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Film Friday: ’30 Minutes Or Less’ and ‘Final Destination 5’

August 12, 2011

Jesse Eisenberg and Aziz Ansari try to stay alive and rob a bank this weekend in the action-comedy, 30 Minutes Or Less; a new gang of pretty young 20-somethings take on death in the latest from the horror franchise, Final Destination 5; plus I take a look at The Help and Glee: The 3D Concert Movie.

DVD Tuesday: ‘Rio’ and ‘Name of the Rose’

W. Andrew Powell

August 3, 2011

Reviews

Landing on home video this week: Rio swoops in with Jesse Eisenberg and Anne Hathaway voicing two rare, lovelorn parrots; Sean Connery stars as a clever monk in the murder mystery The Name of the Rose; and a look at the drama Last Night.

Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future

DVD Tuesday: Top Ten Rainy Day Movies

W. Andrew Powell

April 26, 2011

Reviews

The rainy days of spring are here, and since it's a very quiet week for new releases, I thought it was a fine opportunity to count down ten of my favorite rainy day movies. Which may make you wonder--what makes a great rainy day movie? If you ask me, it all comes down to rewatchability, brilliant casting, great writing, and off-the-wall stories.

Film Friday: ‘Rio’ and ‘Scream 4’

W. Andrew Powell

April 15, 2011

Reviews

Opening this week in theatres: Jesse Eisenberg voices the parrot Blu in the animated comedy, Rio; and Neve Campbell returns for the latest installment of Wes Craven's slasher franchise, Scream 4.

Gallery: Red carpet at the 83rd Academy Awards

W. Andrew Powell

February 28, 2011

Film, Spotlight

Hollywood rolled out the limousines, champagne, and all of their A-listers as the 83rd Academy Awards took over the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood for the annual cinematic schmooze-fest.

Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network

DVD Tuesday: ‘The Social Network’ and ‘Piranha’

W. Andrew Powell

January 11, 2011

Reviews

This week's new arrivals on DVD and Blu-ray include David Fincher's The Social Network, an offline drama about the makings of an online giant; the horror-comedy Piranha, starring Elisabeth Shue, Jerry O'Connell, and Adam Scott; and the animated comedy Alpha And Omega.

Film Friday: ‘The Social Network’ and ‘Let Me In’

W. Andrew Powell

October 1, 2010

Reviews

Opening this week: Jesse Eisenberg stars in The Social Network, the story of the making of Facebook; and the horror-drama Let Me In stars Chloe Moretz as a twelve-year-old vampire making friends with her new next-door neighbour.

DVD Tuesday: ‘Zombieland’ and ‘Amelia’

W. Andrew Powell

February 4, 2010

Reviews

New arrivals on DVD and Blu-ray for February 2 include the horror comedy Zombieland, starring Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg; the drama, Amelia, with Hilary Swank and Richard Gere; plus the romantic drama Love Happens.

Film Friday: ‘Zombieland’ & ‘Capitalism: A Love Story’

W. Andrew Powell

October 2, 2009

Reviews

Once again, theatres are jammed with new releases, and the good news is that this is a banner weekend for movies with most of the films getting great early reviews. Coming out this weekend we have the horror/comedy Zombieland, Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story, the comedy The Invention Of Lying, Drew Barrymore's Whip It, and the re-release of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 back-to-back in 3-D.

‘Zombieland’ trailer

W. Andrew Powell

September 29, 2009

Film News

Bring on the gore, bring on the laughs; on Friday, October 2 Columbia Pictures debuts their new movie, Zombieland, and if you're a fan of horror and comedy, you're going to want to check this one out.

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