert tour, it is no surprise that they decided to film the “Glee” concert in 3D. It is[...]
A Music Video from ‘The Muppets’ by OK Go
— by SEAN GERSKI — Here is a music video by the group OK Go for the upcoming movie, “The Muppets.” The band, which is renowned for a series of clever videos, perform “Muppet Show Theme Song.” Directed by James Bobin and written by Jason Segel, “The Muppets” stars Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Kermit, […][...]
Under Review: ‘Buddha Mountain’
— by BEV QUESTAD — A bewigged, heavily made-up, scantily clad, 20-something girl in a nondescript northern Chinese town charges into a bar for her nightly performance at the microphone. While singing to the small raucous bar crowd the mic flings out of her hand, hitting the most belligerent patron in his crotch. An accident? […][...]
Transformers: Dark of the Moon returning to IMAX
IMAX and Paramount Pictures announced today that “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” the third film in the Transformers franchise, is returning to 246 IMAX domestic locations for an extended two-week run from Aug. 26 through Sept. 8. During those two weeks, the 3-D film will play[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Machine Gun Preacher’
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — Here is a story worthy of a movie. It’s not fiction, since its mostly based on the inspiring true story of Sam Childers, the reformed drug dealer who becomes the savior of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children in East Africa. The movie is called “Machine Gun Preacher,” it stars […][...]
Under Review: ‘Hi, Fidelity’
— by BEV QUESTAD — My second on-the-road film review, written from Hong Kong, is set in this financially successful city squeezed against Chinese hills that rise into the mists. And that, metaphorically, could describe the plot of this movie. Four HK wives of successful HK husbands find themselves lonely, romantically unfulfilled and frustrated with […][...]
Short Film Theater: ‘The Legend of Beaver Dam’
— by JESSIKA OWENS — Campfire ghost stories are the epitome of horror. Horror roots spawn around campfires. “Legend of Beaver Dam” combines horror with musical and does so in form of a short. I was very skeptical upon hitting play on this one. As much as I adore musicals and have an unnatural clinging […][...]