After the awards season we are now starting to get the DVD and Blu-ray releases of these movies. The Descendants was one of the leading contenders, one of our favorite movies of 2011, and now our DVD and Blu-ray Recommendation of the Week.
Despite a budget nearly four-times smaller, The Lorax handily defeated Disney’s ambitious adaptation of John Carter, which had to settle for second.
On this week’s rumor docket, we have rumors concerning former Knight and Day co-stars Tom Cruise and Viola Davis.
It is a rare thing when the best thing about a horror film is not its setting, hook or frequency of scares, but rather its lead performance. It may falter in other areas, but in this respect, Silent House is a refreshing anomaly. If not for its final act, it could have been something special.
In spite of the film’s hefty price tag, use of latest in motion-capture technology, 3D conversion and all the other tell-tale signs of an ambitious blockbuster, John Carter is classic, old-school sci fi/fantasy at heart.
It’s been only two weeks since Michel Hazanavicius’ silent black-and-white flick The Artist nabbed five Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director. Not even two weeks have passed, but the movie geeks we are, we are already looking ahead to 2013.
There’s quite a bit of anticipation for Maleficent, Disney’s revisionist take on its own adaptation of Sleeping Beauty starring Angelina Jolie. Looking to cast a well-known young actress as Princess Aurora, the studio has been speaking to Elle Fanning (Super 8).
