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On the surface it seems too soon for a reboot of the Spider-Man movie franchise, but it was really the only way to go. With the first two films, Sam Raimi brought the character to the big screen with a bang and in the process helped set the standard for comic book movies; with the … Continue reading
The Texas Theater presents a screening of a 35mm print of Mel Brooks’ classic comedy Young Frankenstein (1974), 8pm, June 24, at the theater. Details Cinemark Theaters and Paramount Studios kick-off their Reel Classics summer film series continues with a screening of John Ford’s epic western The Searchers (1956), 2 and 7pm, June 27, at select Cinemark theaters. Details The Magnolia’s The Big Movie films series begins … Continue reading
When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary consulting detective was dusted off and re-interpreted for the big screen by Guy Ritchie in 2009, the result was a light and breezy but intriguing and re-invigorating take on one of the most adapted characters of all time. It proved that there was still life left in Holmes, as … Continue reading
Pulp space opera at its finest, John Carter is this year’s first truly fun piece of escapist filmmaking, arriving just in time to liven up a sluggish winter box office. Based on the 1912 novel A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator of Tarzan), the movie does a fair but choppy job of adapting … Continue reading
MGM has unveiled the poster for the upcoming James Bond feature, Skyfall, as well as the trailer (below). So far, only its UK release date (October 26) has been announced.
Anyone who felt cheated and pandered to after seeing Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-bait movie War Horse or disappointed by the fizzle of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull pay heed: The Adventures of Tintin (his first CG-animated escapade) is quintessential Spielberg, an action-packed ride steeped in old-fashioned swashbuckling adventure that recalls Raiders of … Continue reading
On the heels of last week’s release of a full-length trailer for the mega-anticipated The Avengers comes yet another teaser, this time a two-minute trailer for the German market featuring two scenes not included in ads here stateside. (Downside: They’re dubbed in German.) Go nuts here.
Sucker Punch isn’t just a triumph of style over substance, it also clubs logic into submission and kills subtlety in its sleep. A mash-up of what feels like every 14-year-old geek’s favorite pop culture tropes, it’s a whole lot of noise that adds up to little more than Inception for hormonal 14-year-old boys. The scant story (which … Continue reading
While watching recent Academy Award winnerThe Artist in the theater not long ago, we couldn’t help but notice that it lifted footage from a classic silent era film (The Mark of Zorro) starring one our favorite action heroes, Douglas Fairbanks. Selecting just one Fairbanks feature to recommend as a starter is a difficult exercise; The Mark … Continue reading
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