— by WILLIAM STERR — This is the second bear-based movie I reviewed for “It’s Just Movies” in one week. The first was the execrable “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey.” Honey is supposed to be sweet, but when you mix it with blood, it’s a real stinkeroo. Both movies deal with [...]
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Five Clips from Dark Skies
— by ADAM POYNTER — With just a few days until its release, Dimension Films has unveiled five short clips from the upcoming thriller “Dark Skies.” “Dark Skies” follows the trials of a normal, happy family, the Barretts, after they are targeted by a malevolent force – which has [...]
Dark Skies: Official Trailer No. 1
— by CHERRY BELL — Best known for her role on the hit television series “Felicity,” Keri Russell is not only once again returning to the small screen in the upcoming 2013 TV show, “The Americans,” but also will be starring in the science fiction horror film “Dark Skies” from [...]
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[...]
Under Review: ‘Extraordinary Measures’
— by ALEXA MILAN — “Extraordinary Measures” is a fairly typical tearjerker. It tells a remarkable story, but unfortunately that isn’t enough to make it a remarkable film. Based on a true story, the film follows John and Aileen Crowley (Brendan Fraser and Keri Russell), [...]
‘Green Lantern’ Coming Into Focus?
— by CAM SMITH — With the casting of Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, and both Chris Cooper and Jackie Earle Haley currently being rumored to be frontrunners for the malevolent Sinestro, DC’s “Green Lantern” is, it seems, slowly beginning to take shape. Though the production has yet[...]
Two Clips from ‘Extraordinary Measures’
— by RACHEL COYNE — I like Harrison Ford, Brendan Fraser, and Keri Russell, yet I really can’t seem to care less about their upcoming drama, “Extraordinary Measures.” The fact that I keep getting it confused with the 1996 Hugh Grant/Gene Hackman medical “thriller” “Extreme[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Leaves of Grass’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — This is one of those trailers where you watch it and you just say, “Wow, that was weird,” but the more you think about it, the more you like it. Edward Norton was a big part of liking it, as he plays twin brothers in this comedic thriller. Now, when[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Extraordinary Measures’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — Brendan Fraser stars in this well-done film based on a true story. He plays John Crowley, a man who risks his family’s future to find a cure for his children’s life-threatening diseases. Keri Russell plays his beautiful wife Aileen, distraught to find out the[...]