Indie horror movie 'It Follows' gets wide theater release
Saturday, 25 April 2015, 14:26
Last update: about 12 years ago
Two weeks after opening in just four theaters, the indie horror movie "It Follows" is getting a wide release this weekend. The film has been getting positive reviews for its...
In 'Lambert & Stamp,' the backstage story of The Who
Friday, 24 April 2015, 14:25
Last update: about 12 years ago
The teenage revolution was in full force on the fall 1964 night that Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp stumbled into the Railway Tavern, a London pub where a band called the High Numbers was playing and...
A visionary sci-fi thriller is born in 'Ex Machina'
Thursday, 23 April 2015, 14:22
Last update: about 12 years ago
Cinema has always been fascinated by androids. From "Metropolis" to "Blade Runner," the juxtaposition of humans next to their artificial form has provided endless hours of stories that can be as...
A teenage girl's nightmare realized in 'It Follows'
Wednesday, 22 April 2015, 14:21
Last update: about 12 years ago
For a teenage girl, it can seem as though everyone is a predator. Some are benign, like the boys leering through a fence at the beauty spending some late summer hours in her above-ground pool. Some...
'Get Hard' plays with stereotypes with mixed success
Saturday, 18 April 2015, 14:40
Last update: about 12 years ago
While the stereotypes in "Get Hard" may be gross exaggerations, its characters live in the real world: A place where the chasm between rich and poor is vast and growing; where black men are...
'Hot Tub 2' gives a bad name to recast sequels
Friday, 17 April 2015, 14:38
Last update: about 12 years ago
A sweaty cash grab that gives a bad name to sequels in which key talent has jumped ship, Steve Pink's "Hot Tub Time Machine 2" leaps forward rather than backward in time and sort of makes one wish the...
'Furious 7' drives hard with action, laughs, tribute
Thursday, 16 April 2015, 14:36
Last update: about 12 years ago
Fast-moving fight scenes, outrageous auto antics and a sprinkling of ridiculous one-liners make "Furious 7" a campy, crowd-pleasing escape. Never mind that the film repeatedly presents the...
Sean Penn flexes action-hero muscles in 'Gunman'
Saturday, 11 April 2015, 15:03
Last update: about 12 years ago
At one point in "The Gunman," the new Sean Penn geopolitical thriller, our star goes surfing. It's supposed to show he has a reckless side, since he's surfing in unsafe territory, but it seems to have...
Pacino, a strong ensemble charm in 'Danny Collins'
Friday, 10 April 2015, 15:03
Last update: about 12 years ago
"I was the real thing once," opines Al Pacino's rock star protagonist Danny Collins in a moment of late-in-life crisis. It's true, the movie, also called "Danny Collins," opens with a 1971-set...