“Prometheus” a smart, dark sci-fi trip (video review)
Director Ridley Scott returns to space and to “Alien” territory with this intelligent and dark sci-fi trip, starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender and Charlize Theron. Read on.
View ArticlePick up your air guitars: it’s “Rock of Ages” (video review)
Broadway hit “Rock of Ages” leaps to the big screen with this raucous, rocking-an-80s-jukebox adaptation, starring Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Catherine Zeta-Jones and more.
View Article“The End of the World” is nigh and touching in Steve Carell, Keira Knightley...
Apocalyptic films aren’t always touching and funny, but leave it to Steve Carrel and Keira Knightley to make it so in “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World.”
View ArticleVideo Review: Oliver Stone’s “Savages” pits Cali hotties vs. cartel honcho
Given the source material, Oliver Stone’s kinetic version of Don Winslow’s crackling crime thriller “Savages” should be a little bit Quentin Tarantino, a little bit Elmore Leonard. It even boasts a...
View Article“Beasts of the Southern Wild” shows a lot of beauty, too (video review)
A little girl named Hushpuppy guides us into a fictional — and endangered — bayou rife with grace and junk in Benh Zeitlin’s “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” For more on this auspicious debut of the...
View ArticleClint Eastwood and Amy Adams swing for the fences in “Trouble With the Curve”...
Yes by now, I’ve used nearly every baseball cliche — between headlines, captions, a full review and a slide show. For our video review The Pick, I was slightly more disciplined.
View Article“Looper” take us on clever, visceral ride (video review)
Rian Johnson, maker of the high school noir “Brick” and con man flick “The Brothers Bloom” creates a smart, visceral, near-future thriller worth pondering in “Looper.” Check out the video review above.
View Article“Argo” ups Affleck’s wattage (video review)
Ben Affleck’s electrifying, surprisingly funny political drama, “Argo,” suggests the best kind of escapist entertainment doesn’t run from daunting issues but runs parallel to them, leaving a little...
View ArticleVideo review: Naomi Watts’ Oscar-worthy turn in “The Impossible”
Naomi Watts does the kind of harrowing work worth award consideration in “The Impossible,” a grueling and edifying drama about a family that survives 2004′s Indian Ocean tsunami.
View ArticleOscar nominees: Quvenzhané Wallis and “Beasts of the Southern Wild” director...
Mad Moviegoer isn’t a huge follower of “Entertainment Tonight.” I am, however, a long-time cheerleader for “Beasts of the Southern Wild” and am very fond of the young lady who stars in it and her...
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