by Don Kaye | Jan 10, 2014 | Features
In typical Hollywood fashion, January has become the new October. This didn’t happen overnight, but it’s been a gradual process (after all, it takes a lot of effort to move a month) that has now been more or less completed and made official. Of course, we’re talking...
by Don Kaye | Dec 20, 2013 | Features, Staff Picks
Science fiction on the big screen is in a strange place these days. For the past couple of years, there have been several strains of cinematic sci-fi that have attempted to attract viewers with varying degrees of success: first, the action-oriented spectacles and...
by Don Kaye | Dec 6, 2013 | News, Trailers
The new trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 hit the web yesterday, and seems to indicate that this particular superhero series is taking a different approach than some of the others out there. Marvel, of course, has set the template, with individual superhero movies...
by Don Kaye | Dec 1, 2013 | Home Viewing, What's Hot
You can’t really “review” a film like The Visitor, because it would be like interviewing someone who’s insane. You’re not going to get any answers that make any kind of sense, because the subject is so utterly lost in its own impenetrable view of the world. Yes, The...
by Don Kaye | Nov 12, 2013 | Interviews, What's Hot
Marcus Zusak’s beloved 2005 novel, The Book Thief, has come to the screen this fall in an adaptation directed by Brian Percival (Downton Abbey) that captures much of the spirit and poignancy of the book despite the necessary tightening of the story required on...
