New Movies to Crave: Go Haywire, Fly with Redtails or Join the Underworld Awakening
Chris Kavan - wrote on 01/20/12 at 09:00 AM CT
Hopefully you're in the mood to add a little action to your life, as you have a triple dose coming at you that deal with action in slightly different ways, but in the end, it's still action.
1) If you like your action in the pure adrenalin form, Haywire should be right up your alley. MMA star Gina Carano plays a black ops agent who faces betrayal so does what anyone would do: gets revenge. …
New DVD and Blu-Ray Releases to Crave: No Need to Beware The Ides of March or a Courageous Abduction
Chris Kavan - wrote on 01/17/12 at 11:07 AM CT
This week runs the gamut from new films that deserved to be watched to new films that deserved to be buried and never, ever spoken of again - I'll list them and somehow I think you fine folks will be able to figure out what I mean.
1) If anyone can tell me that there's a better match up then Ryan Gosling and George Clooney, I'm all ears. You have amazing up-and-comer paired with the …
What Have We Learned from the Golden Globes?
Chris Kavan - wrote on 01/16/12 at 07:41 PM CT
Well - besides the fact Rickey Gervais isn't nearly as funny when he retrains himself. Actually, it turns out the Golden Globes were much more interesting this year. Are there clear-cut winners? Yes - but I don't think it's as cut-and-dried as some years, which should make for a more interesting Oscar night.
First, off, I don't think anyone can argue that The Artist and The Descendents ended …
Weekend Box Office: Contraband Smuggles Its Way to the Top of the Box Office
Chris Kavan - wrote on 01/16/12 at 10:49 AM CT
In a battle between new and old, new won the day, but it was smiles all around as once again the total box office was on an upward tick compared to last year.
Contraband, the action/crime drama with Mark Wahlberg heading the cast, took in $24.1 million over the weekend. It represented was Wahlberg's sixth-best opening of his career, besting the likes of Four Brothers ($21.2 million) and The …
My Top 10 of 2011
patjohnson76 - wrote on 01/14/12 at 11:48 PM CT
I know this is coming late, but it's only because there were so many great movies released late in 2011 that I wanted to try and see before making a "best of" list. I'm also creating this list with an important disclaimer: there are some critically beloved movies of 2011 that I have yet to see, most notably The Descendents, Moneyball, and Hugo... but those are probably going to be Netflix …
Female Empowerment - The Most Badass Women on Film
Chris Kavan - wrote on 01/14/12 at 10:38 AM CT
On January 20th, MMA star Gina Carano looks to join an exclusive club: that of the tough-as-nails, take charge fierce female. These are women that don't just hand with their male action counterparts, they could probably reduce them to quivering mounds of jelly. From the looks of the trailers and clips of Carano, she ends up beating just about everyone else in the movie. It just goes to show, if …
New Movies to Crave: Be Our Guest in 3D, Contraband Optional
Chris Kavan - wrote on 01/13/12 at 09:48 AM CT
Despite horrendous critical and audience reaction last week, The Devil Inside managed to get the 2012 new movie season off with a bang with an impressive nearly $34 million debut. This week has a couple of new films, one nationwide expansion and one 3D re-release that has a good chance of beating them all.
1) Disney found a gold mine when they decided to re-release The Lion King in 3D last …
New DVD and Blu-Ray Releases to Crave: The Killer Elite Take the Moneyball and Run
Chris Kavan - wrote on 01/10/12 at 11:39 AM CT
With award season finally getting into high gear, now is the perfect time to catch up on all those would-be, could-be 2012 nominated films before the big Oscar night. While there is only one decent film coming out on DVD this week that may show up, it's a good one to choose.
1) Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Robin Wright bring a much different kind of sports movie to the …
Weekend Box Office: The Devil Made Audiences Do It
Chris Kavan - wrote on 01/08/12 at 09:16 PM CT
Despite some harsh critical reviews and ambiguous audience reaction, The Devil Inside joins Insidious and Paranormal Activity in being another low-budget horror film that hits it big.
Now, I'm not saying the film is going to perform as well over time as those films, but the $34.5 million opening the movie scared up is good enough for the third-best January opening ever (behind Cloverfield's …
New Movies to Crave: The Devil is in the Details
Chris Kavan - wrote on 01/06/12 at 10:07 AM CT
In what is usually a slow time of the year for new releases, there is only one new wide release coming out and I have a feeling that we're up for a repeat three weeks running.
1) That's because The Devil Inside looks to bring nothing new to the table. A mix of Fallen, The Last Exorcism and pretty much any other "possession" film of the last five years, unless you're really desperate for a …
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