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Review: ‘Skyfall’ is a Slick and Dour Mix of Big Action and Homage But...
Skyfall feels, in many ways, like the last film in Daniel Craig‘s tenure as James Bond. It’s only his third go round as the British secret agent, but he’s already haggard, unshaven and tired of the...
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A Brief History of the Oscar’s Commanders-in-Chief
The release of Lincoln could not be better timed. The plan must be to get as much of a boost from the presidential election as possible, yet at the same time avoid being cast as part of the political...
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Bringing Sherlock Holmes into the 21st Century
On CBS’ Elementary, Johnny Lee Miller plays a modern-day Sherlock Holmes. The English actor’s interpretation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous sleuth is hyperkinetic. Holmes is indelicate. He...
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Junkfood Cinema: ‘Die Another Day’ Never Happened
Welcome back to Junkfood Cinema; home of Her Majesty’s Secret Sauce. This is the movie column with the license to grill…terrible movies. We fry everything else. Every week we moon-rake a bad movie...
View ArticleSFotD: ‘So Pretty’ is an Anti-’Twilight’ Fan Film with Bite
Why Watch? A young woman sleepwalks onto a midnight subway train rattling its way through a quiet city and curls up with “Twilight” for her third read of it. She’s a big fan, but a young man begins...
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Review: ‘Chasing Ice’ Is a Gorgeous, Menacing and Necessary Wake-Up Call
To crassly understate it, the weather on the Eastern Seaboard has been a bit unpleasant. Hurricane Sandy was a disaster the likes of which public transit in New York City has never seen, and the...
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AFI FEST 2012 Review: Immersive and Accessible ‘Lincoln’ Belongs to Daniel...
It opens with a battle. Not the sort of battle we’ve come to expect from movies these days, not one punctuated by booms and blasts and bullets, but one that feels almost eerily and unnaturally quiet....
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First Look: Robo Tom Cruise in ‘All You Need is Kill’
Tom Cruise is doing something very mech-warrior in Doug Liman’s upcoming actioner All You Need Is Kill. And to think that no one thought of giving him some bionic stilts to make him taller for Jack...
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Exclusive Trailer Debut: ‘Only the Young’ Is a Truly Wonderful True Teen Movie
Fresh from its Audience Award win at AFI FEST yesterday, the amazing and beautiful nonfiction teen movie Only the Young has a brand new trailer, and we’re happy to unleash it out into the world....
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Sorry, ‘Star Wars VII,’ Snyder, Spielberg, and Tarantino Are So Not Into You
We all know what time it is, people – it’s time for our daily Star Wars: Episode VII rumor! While this week’s other rumors have centered on people possibly wanting to get involved with the project...
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Casting Couch: Will Ferrell and Liam Neeson Play With Legos, Alan Arkin is...
What is Casting Couch? Today it’s proof that if you star in something about sexy young vampires, you will continue to get more work. Warner Bros.’ Lego movie already had names like Chris Pratt,...
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Be Afraid: ‘Magic Castle’ Is a McG-Directed Movie About a Building
Private clubs for magicians might seem like the silly sort of thing that only exists in the movies, but they’re actually very real, and probably the most famous one is housed in historic Hollywood...
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Finally, A ‘Star Wars VII’ Rumor Is True: Michael Arndt Confirmed to Write...
As we reported yesterday, it looks as if screenwriter Michael Arndt is now confirmed to write the new Star Wars screenplay. The news comes from StarWars.com (via The Film Stage), which tells us: As...
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Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, ‘Skyfall’ Producers, Talk the...
Skyfall is the conclusion of James Bond’s coming-of-age story. At the end of Casino Royale, he may have declared himself Bond, but the young .00 wasn’t there just yet. As shown by the divisive Quantum...
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Disc Spotlight: ‘Bond 50 – Celebrating Five Decades of Bond 007′ (Part Two of...
We continue our look at one of 2012′s biggest and most anticipated Blu-ray sets… Bond 50. The set celebrates fifty years of Bond with special feature-filled Blu-rays for each film, and while most have...
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Review: ‘Citadel’ Turns the Fear of Fatherhood Into a Tangible Nightmare
Editor’s note: another SXSW feature is hitting limited release, so please enjoy this Citadel review, originally published on March 19, 2012. Tommy and Joanne are a young couple about to welcome their...
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Reject Recap: ‘Star Wars’ Rumors Fuel the Internet and Internet Rumors Fuel...
We aren’t really going to be seeing Star Wars rumors and updates all the way through 2015, are we? As much as that might be the boost the American economy needs (when bloggers make money, bloggers...
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Review: ‘Café de Flore’ Bends the Boundaries of Time and Space Better Than...
We live in a shrinking world. Boundaries are becoming more porous, commerce straddles the oceans, and communication is wide-reaching and constant. The movies have followed suit. There are hyperlink...
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In the Soup: Hitchcock, Bond, Batman and the Ingredients of ‘Skyfall’
In the Soup is a column on film influences and ingredients. Movies today all come from a pot of soup, which features numerous elements and flavors put in there throughout history — and not just cinema...
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Movie House of Worship: Atlanta’s Fox Theatre
“Movie House of Worship” is a regular feature spotlighting our favorite movie theaters around the world, those that are like temples of cinema catering to the most religious-like film geeks. This...
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