Jonathan Levine’s Warm Bodies takes two tried-and-true movie formulas — the romantic comedy and the zombie movie — and smashes them together into something greater and more surprising than the sum of its parts.
In the 1970s and 80s, Sylvester Stallone and director Walter Hill dominated the cinematic scene with various action movies and buddy comedies. Their latest movie, Bullet to the Head, attempts to recapture the spirit of the 80s but ends up feeling outdated, never attempting to reinvent or modernize this type of movie.
Despite promoting itself like a meditation on age and a challenge to moral character, Stand Up Guys plays out more like an episodic comedy of errors – a city-trotting lark which sees aging gangsters Val (Al Pacino) and Doc (Christopher Walken) running into any number of odd characters, trouble and ultimately liberation.
Be they from a shady government organization or a former military man shedding some blood on the side, hitmen and assassins are staples of
In addition to looking forward to the February slate of movies, we chat the J.J. Abrams and Star Wars, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For developments and review Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters.
The Moon and Source Code filmmaker has just agreed to direct Warcraft for Legendary Pictures.
Powering to a top spot debut over a relatively mild frame, revisionist fairytale Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters raked in $19.7 million while the weekend’s other two wide releases floundered in fifth and seventh.
