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You don’t know anything about those Transformer things, but you like a big silly Michael Bay (above) summer action movie — complete with doofy dialogue and mondo explosions. You think Bay isn’t all that bad, but no one should ever confuse The Beach with, say, Minority Report.
If […]
What’s on your viewing schedule for the weekend? Here are updates to our earlier preview coverage:
Ratatouille: Filmcritic.com colleague David Levine has given the film a five-star review. I’ll weigh in after the weekend but, for now, here’s our Ratatouille preview.
Live Free or Die Hard: A $9 million-plus box office on Day One bodes well for […]
UPDATE: As many of you know, Ryan Gosling is no longer in the role of the father in The Lovely Bones. In late October, just before the start of production, Gosling left the film due to “creative differences.” Mark Wahlberg was the literal late replacement, having just finished up M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening.
Cinema Blend’s Josh Tyler mentioned another […]
Pixar has produced seven feature films. With one exception, each has been an astounding achievement, improving upon the previous release. And with one exception, they’ve all been on my personal year-end Top Ten lists. (The exception: Cars. The writing was too derivative, the characters distant.)
The revolutionary animation studio’s eighth film, Ratatouille, opens Friday. And even […]
Even if you’re not a big fan of action movies — or the Die Hard series — you have to appreciate the humor in the title Live Free or Die Hard, which opens this week.
The name’s a perfect mix of the overdone action entries of the late 80s (like Die Hard) and a […]
If you’re still scratching your head over the AFI’s latest 100 movies list, let it go. We can bicker and dicker about what’s where on that list all night long. Let’s just one thing’s clear: Martin Scorsese is the new industry darling… finally.
Instead, here are some of the best soundbites from the AFI TV presentation […]
