Every week, we’ll pose a new “five favorites” question. You just list your five favorites that fit in that category (preferably in preference order) and you’re welcome to discuss and debate the selections and see just how much you do or do not have in common with others. If you want to take a look…
New This Week Mary Norton’s 1952 novel, The Borrowers was previously filmed three times, twice for TV in 1973 and 199,2 and once for the big screen in 1997. Now Japan’s master animator, Hayao Miyazaki, has adapted it as an animated feature under the title of The Secret World of Arrietty. Although the direction was…
The Avengers Rating Director Joss Whedon Screenplay Joss Whedon, Zak Penn Length 143 min. Starring Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Saunders, Stellan Skarsgard, Samuel L. Jackson, Gwyneth Paltrow MPAA Rating PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action throughout, and a…
We had two films releasing this weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Men in Black 3 When Men in Black opened 15 years ago, it was a box office hit. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones played an odd couple battling aliens in the modern world as part of a secret, global organization designed…
Welcome to The Morning After, where I share with you what I’ve seen over the past week either in film or television. On the film side, if I have written a full length review already, I will post a link to that review. Otherwise, I’ll give a brief snippet of my thoughts on the film…
Every week, I get several press releases, screening invitations and other notifications from a handful of studio contacts. While I won’t be sharing any information regarding my screening invites, some of the press releases might be of interest to my readers, so I thought I’d start sharing them in toto with all of you. These…
On Sundays, we list the weekend’s upcoming films along with previews of trailers and posters. On Wednesdays, we preview all of the upcoming new wide and limited releases hitting the theaters the coming weekend. On Fridays, we’ll now tell you what you should see. We pose two questions each week to our contributors and their…
Time for another week of the Friday Face-Off. It’s a simple affair in which you are given a choice between two Oscar winners in specific categories. You choose which of the two is best. When the game concludes, we’ll have the ultimate winner in each category. For example: If you were to choose between Oscar…