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Movie Review: Marguerite
“Music is the stuff of dreams,” declares a psychic medium in the heart-struck 2015 French film, Marguerite. Parisian opera singer Marguerite (Catherine Frot) lives in a dream world as a venerated soprano, and we are acutely aware of our participation as voyeurs; our vision, by contrast, is startlingly awake, or in other words, realist. I nearly longed to feel the inside of her madly constructed an...[Read More]
Movie Review: Demolition
Imagine buying a brand new Porsche. It’s beautiful, has a great engine, and makes everyone around you jealous. Now imagine being told you can only drive it in subdivisions. Sure, driving a Porsche is still driving a Porsche, but you’re not using it to its full potential. That’s what it is like watching Jake Gyllenhaal in Demolition. He’s still great and turns in a solid performance, but the filmma...[Read More]
DVD Review: Steve Jobs
The mythology of Steve Jobs knows no bounds. A Zen Buddhist who berated his employees, an absentee father who supported his daughter, and an underdog who spearheaded the biggest company in the world, all through the guise of glasses and a black turtleneck. Was he a good guy? Was he even a genius? Such questions have been asked time and time again, often with an ambiguous response behind them. Judg...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Ryan Gosling & Russell Crowe are Bumbling Crime-Fighters in The Nice Guys
It’s the beginning of April dear readers, and that means there’s only a month left until the start of the summer movie season. In that spirit, this week’s Trailer Trashin’ takes a look at the new trailer for writer-director Shane Black’s upcoming action comedy The Nice Guys, coming out in May. Premise: In 1970s Los Angeles, down-on-his-luck private eye Holland March (Ryan Gosling) and hired enforc...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Batman v Superman Plummets But Remains On Top
Finally feeling the effects of its critical reception, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice took a major nosedive, dropping to an estimated $52.4 million for its second weekend. However, the $250 million budgeted film has managed to draw major ticket sales, bringing in $261.5 million domestically and $682.9 million worldwide. Zootopia, in the meantime, has been a bit more successful overall in its f...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Batman v Superman Heroic at the Box Office
Critics may have had sharp words for the latest superhero movie (this time from DC Comics rather than Marvel Studios), but even that word of mouth could not stop Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice from having a bang up weekend. With an estimated domestic haul of $170.1 million (and $421.4 million worldwide), and the highest opening weekend for a March release, it is still looking to be a financial...[Read More]
Movie Review: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Somewhere during the titular bout in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, I hated myself for liking superhero movies. This feeling is almost certain to be temporary, dissipating when Captain America: Civil War rolls around in May. But there’s something singularly bleak about what will heretofore be abbreviated as BvS – something distinct from the post-9/11 political provocations of Christopher Nola...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Hero versus Hero in the Second Captain America: Civil War Trailer
I hope you all enjoyed your Saint Patrick’s Day, dear readers, and are ready for the arrival of spring. My birthday was also this past weekend, and it was definitely a happy one. This Friday finally sees the release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the first live-action meeting between the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight. And fittingly, this week’s installment of Trailer Trashin’ takes a lo...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Zootopia Big Three Weeks Running
Zootopia proved itself a box office champ as it entered its third week at the top with an estimated $38 million (and over $201.8 million in domestic gross). Its only real competition came from the third installment of The Divergent Series: Allegiant, which came in second place with an estimated $29.1 million. Excoriated by critics, it managed to top the mixed reviewed faith-based Miracles from Hea...[Read More]
5 Lessons Learned From 10 Cloverfield Lane
Two months ago, most of the movie-going world did not know that 10 Cloverfield Lane even existed. When the trailer premiered in front of 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, the internet seemed to be confused. There’s a sequel to Cloverfield? What does 10 Cloverfield Lane mean? Is that John Goodman? It comes out in two months?! The only thing that seemed to make sense is that the man behind ...[Read More]
Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford Reunite as Indiana Jones Returns in July 2019
After the unbelievable success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Lucasfilm and Walt Disney have decided to resurrect another hallowed franchise. There’s still no work on who will write the screenplay or whether they’ll excuse the fourth movie as a bad dream suffered by Indy during a particularly bad horrendous of malaria. Until we hear more news, such as what involvement George Lucas might have in ...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Zootopia Still on “Topia”
Disney has a bona-fide hit on its hands again as Zootopia won the weekend box office for the second time in a row. While an estimated $50 million has added up to $142.6 million domestic gross, the film has picked up more than $431.3 million worldwide. The next biggest release was 10 Cloverfield Lane. Critically acclaimed, it opened to a much more modest weekend estimate of $25.2 million, but with ...[Read More]