Movie Review: Hotel Transylvania
Seventeen years ago, Pixar Animation Studios ushered in a second Golden Age of Animation when it’s first feature-length film, Toy Story, arrived to the awe and wonderment of moviegoers everywhere.
Movie Review: The Words
The names Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal probably don’t mean much to general moviegoers or critics for that matter and they probably won’t after their debut feature-film, The Words, arrives in movie theaters this weekend.
Movie Review: Arbitrage
The 2008 financial crisis came and went, but the Great Recession continues, if not in the statistics kept by government and academic economists, then by everyone else.
Movie Review: Compliance
In 1961, Stanley Milgram, a Harvard-educated psychologist began a series of behavioral experiments to test the limits, if any, of authority.
Movie Review: ParaNorman
Three years ago, name Laika meant little or nothing to most moviegoers and/or movie critics, but after Coraline (2009), the Oregon-based production company’s take on ParaNorman was highly anticipated.
Movie Review: Total Recall
Directed by Len Wiseman, the remake of Total Recall, Paul Verhoeven and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s sci-fi/actioner, arrives in movie theaters with more than the usual amount of pre-release baggage associated with remakes, reboots, sequels, or prequels produced by Hollywood studios.
Movie Review: Beasts of the Southern Wild
Every January, the Sundance Film Festival introduces first-time actors, writers and directors, initially to festival goers, and later, other film festivals and, if they’re fortunate enough for their film to secure a distributor, mainstream, general audiences.
Movie Review: People Like Us
As a writing-producing duo, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are practically synonymous with big-budget blockbusters. Kurtzman and Orci’s writing and producing credits include the first two entries in the Transformers franchise, Cowboys & Aliens, the Star Trek reboot and next summer’s sequel, and Mission: Impossible III. They’ve profitably ventured into TV too (e.g., Fringe and Hawaii 5-0).
Movie Review: To Rome With Love
After the biggest commercial hit of his career, not to mention another Academy Award for Best Screenplay (Midnight in Paris), Woody Allen is back for his 43rd film as writer-director, To Rome With Love.
Movie Review: Brave
Over almost 20 years and 12 films, Pixar Animation Studios has developed a well-earned reputation for combining popular entertainment and artistic innovation. The Bay Area based animation studio returns this weekend with Brave.
Movie Review: Rock of Ages
What do Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Foreigner, Guns N’Roses, Journey, Poison, and Twisted Sister have in common? They represented the nadir of glam metal/hair bands, of pop rock and execrable Top 40s hits revisited in Rock of Ages.
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