The trailer for Observe and Report makes it look like a raunchy romp. Instead, it’s as bi-polar and off its meds as main character, Ronnie Barnhardt [Seth Rogen], head of security in as generic a mall as we’ve ever seen in a movie. When a flasher exposes himself to a number of mall customers – […]
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MOVIES: 7 Summer Films I Don’t Want To See
Last year, Hollywood proved once and for all that we can have big Tentpole films that are both Big, Intelligent, Original and Fun. This year it looks like they reverted back to form and are going for whatever is “safe.” The only movie I think I’m really actively looking forward to seeing is GI Joe […]
MOVIE NEWS: Miley Cyrus Plans Big Surpise
Ok this is my lame attempt to suck up to Disney, I’ll be completely upfront about that. But those of you who have read the site for the last 11 years, know that I’m generally a sucker for the teen film. I had a really bad, tasteless joke, but I’ll refrain. I actually like Miley, […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Sunshine Cleaning: Making Things Just a Little Bit Better
Sunshine Cleaning, which opened wide this weekend, is a quirky, entertaining dramedy that mines the same kind of vibe that propelled Little Miss Sunshine to hit status. It’s about pursuing a dream even though it would have appeared that it was too late. It features a very familiar performance from Alan Arkin as Joe, the […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Fast & Furious is Exactly That!
The original cast of The Fast and the Furious reunites for this fourth film in the series – and it does exactly what it says on the label. Under the leadership of director Justin Lin, who also directed the Tokyo Drift instalment of the series, we get a car movie that will please fans of […]
HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: John Martin, CEO of The Alamo Cinema Drafthouse
The Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas in Austin Texas has is the little theater that could. It’s become an Internationally known movie theater and a must see stop for anyone visiting town which is quickly becoming a haven for the Hollywood hipsters to hang out. This is in large part due to the folks at Ain’t It […]
HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: Hollywood.com’s Paul Dergarabedian Speaks!
This week all of the movie executives are meeting in Vegas, partying, golfing and toasting each other on their box office success at the annual Movie Theater Owners event ShoWest. I was planning on attending but at the last minute real life interfered. This week I was able to catch up with Paul Dergarabedian the […]
HOLLYWOOD INSIDER: Director, Producer R.W. Goodwin Talks Alien Tresspass!
The first thing you need to know about Director/Producer R.W. Goodwin is that he is the man who directed all the season finale episodes of the first 5 seasons of one of my favorite shows of all time – The X-Files for which he received four Emmy Nominations for Outstanding Drama Series and won Three […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Monsters Vs. Aliens 3D, Surprisingly Bland Experience. Michelle’s Review!
I was going to start this review off by talking about how tough it is to review a movie that’s technically brilliant but bland as heck then I was going to go into this whole rant about how I’m not a snob, but in reality I am, but I’m poor so I have to keep […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Monsters vs. Aliens 3-D: Dreamworks Catches Pixar With Homage to B-Movies!
The premise is simple: to stop and alien invader, the U.S. military releases its force of five captured monsters. The catch? It’s not as simple as they thought. Although it took a veritable legion of writers [okay… five] to come up with the final script for Monsters vs. Aliens, like the group that pieced together […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Duplicity – Kickin’ [Corporate] Espionage Old School!
Espionage movies usually deal with state secrets and impeccably dressed spies; state secrets and dishevelled spies, or grim, dark corporate espionage. Tony Gilroy’s Duplicity harkens back to movies like Charade and North By Northwest, in which intelligence wit and charm are as important as guns. In fact, there are no guns in Duplicity. Gilroy’s male […]