It is never really discussed in the documentary “Pina” how influential dance performer, choreographer, and instructor Pina Bausch died. Her death really isn’t even mentioned. Much like her choreography though, the emotion clearly expressed on the faces of the dancers as they have their moment in front of the camera, with their voiceover about their [...]

There is no clear protagonist in” A Separation”, everyone is doing what they think is the best for the situation; and that causes discord that ripples throughout two families. Set in present day Iran, writer/director AsgharFarhadi has created a film that features the prominence of Islam in every day culture, and yet is religiously and [...]

Inspired by actual events that occurred in the late 80’s, the awfully-titled “Big Miracle” follows the united efforts of many to rescue threetrapped whales in Alaska. The whales – two parents and their baby – didn’t begin their annual migration to the south in time to avoid the winter freeze and as a result, they [...]

“This is the beginning of your downfall…hubris.” “What’s hubris?” “Chronicle” answers one of contemporary cinema’s burning questions: Are “found footage” films hamstrung by the necessity of someone always being behind the camera? That answer is no, not if telekinesis is involved. A lesser-burning question: How do you do Big Action scenes in “found footage” films, [...]

Daniel Radcliffe of the “Harry Potter” franchise graces us with his presence again with the very frightening adaptation of the Susan Hill novel The Woman in Black. Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe), a young 19th century attorney, visits a very haunted residence in north England to settle the estate and obtain papers of its late occupant. He leaves [...]

Available on Blu-ray/DVD Tuesday, Jan. 31st “Don’t waste my time.” – Henry Hamilton … And “In Time” doesn’t do that. Justin Timberlake stars as Will Salas, a man who lives day to day, and is working hard to get his mom (a so fine Olivia Wilde) to a better life. In this film, time is [...]

It’s been a little while since fans of the Starz series “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” have been able to catch up with their favorite Thracian. The series, based on the real-life gladiator that was also immortalized on the big screen by Kirk Douglas, went into a slight hiatus when its breakout star, Andy Whitfield, disclosed [...]

The marketing for NBC’s new show Smash is everywhere from billboards to commercials to radio to trailers in movie theaters. The producers of the show have created so much buzz, that Smash is guaranteed to have a big viewership by the time the pilot episode premieres on Monday February 6. The pilot episode is available [...]

Available on Blu-ray/DVD Tuesday, Jan. 31st “You know the story of the scorpion and the frog? Well, your friend Nino didn’t make it across the river.” – The Driver Ryan Gosling stars as The Driver, a LA movie stunt driver and auto mechanic by day and a getaway driver by night. Usually a loner, Driver [...]

“I’ve got some poetry about regret I’d like to share…” “Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie” begins with seat calibration and a parody of production company logos, and ends with several beheadings. In between there are numerous awkward freeze-frames, silly and/or unsettling montages, exaggerated and unpleasant character outlines (none are particularly fleshed out, though this [...]