Movie Review: Emma.
Upon first glance, you may find yourself wondering if another film adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel Emma is needed (or wanted for that matter). In fact, one could even argue it would be impossible to improve on Amy Heckerling’s update of the tale in Clueless (1995). Thankfully, you would be considerably wrong as the latest version of the Austen classic, Emma, from director Autumn de Wilde...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: The Invisible Man Demands to Be Seen
A new film not only led the weekend box office, but it also displaced the former number one film by $13.0 million. The horror film, The Invisible Man debuted over the weekend, earning $29 million. The film seems to be a hit with both critics and audiences and could possibly enjoy a healthy stay in the top ten. But, only time will tell. With a strong opening weekend, The Invisible Man easily bested...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Invisible Man
The latest attempt to bring classic monsters from the Universal canon to bring them into modern cinema, The Invisible Man is an occasionally effective, but nevertheless disappointing return on investment. Despite starting out very strong with a superlative performance from Elisabeth Moss, the film loses its way near the half-way point and becomes a standard cat-and-mouse revenge tale. Cecilia Kass...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Sonic the Hedgehog Leads the Pack Again
For the second week in a row, Sonic the Hedgehog held the top spot over the box-office weekend. The film added $26.3 million this weekend to give it a two-week tally of $106.6 million. Even though it took the number one spot over the weekend, it was not as dominant a finish as it enjoyed last weekend as it only out earned the second place film by $1.5 million. Harrison Ford and The Call of the Wi...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Sonic the Hedgehog Outruns the Birds of Prey
Presidents’ Day weekend belonged soundly to Sonic the Hedgehog, which enjoyed a debut atop the box-office weekend. The film took in $57 million over the weekend, outpacing second-place finisher (last weekend’s top film) Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn by approximately $40 million. Although Birds of Prey lost the top spot this weekend, it still managed to bring i...[Read More]
Movie Review: Downhill
A big problem many might have with the new film starring Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus called Downhill is that it is, simply put, not that funny. In fact, the film is currently billed as a comedy/drama, or dramedy if you will. This classification does the film a severe disservice as there isn’t really anything in the context of Downhill that feels like its intended to or should be taken as ...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Birds of Prey Takes Flight
Despite debuting on top of the box-office weekend, Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn didn’t reach the $45 million that Warner Bros. expected for the film. Instead, the film brought in $33.3 million, which was easily bested the second-place finisher, Bad Boys for Life, by $21.3 million. Falling out of first place for the first time in four weeks, Bad Boys for Life ...[Read More]
Movie Review: Birds of Prey
It may come as a surprise to filmgoers nowadays that there was a time when movies based on properties from DC Comics dominated the cineplexes. Fare like Superman: The Movie (1978) and Batman (1989) were the gold standards for comic-book adaptations and decent films based on Marvel properties were an unrealized dream for most fans. My how the times have changed, and DC finds itself lately with a pl...[Read More]
Box-Office Weekend: Bad Boys for Life Threepeats
For the third week in a row, Bad Boys for Life held onto the top spot of the box-office weekend. The comedy added another $17.7 million over this past weekend to lift its three-week total to $148.1 million. Once again, it easily outpaced the second-place film by $8 million. Holding onto second place for the second consecutive week was 1917, which added $9.7 million over the weekend, giving the fil...[Read More]
Movie Review: Goalie
For hockey legend Terry Sawchuk, playing goal in the National Hockey League was more of a calling or destiny than a vocation, or so the new biopic, aptly named Goalie, would have you believe. Indeed, it seems that from his humble beginnings in rural Winnipeg, to winning the Stanley Cup four times – three times with the Detroit Red Wings and once with the Toronto Maple Leafs – Sawchuk was constantl...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Rhythm Section
Stephanie Patrick (Blake Lively) is on a self-destructive path of drug abuse and prostitution after her family is killed in a plane crash three years earlier, when we are introduced to her after investigative journalist Keith Proctor (Razza Jaffrey) seeks her out to begin the new action/drama The Rhythm Section, offering the revelation that the aforementioned plane was not brought down accidentall...[Read More]
Movie Review: Les Misérables
The new film Les Misérables should not be confused with either the novel by Victor Hugo or the Tom Hooper filmed version of the Broadway musical take on the story from 2012. While the themes of Hugo’s novel are buried deep in the heart of this new assault on the story of unease between the classes, it is a work totally of itself and signals the arrival of a remarkable filmmaker. The film follows S...[Read More]