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opening wide Public Enemies: It’s the Miami Vice of its day, except everyone’s wearing sharp three-piece suits instead of pastels and loafers. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: Like Jurassic Park meets The King of Queens, except the stupid sitcom dad doesn’t get eaten by dinos. Damn. opening limited I Hate Valentine’s Day: Nia Vardalos … more…
We all know how it is. You’d like to get out to see a new movie this weekend, but all those fireworks aren’t gonna shoot themselves off, and there’s too many hot dogs to be eaten, anyway. But you can have something close to that blockbuster experience on the road with the proper application of … more…
1. The Hangover: $44.99 million (NEW) 2. Up: $44.14 million (2nd week; drops 35%) 3. Land of the Lost: $18.8 million (NEW) 4. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: $14.6 million (3rd week; drops 40%) 5. Star Trek: $8.3 million actual numbers, not estimates Good thing I wait for the actual numbers, because … more…
We all know how it is. You’d like to get out to see a new movie this weekend, but frankly, after how you’re planning to party on Friday night, you’ll be as hung over as the guys in that new Vegas movie on Saturday night and in no shape to go out. But you can … more…
A steaming pile of stereotypes and sitcomery, a pathetic excuse for a comedy, a romance, and a movie.
BUMPED UP to say that I’ve addded another movie to my schedule this week: Blood: The Last Vampire (opens in the U.S. in July, and in the U.K. on June 19; it didn’t open last week as I had indicated in an earlier post) — it’s an English-language telling of a Japanese Buffy. I didn’t … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oh, really? The bearded troll of a bus driver turns out to speak English and is totally gorgeous cleaned up? Who could have predicted this? How about a story in which the bearded troll of a non-English speaking bus driver turns out to be a serial killer … more…
Here, in one place, the funniest bad dialogue of the year 2004. They’re not ranked — they’re all equally awful. [Warning: May contain spoilers.] [click here for the best, most quotable snippets of dialogue from 2004] “Clearly, madam, genuis has turned to madness.” –Raoul (Patrick Wilson), to Madame Giry (Miranda Richardson), on the Phantom (Gerard … more…
Romantic comedies aren’t supposed to be about suspense…
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