The highly anticipated film “Noah,” Darren Aronofsky’s vision of the popular Biblical story of Noah’s Ark, hits theaters on March 28 in the United States and April 4 in the United Kingdom. We’ll have a review on Critic Speak when it’s released, but for now, here are the top five reasons to be excited for […]
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It would be difficult to tell a superhero origin story better than was done in the 1978 “Superman.” “Man of Steel” is a relentless attempt, one handled with an abundance of violence and characters but near complete lack of humanity. Before, Superman was the embodiment of decency, raised by two plainspoken, kind middle-Americans who imbued
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That “Broken City”’s portrayal of its conservative political candidate as a corrupt snake and its liberal candidate as a JFK-emulating idealist does not even come close to being its tiredest cliche should tell you something about the filmmakers’ capacity for original thought. It’s astounding that this predictable “thriller” about a crooked New York City mayor
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Hello and welcome back to Box Office Beat, the column in which I predict the upcoming weekend’s box office results. And it’s not just any weekend at the movies, but a four-day one, seeing as Monday is Martin Luther King Day. Between this and posting my Top 10 Films of 2012 last weekend, it finally feels
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“The Man With the Iron Fists,” an upcoming martial arts film with an irreverent tone, has a new red band trailer. The film stars Russell Crowe, RZA, Lucy Liu, and Byron Mann, all of whom are featured in this ultra-violent trailer. RZA plays a blacksmith who finds himself immersed in a war between rival Chinese
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“Les Misérables” has been filmed for the silver-screen several times before–most recently with Liam Neeson and Uma Thurman, for director Billie August, in 1998–but the movies have never set the world a flurry in the way that the source material has. That could change this December, for this adaptation has all the markings of Oscar. Director Tom
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At first, it was hard to imagine what the director of Requiem for a Dream and Black Swan might make of an oft-told story from the Old Testament, but now that Gladiator star Russell Crowe has committed to the title role of Noah, the idea is easier to picture. Then again, this is a Darren Aronofsky film, so such
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