Weekend Watch: Star Trek Into Darkness, The Iceman, and Stories We Tell

Weekend Watch: Star Trek Into Darkness, The Iceman, and Stories We Tell

Star Trek Into Darkness – Everywhere The first one was great fun, and this one is not disappointing. Wunderkind — or Wundermiddleagedbro — J.J. Abrams…

Weekend Watch: Oblivion, The Lords of Salem, and Trance

Weekend Watch: Oblivion, The Lords of Salem, and Trance

Oblivion – Everywhere Tom Cruise sci-fi from the TRON: Legacy director — so, you know, beautiful but boring. Pretty, dumb, derivative garbage movie. Trance –…

Weekend Watch: 42, The Company You Keep, And, Yes, Scary Movie 5

Weekend Watch: 42, The Company You Keep, And, Yes, Scary Movie 5

42 – Everywhere The story of baseball player Jackie Robinson and Brooklyn Dodgers GM Branch Rickey’s fight to allow a man of color to play…

Weekend Watch: Evil Dead, Ginger & Rosa, Jurassic Park 3D ROWR

Weekend Watch: Evil Dead, Ginger & Rosa, Jurassic Park 3D ROWR

Evil Dead – Everywhere A remake of the 1981 horror classic about a cabin in the woods and demon possession. If you really need to…

Weekend Watch: The Host (Blah), G.I. Joe (Ugh), and Studio Ghibli’s Latest

Weekend Watch: The Host (Blah), G.I. Joe (Ugh), and Studio Ghibli’s Latest

From Up on Poppy Hill – Trailer from The Kennedy/Marshall Company on Vimeo. From Up On Poppy Hill (Kokurikozaka kara) – Sundance, Embarcadero Hayao Miyazaki’s…

Weekend Watch: Spring Breakers, Admission, and Animated Prehistoric Nic Cage

Weekend Watch: Spring Breakers, Admission, and Animated Prehistoric Nic Cage

Spring Breakers - Everywhere It’s like Point Break in that it involves a beach, pretty people, and there’s hella robbery; and it’s not like Point Break in that it’s not the…

Weekend Watch: The Call, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, and Stoker

The Call – Everywhere Halle Berry, a grizzled 911 Operator, gets a call from Abigail Breslin, who’s been kidnapped by the coke-fueled ghost of her…

Weekend Watch: Emperor, Oz, and a Serial Killer Comedy Road Trip (???)

Emperor – Everywhere Does Tommy Lee Jones have Bell’s Palsy? Because I don’t think that dude can smile anymore. Something happened to him; please look…

Weekend Watch: Jack the Giant Slayer, Phantom, & 21 and Up

Jack the Giant Slayer – Everywhere Directed by Bryan Singer, and written by about 15 people, it’s a 2013 IN YOUR FACE version of the…

Weekend Watch: Snitch, Dark Skies, and Bless Me, Ultima

Snitch – Everywhere An action thriller starring Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson as the father of a son who’s wrongly accused of being a terrible no…

Weekend Watch: Beautiful Creatures, Die Hard 52, and Charlie Sheen with a Job (LOL)

Beautiful Creatures – Everywhere It’s a thoughtful, fun, and complex Twilight-esque fantasy adventure about witches and warlocks. It’s a sexy teen romp that knows what…

Weekend Watch: Identity Thief, Side Effects, Top Gun in 3D IMAX (Of Course)

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Weekend Watch: Oscar Nominated Shorts, And The Most Delightful Film of the Year

In Another Country – Opera Plaza Cinemas Three different stories about three different French women named Anne, each of whom is visiting South Korea, and…

Weekend Watch: Hansel & Gretel, Movie 43 & Quartet

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters – Everywhere It’s the time of year when either nothing is released, or the crap that studios know don’t hold…

Weekend Watch: Mama, The Last Stand, and Broken City

The Last Stand – Everywhere I’m torn. This Kim Jee-Woon action-adventure has my least favorite actor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and my most favorite actor, Forest Whitaker….

Weekend Watch: Gangster Squad, $ellebrity, and A Haunted House

Gangster Squad – Everywhere Super violent film that’s also, despite its best attempts at being badass, a little cheesy. It’s all ridiculous costume-y costumes and…

Weekend Watch: Tchoupitoulas, Texas Chainsaw 3D, and Midnight Movies

Tchoupitoulas – Everywhere A documentary crew follows three young brothers as they explore New Orlean’s vibrant nightlife. It’s supposed to be magical and whimsical as…

Weekend Watch: Django Unchained, Parental Guidance, and Les Miserables

Killing Them Softly – Roxie Three idiots try to con the mob and then a bad-ass Brad Pitt hunts them down with his rifle. It’s…

Weekend Watch: Jack Reacher, The Guilt Trip, This is 40

Jack Reacher – Everywhere Standard action-adventure fair — kinda like a Designer Imposters version of Mission Impossible. Tom Cruise livens it up like the affable…

Weekend Watch: The Hobbit, Which Is Crap, and Pretty Much Nothing Else

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Everywhere The long-ass tale of Bilbo Baggins’ big-ass feets’ epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Ereboro…

Weekend Watch: Hitchcock, A Terrible Rom-Com, And A White Dude On A Skateboard

Playing For Keeps – Everywhere Terrible generic rom-com that for some reason is being advertised out the wazoo. Also, if you’ve seen the trailer, you’ve…

Weekend Watch: Brad Pitt is a Mob Enforcer, Boring Serial Killers, Another Hole in the Head

Killing Them Softly – Everywhere Super-stylized dark comedy about some idiots who fuck with the mob. You would think people would finally learn about fucking…

Weekend Watch: Twilight Is Finally Over, Bradley Cooper Romances Jennifer Lawrence, and Anna Karenina Is Gorgeous and Sad

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 – Everywhere It got “hot” teenagers and is filled with drama DRAMA DRAMA!!! but still manages to…

Weekend Watch: Lincoln, Nazis, Bond, And Strings

Skyfall – Everywhere It’s Bond with emotional heft. He’s not the love ‘em and leave ‘em super spy, anymore — well, he is, but he’s…

Weekend Watch: Wreck it Ralph, RZA and Lucy Liu Together at Last, and a Horror Film About Humanity (Hint: We’re the Devil)

Wreck It Ralph – Everywhere Animated comedy about a video game villan with a heart of gold. It’s light and fluffy cotton candy and sometimes…