Last summer, Fathom Events screened the DC animated film “Batman: The Killing Joke” in select theaters around the country a few weeks before it was released on DVD. It was supposed to be a one-night-only event, but because the pre-sales were so high, the same 1,325 theaters added a second showing the next evening. Night […]
“Man of Steel” was dull, “Batman v. Superman” was weak, and outside of Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, “Suicide Squad” was a major disappointment. But with “Wonder Woman”, DC has finally proven that it can be a worthy competitor to Marvel in the battle for superhero movie supremacy. Gal Gadot’s appearance in the final act […]
“La La Land” capped an incredible 2016-17 Awards Season by winning eight categories, including Best Picture and Best Director (Damien Chazelle), at the annual LCJ Movie Awards on Sunday. The win total by the musical romance ties it with “Birdman” and “Saving Mr. Banks” for the most in the history of the awards. “La La […]
The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York’s secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school. (WARNER BROS.) Eddie Redmayne won the Best Actor Academy Award for his performance as Stephen Hawking in the 2014 biopic drama “The Theory of Everything”. Colin Farrell won a Golden […]
At the halfway mark of 2016, I wrote about my 10 favorite performances of the year thus far. Now, as we make our way into the final quarter of 2016, here are the 8 breakout supporting/minor performances (varying in length and across the genre spectrum) from seven actors and…a bird: Will Arnett, “Popstar: Never Stop […]
“Suicide Squad” was supposed to be DC’s big-budget superhero ensemble action dramedy extravaganza answer to Marvel’s high-energy, highly entertaining “Guardians of the Galaxy”. And while it tries really, really hard – it fails to live-up to expectations. The biggest buzz surrounding the production and anticipation of “Suicide Squad” was Jared Leto’s portrayal of The Joker, […]
It has been years since the man once known as Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård) left the jungles of Africa behind for a gentrified life as John Clayton III, Lord Greystoke, with his beloved wife, Jane (Margot Robbie) at his side. Now, he has been invited back to the Congo to serve as a trade emissary of […]
It was the Summer of ‘99. I wasn’t even a year old when my parents took me to the Drive-Ins to see my first movie – Disney’s animated version of Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Tarzan . 17 summers later, families can, once again, park their cars in front of giant outdoor screens and watch The Lord […]
Fearing that the actions of Superman are left unchecked, Batman takes on the Man of Steel, while the world wrestles with what kind of a hero it really needs. (WARNER BROS.) “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” is the follow-up to “Man of Steel” in the DC Extended Universe. It marks the second time Henry […]
We’re just a week away from “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice”. The “Man of Steel” team of Henry Cavill as Superman and director Zach Snyder return, and Ben Affleck becomes the sixth big screen Caped Crusader. And as the world knows all too well by now, these two protagonists become antagonists…towards each other. Traditionally, […]