QUESTION: The Invasion or Superbad? Considering the buzz for both films (lukewarm and superhot, respectively), which will be the bigger hit? TELL US
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This week, The Bourne Ultimatum cracks The Top Ten, after an impressive $32 million in its 2nd weekend. And Transformers is now positioned to overtake Pirates as the 3rd biggest movie of […]
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This is the first episode that’s all wall-to-wall baseball. If you want to watch a movie about the New York Yankees, that’s cool. But if you planned on seeing the Yankees’ story blended into 1977 current events - as promised - forget it.
There’s footage of Ed Koch […]
This caught my eye today: Milestone Film just announced October special edition DVD releases for two famed specialty films: I Am Cuba and Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?
I AM CUBA (1964)
The Ultimate Edition
Available October 23 — Watch the trailer
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov (The Cranes Are Flying)
Background: I Am Cuba is considered a modern visual masterpiece, with balletic […]
When The Invasion creeps into theaters Friday, Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig will be following a movie legacy: 50 years of unsuspecting “Body Snatcher” characters hunted by alien life forms hell-bent on replacing humans.
The original 1956 classic (see the trailer!), Invasion of the Body Snatchers, was adapted from sci-fi author Jack Finney’s serial tale. And with each remake, […]
When you ask “How was the movie?” you don’t often want a Film Comment-style analysis. Sometimes you need a good ol’ fashioned “good” or bad.”
That’s why one of our features here is 25 Words or Less, a collection of capsule reviews written by anyone. Us. You. Your mom.
We’re just getting started with 25WOL, but this weekend we’ve got new […]
QUESTION: Is Be Kind Rewind a great idea or an extended sketch comedy routine? TELL US
Having created films like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep, Michel Gondry is known to work in intellectual absurdity. With films like The Pick of Destiny and Orange County, Jack Black is known for his crazy-slob […]
