Weekend Arena: 6/22
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter: In general, I’m a fan of fairy tailish, revisionist history. So long as the film includes enough farcical moments to subtly…
Weekend Recap — Debacle # 2
If Jack and Jill wasn’t enough, That’s My Boy is full of harbingers that Adam Sandler’s career as audience pleasing comic is coming to an…
Weekend Recap — Debacle # 1
All apologies for neglecting to write up the weekend arena last week, but my rationale is simple and is offered here: I could not bring…
The Weekend Arena 6/8
What can knock Snow White and the Huntsman and Men in Black III from their blockbustery perches? Perhaps a tale about the quest for the origins of…
We Bought a Zoo — Lions, Tigers, Denial, Oh Mee
Perhaps my low-to-no expectations influenced what I’m about to write here. Or, perhaps Cameron Crowe’s characteristically solid soundtrack brought me to a nostalgic familiar place….
The Weekend Arena 6/1
Not sure if any of these will not Men in Black III from the top spot, though this weekend’s openings might drive people in droves…
Take 5 — Trilogy Edition
(Take 5 is a recurring column in which we gather up five of our favorite Movies About Gladiators contributors and ask them a few questions…
Michael — He’s No Angel
About ten minutes into Michael, you realize that there is no angel from Saturday Night Fever coming to shatter the innocent veneer or heavenly ideology….
The Weekend Arena 5/25
Hang on to your cliches folks! Men in Black III is sure to challenge them all and include a few that left at the end of…
Cowboys and Aliens — The Echo of Ethnocentrism
Cowboys and Aliens is a cocktail of fun, silliness, and attempts at transparent meta-commentary. The film begins with a mystery as Jake Lannergan (Daniel Craig)…