The Keeping Room movie review: a place that women know
Call this a revisionist feminist postapocalyptic historical western home-invasion horror drama. But even that doesn’t quite do it justice.
Harry Brown
Harry Brown (review)
Michael Caine as Dirty Harry? Well, not quite…
April 30: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but if you don’t knock down that last bit of woods in your neighborhood and pave it over for a parking lot, it’ll never get done. But you can have a multiplex-like experience from the comfort of your own sofa with … more…
my week at the movies: ‘Harry Brown,’ ‘Death at a Funeral’
It’s another slow movie week for me. If only I’d bought the recently released Region 2 DVD of Harry Brown (opens in the U.S. and Canada on April 30; it played in the U.K. last autumn), I could have skipped a screening altogether. But what the hell: I gotta go downtown for something else today … more…
caption this! image from ‘Harry Brown’
Fun for Wednesdays! We look at an image from an upcoming movie or TV show and write snarky, witty, or otherwise entertaining captions for it. No prizes, it’s just for fun. “Do I look like the kind of merchant who offers an extended warranty?”: Samuel Goldwyn Films and Destination Films tell us about the movie: … more…
trailer break: ‘Harry Brown’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… They wanted to call it Dirty Harry, but that was already taken. Looks like vigilante violence is now the cool thing for oldsters, too. Fun for the whole family! Harry Brown played theatrically in the U.K. last autumn, and is available for preorder on DVD in Region … more…
U.K. box office: ‘New Moon’ shines
Twilight frenzy has gripped the U.K., too: 1. The Twilight Saga: New Moon: £11.7 million (NEW) 2. 2012: £3.5 million (2nd week; drops 46%) 3. A Christmas Carol: £2.2 million (3rd week; drops 11%) 4. Harry Brown: £.72 million (2nd week; drops 43%) 5. Up: £.64 million (actual numbers, not estimates) Bad timing for box … more…
U.K. box office: ‘2012’ opens big
But Christmas Carol is the real winner: 1. 2012: £6.5 million (NEW) 2. A Christmas Carol: £2.5 million (2nd week; up 31%) 3. Harry Brown: £1.3 million (NEW) 4. Up: £.99 million 5. The Men Who Stare at Goats: £.8 million (2nd week; drops 34%) (actual numbers, not estimates) Just as in North America, 2012 … more…
