— by AMANDA KOEHLER — Already getting accolades at the Sundance and Toronto Film Festivals and starring two of the most talented young actors working today, “Blue Valentine” tells the story of a couple, Cindy (Michelle Williams) and Dean (Ryan Gosling), who are trying to save their failing marriage. The movie cuts through different time […][...]
Under Review: ‘Hereafter’
— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — Clint Eastwood doesn’t waste any time grabbing the audience’s attention. In the opening sequence of “Hereafter,” the viewer is swept into a tsunami. Death and destruction in its wake, we are introduced to the first character of the film, Marie LeLay (Cecile de France), a television anchor from France on […][...]
‘Legends of the Superheroes’ Finally Headed to DVD
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — How do I suppress my excitement for a few minutes in order to write this article? Here goes … Let me share a little bit of history with you. In January of 1979, Hanna-Barbera and NBC aired (on prime time) a two-part miniseries titled “Legends of the[...]
Footage of Eric Stoltz in ‘Back to the Future’ Revealed
— by ALEXA MILAN — Michael J. Fox has a slew of memorable characters to his name. Scott Howard in “Teen Wolf.” Jamie Conway in “Bright Lights, Big City.” Alex P. Keaton in “Family Ties.” But the character Fox’s fans most often associate him with is Marty McFly, the young hero of the “Back to […][...]
Review: Marwencol
— by BEV QUESTAD — What constitutes the concept of great art? What qualifies my sculpture, my oil painting or my collage as a personal experiment and Claude Monet’s as classic impressionist expression? Why is your kindergartner’s art “developing” and Picasso’s worth millions?[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Faster’
— by CHRIS HYATT — “Faster” has a decent trailer. I certainly wouldn’t pay $9 to see it in theatres — $6 is even pushing it — but I don’t know if I would bother to go to see it in theatres. When it comes to cable, likely on TNT, since they’ve played practically every […][...]
Lauren Holly to Discover ‘The Town Christmas Forgot’
Lauren Holly (“NCIS”) will star in “The Town Christmas Forgot,” a Hallmark Channel original movie world premiere Nov. 25 (8 p.m. ET/PT, 7C). The film also stars Rick Roberts (“The Night Before the Night Before Christmas”), alongside newcomers Torri Webster and Holly’s real life son, Azer Greco.[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench’
— by RACHEL COYNE — With movie trailers constantly giving away major plot points and, in some cases, the movie in its entirety, it’s usually refreshing to come across a minimalist trailer that reveals next to nothing. But this sort of tactic tends to only work for movies with familiar elements to them, so you’ll […][...]
Under Review: ‘RED’
— by ADAM POYNTER — Hollywood has a tendency of taking its older A-List stars and as they age shoving them into the roles of quirky grandfather or boss of the main antagonist. “RED” takes that stereotype, flips it on its head and then shoots it. “RED” is directed by Robert[...]
Updates on ‘The Flash’ and ‘Green Lantern’ Movies
— by ANDY BEHBAKHT — DC Comics, along with Warner Brothers, have brought some of our favorite heroes to the big screen during these past few years and it looks like that another one is closer to appearing on the big screen as well: The Flash. According to Deadline, the writers of “Green Lantern” — […][...]