by James Rocchi | Mar 18, 2014 | Reviews, What's Hot
The follow-up to 2011’s “The Muppets,” “Muppets Most Wanted” in fact begins just after the prior film’s finale, as all the Muppets are standing around in the calm after the big finish wondering what, exactly, is next … and...
by James Rocchi | Mar 13, 2014 | Interviews, Podcast, What's Hot
Chad Hartigan’s This is Martin Bonner won the John Cassavetes Award at the Indie Spirit Awards; it’s a truly impressive American film about life and second acts, as Martin Bonner (Paul Einhoorn) rebuilds his life in a new town with a new job helping...
by James Rocchi | Mar 6, 2014 | Reviews, What's Hot
Re-booting or re-imagining the old “Rocky and Bullwinkle Show” mainstay “Mr. Peabody’s Improbable Adventures,” form the imagination of Jay Ward, “Mr. Peabody and Sherman” is in the middle of the pack of recent animated films;...
by James Rocchi | Feb 27, 2014 | Interviews, Podcast
This week on The Lunch, regular host James Rocchi is joined by Todd Sklar (R) and Alex Rennie (L), the co-writers of the new film Awful Nice, which Mr. Sklar directed and Mr. Rennie stars in. Full of undeserved overconfidence and flailing feuds, Awful Nice follows...
by James Rocchi | Feb 20, 2014 | Interviews, Podcast, Staff Picks, What's Hot
This week on The Lunch, regular host James Rocchi is joined by both Alonso Duralde — Film Critic for The Wrap — and Dave White — of Movies.com — to talk about the new-school Robocop remake and the singular strangeness of the original after...