Daniel Radcliffe acquits himself reasonably well in his first adult big-screen role, a man haunted by The Woman in Black.
Movie review: ‘Big Miracle’ is film family can enjoy
The title isn’t an exaggeration. It was something of a Big Miracle, the way the plight of a family of gray whales, stranded under the Alaska ice, captivated the country and forced oil men and environmentalists, natives and Cold War foes to team up back in the waning days of the Reagan administration.
Michelle Yeoh calls Myanmar’s Suu Kyi her hero
Davis, Dujardin win lead honors at SAG awards
Movie review: ‘One for the Money’
‘Transformers,’ ‘Drive,’ more on DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday
January 29, 2012 Leave a Comment Filed under: Featured, Featured 2, Movies, On Screen, Rich Heldenfels
New items on video include a box-office megahit, a ’60s classic, an overlooked thriller and an interesting independent film. And birds.
‘Dangerous Method’: A talky affair
January 25, 2012 Leave a Comment Filed under: Featured, Featured 2, Movies, On Screen, Rich Heldenfels
Director David Cronenberg took a decidedly idiosyncratic turn in his latest film, shifting from grim tales of violence and betrayal (Eastern Promises, A History of Violence) to a grim tale of psychoanalysis and sex.
Movie review: Close almost too stoic in ‘Albert Nobbs’
The role of Albert Nobbs is one that’s been near to Glenn Close’s heart for a while. She first played it 30 years ago off-Broadway and reprises it now in a project she’s been working for some time to bring to the screen.
Movie review: ‘The Grey’ wastes a promising premise
The Grey is an old-fashioned survival tale harboring pretensions that it is something more. Not a lot more — just a hint of the psycho-cerebral here, a smidgen of the primal and primitive there.
Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’ leads Oscars 11 nominations
Martin Scorsese’s Paris adventure “Hugo” leads the Academy Awards with 11 nominations, among them best picture and the latest director honor for the Oscar-winning filmmaker.
Movie Review: Fassbender lays himself bare in ‘Shame’
Movie review: ‘Extremely Loud’ close but no cigar
January 18, 2012 Leave a Comment Filed under: Featured, Featured 2, Movies, On Screen, Rich Heldenfels
There are sections of the movie Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close that are very effective emotionally, and not because they involve the devastation of 9/11. Rather, they dig deep into the feelings that arise with any abrupt loss of a loved one, especially for a child to whom any such loss is incomprehensible and enraging.
Movie review: ‘Haywire’ light, low-key entertainment
January 18, 2012 Leave a Comment Filed under: Featured, Featured 2, Movies, On Screen, Rich Heldenfels
In an age when the idea behind action movies seems to be making everything as big, loud and fast as possible, Haywire is a refreshingly modest variation on the form.
Movie review: ‘Red Tails’ only occasionally soars
Hollywood returns to Ohio in upcoming movie shoots
CINCINNATI: Oscar-winning actor Ben Kingsley will star in the latest movie set to film in Ohio, which has been courting Hollywood with state tax incentives.