Monthly Archives: April 2013

“Renoir” aims to do for the great Auguste Renoir what “The Last Station” did for Leo Tolstoy. It’s a lovely, painterly period piece that mimics the colors of Renoir’s art, but one that never manages to find the warm, beating … Continue reading →

A violent man in a violent underworld of Thai fight clubs in Thailand. The director of “Drive” is behind the camera (Nicolas Winding Refn), with Gosling as his existential lead, Kristen Scott Thomas playing the femme fatale mom. “Only God … Continue reading →

Deadline.com is reporting that “Arrested Development” returns to the loving embrace of its fans on May 26 (midnight the 27th for us East Coasters) on Netflix. These are the new episodes — Netflix is ordering more — that will lead … Continue reading →

The reviews weren’t scathing. Just indifferent, generally. As were the crowds. THR reports that Warners/Legendary’s Bryan Singer fairytale epic “Jack the Giant Slayer” never packed them in and Warner Brothers will take a $140 million bath on this first epic … Continue reading →

“Evil Dead” is earning the best horror film notices since “Mama,” maybe since “Insidious.” Not that it’s in their league, or that of the Sam Raimi film it is based on. Raimi’s film was his debut, with the Coen Brothers … Continue reading →

Robert Redford delivers one last lecture on ’60s idealism and passes another baton to Shia LaBeouf in “The Company You Keep,” an engrossing thriller about the last anti-Vietnam War radicals still underground. Redford, along with fellow Oscar winners Susan Sarandon, … Continue reading →

Forget blowing the images up to IMAX size and converting the lunging velociraptors and T. Rexes into 3D. The best reason to revive “Jurassic Park” for its twentieth anniversary is Jeff Goldblum. Yes, children, there was a time when Jeff … Continue reading →

Relentless, pitiless, bloody and intense – that’s the remake of Sam Raimi’s “The Evil Dead.” But is this “Evil Dead” (no “The”) any good? Yes and no. It has several genuinely hair-raising moments and presents, for your edification and enjoyment, … Continue reading →