Now Playing: Rad ‘Grandpa’
‘Jackass’ is back! Well, sort of. Johnny Knoxville has reteamed with his ‘Jackass’ crew, including director Jeff Tremaine, to make a new movie centered on his character Irving Zisman, an elderly man...
View ArticleNow Playing: ‘Vegas’, Baby!
The trailers for ‘Last Vegas’, a comedy starring several actors over the age of 60 in a plot very similar to ‘The Hangover’, gave me serious doubts about how good it could actually be. On the one hand,...
View ArticleNow Playing: ‘Buyer’ Reaches Higher
‘Dallas Buyers Club’ is a fresh take on the familiar AIDS story. The film has a knockout script and amazing performances by Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto. The true-life narrative about a...
View ArticleNow Playing: ‘Book’ Report
20th Century Fox would like you to compare ‘The Book Thief’ to the Oscar-winning ‘Life of Pi’. The trailers even say, “From the studio that brought you Life of Pi.” Not the director or the writer… just...
View ArticleNow Playing: I’m in a ‘Nebraska’ State of Mind
Alexander Payne has a knack for creating quirky characters in Oscar-winning films like ‘Sideways’ and ‘The Descendants’. His newest movie strikes a more somber note than his previous work, but still...
View ArticleNow Playing: Hello, ‘Darlings’
Over the past few years, the Beat Generation that spawned writers and poets such as Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac has returned to cinema screens in documentaries (‘William S. Burroughs: A Man...
View ArticleNow Playing: Statham’s Latest Turkey
‘Homefront’ is a strange movie to release at Thanksgiving. This violent and bloody action thriller stars Jason Statham and James Franco, with a small appearance by Winona Ryder. Based on a novel by...
View ArticleNow Playing: Anchors Aweigh
‘Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy‘ may not have been a huge blockbuster back in 2004, but grew into a cult classic on home video, with a fan base that endlessly quotes its dialogue. Since that...
View ArticleNow Playing: SEAL of Approval
Peter Berg’s ‘Lone Survivor’ is an intense and gritty true account of a failed Navy SEAL raid in Afghanistan. Even though the title tells us that only one person will make it out alive, Berg pulls out...
View ArticleNow Playing: Don’t Be Afraid of the ‘Marked’
Even though it’s the fifth installment in the franchise, don’t confuse ‘Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones’ as ‘Paranormal Activity 5′. This is more of an off-shoot of the series that exists in the...
View ArticleNow Playing: Legen… Wait For It…
Renny Harlin’s ‘The Legend of Hercules’ is the first of two 3D Hercules movies coming out this year. After seeing this one, it’s difficult to remember that Harlin actually directed fun movies like...
View ArticleNow Playing: Move ‘Along’
Once or twice a year, another buddy-cop movie will come along where two unlikely partners are paired up to take out the world’s most dastardly criminals. Very few of these are worth watching, and most...
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