• Hail, Caesar!

    Hail, Caesar!

    After the intense sadness that they wove throughout their last film, 2013’s great Inside Llewyn Davis, Joel and Ethan Coen switch gears into pure light-hearted silliness with their latest, Hail, Caesar! This isn’t the first time that the auteur brothers have made a broad all-star comedy to cleanse their palate ...
  • Kung Fu Panda 3

    Box Office Report: ‘Kung Fu Panda 3’ remains on top Super Bowl weekend

    Not much to write about this week — people must have stayed home in a Super Bowl fever, since all three new releases flopped. Kung Fu Panda 3 topped the chart for the second week in a row, and it’ll likely pass Ride Along 2 in a week or so ...
  • Hail, Caesar!

    What’s New: Weekend of February 5

    The first weekend of February brings with it three new wide releases, and it’s quite the eclectic bunch. There’s a goofy comedy from high-brow iconic auteur brothers, a sappy Nicholas Sparks adaptation, and, er, a British costume drama horror comedy. That last one is Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, based ...
  • The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

    As the glut of summer sequels begin screening this month, a sense of dread inevitably falls upon the high-minded adult filmgoer. Not to say that an Iron Man or a Star Trek or a Hangover doesn’t have its pleasures, but these films do serve as a reminder that we’re in ...