Daily Archives: January 10, 2013

There usually aren’t any laughs when Oscar nominations are announced. That’s why Seth MacFarlane’s planned and joked-up sharing of the announcements (with Emma Stone) this AM was so refreshing. Jokes about nominated actresses not needing “to pretend to like Harvey … Continue reading →

Writer-producer Luc Besson gives us a parody of his earliest hits “La Femme Nikita” and “The Professional” with “Colombiana,” a lady assassin star vehicle for “Avatar’s” blue angel, Zoe Saldana. See Zoe kill. See Zoe strip. Many times. See Zoe … Continue reading →

Before he won his Oscar, before he starting studying infamous murder cases, before taking on Robert McNamara and the whole justification for the Vietnam War, documentary filmmaker Errol Morris was known for finding America’s most colorful eccentrics and putting their … Continue reading →

“Our Idiot Brother” has a menage a trois, nudity, pot use and profanity. But the unfailing sweetness of Paul Rudd’s lead performance makes what could have been another raunchy and rude R-rated farce  a bracing change of pace in a … Continue reading →

Since childhood, Corinne has been searching for something. She might have found it in a book, if the local librarian hadn’t yanked “Lord of the Flies” out of her hands. She might have found it in music, if mom (Broadway … Continue reading →

Leonardo DiCaprio earned praise and scorn for his supporting turn in “Django Unchained.” No Oscar nomination. He’ll need to be in a better picture to land his Oscar. Kathryn Bigelow, Tom Hooper and Tarantino were conspicuous by their absence in … Continue reading →

“Lincoln” pulled in the most nominations — 12. “Life of Pi,” without an actor on the list, had 11. “Silver Linings Playbook” had nominations in every acting category. But “Beasts of the Southern Wild (my review is here),” a no-budget … Continue reading →

Let us go amongst the Sports Crazed for a few minutes of convincing them to get up off the sofa and head to the movies this weekend. Chatting with Mike “Bulldog” Bianchi and Brian “Fritzie” Fritz about the new releases … Continue reading →

The Old West died hard in the City of Angels. And in the years after World War II, battle-hardened veterans came home to a town “under enemy occupation,” when the only way to fight off The Mob was with a … Continue reading →