Opening: ‘Iron Man’ / ‘Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me! Live’ / ‘May Day: Mayweather vs. Guerrero’ /
movies
Movie Review: Action comedy on steroids with ‘Pain & Gain’
‘Pain & Gain’ is loaded with talent, but also with violence, plot wrinkles and stupidity.
Movie Review: ‘Oblivion’ is slick sci-fi
It feels familiar, but still manages to create some mesmerizing images.
At the Movies
Opening: ’42’ / ‘Manet: Portraying Life’ / ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’ / ‘Scary Movie 5’ / ‘Trance’
Movie Preview: Summer of 42
Jackie Robinson’s number has since been retired for all time, but in 1947 it was a lightning rod for much that was good and evil about the Great American Pastime – and about America.
Movies: Dino-mite! Back to Jurassic Park, in 3-D
A box-office juggernaut 20 years ago, ‘Jurassic Park’ stomps back into cineplexes this weekend, this time in 3-D.
Movie Review: Big ideas lead nowhere in meandering ‘Host’
Aliens take over the minds of humans in this vision of the future. The movie, however, does not.
DVD Releases
NEW ON THE SHELF “JOHN DIES AT THE END,” starring Chase Williamson and Rob Mayes. It’s a great week for offbeat gems, and nobody delivers that particular brand of cinematic product better than director Don Coscarelli, the man behind such beloved outliers as “The Beastmaster,” “Phantasm” and, most recently, the highly recommended “Bubba Ho-Tep.” Here, […]
Movies: Opening This Week and Now Showing
“EVIL DEAD” (R) (1:31) Stars Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Jessica Lucas, Lou Taylor Pucci. Directed by Fede Alvarez. Five friends head to a remote cabin where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby woods. Opening at: Brunswick 10 Thursday; Nordica (Freeport) Friday-Wednesday; Cinemagic […]