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obsession: Doctor Who (and eager for “The Waters of Mars”) boyfriend: Ben Mansfield in Primeval (where did this cutie spring from?) psyched: Up in the Air (more George Clooney? yes, please) girl crush: Emily Blunt in Young Victoria (it’s good to be the queen) dreading: The Twilight Saga: New Moon (vampires who don’t suck suck) … more…
But Precious is precious indeed: 1. A Christmas Carol: $30 million (NEW) 2. Michael Jackson’s This Is It: $13.2 million (2nd week; drops 43%) 3. The Men Who Stare at Goats: $12.7 million (NEW) 4. The Fourth Kind: $12.2 million (NEW) 5. Paranormal Activity: $8.3 million (4th week in wide release; drops 50%) actual numbers, … more…
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but you’re gonna be busy staring at a big button, arguing with yourself about whether or not to push it. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you … more…
Robert Zemeckis appears to have given up making fantasies for grownups in favor of making theme-park attractions designed to do nothing more than shut the kiddies up for 90 minutes, if they can sit still for that long for the dazzling…
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but you’re worried that you won’t be able to find a humans-only multiplex now that the aliens have arrived and are swarming all over like they own the place. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection … more…
My picks for the best and worst movies of the year are no secret to anyone who follows my annual ranking of every new theatrical release I see. The ranking is a work-in-progress throughout the year. It begins when I see the first movie slated for release within a calendar year — for 2007, that … more…
I am very happy to report that Cast Away is terrific. And touching and smart and willing to grant the audience a modicum of intelligence. I will never again be able to look at a purple and orange FedEx logo and not think about Tom Hanks and Cast Away. This is an unforgettable film, full of imagery and emotion that lingers, one that far exceeds even the high expectations that accompany it.
With Forrest Gump, the fable of the dimwitted but goodhearted Alabaman who was, in his own words, a ‘football star, war hero, national celebrity, and shrimp-boat captain,’ director Robert Zemeckis takes his work to a new level of maturity. His previous films are, for the most part, fun and highly entertaining, but Forrest Gump has an intricacy and depth that is more rewarding while still being enormously engaging.
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