Call it the Alien/Aliens effect. One alien on a single spaceship is a horror story, but a thousand aliens in a colony is almost necessarily an action pic. So while any single monster from R. L. Stine's series of young adult horror novels may have been enough to make kids …
A modern dress mutation of High Noon with a pro-life message substituting for the “real time” western’s obvious allegory against blacklisting. Instead of a cowardly Marshal soliciting the aid of local townsfolk (including his girlfriend!), storming granny Lily Tomlin races against the clock, going hat-in-hand to various guest stars (including …
Documentary about a 6,000-mile ski journey along the Trans-Siberian railway.
A pinched punk band — so poor they can barely afford a presence on social media — siphons their way from gig to gig before contracting an engagement at an all-day skinhead sock hop. The white supremacist paraphernalia lining the walls of the titular cubbyhole should have been an instant …
Spicoli can still surf. Other than that, little of interest transpires in this action-lacked drama about an 8-year-old assassination in the Congo that comes back to bite the titular triggerman (Sean Penn). The action is sparse, the pace sluggish, and, with very few brush strokes, Penn’s vacant turn as an …
A “tree doctor,” his wife, and their infant son move to a remote cabin in Ireland where their mere trampling on the land is enough to unleash unspeakable demons. Black goo rains from the ceiling, neighbors add menace, strange figures surround the baby, and the family dog...let’s not go there. …
Quentin Tarantino's restaging of the Civil War in a Wyoming bar owes more to Agatha Christie than it does John Ford’s Stagecoach. What was it about this cramped, underdeveloped parlor drama – the majority of which takes place on one set – that caused Tarantino to think 70mm? The frigid …
Quentin Tarantino's restaging of the Civil War in a Wyoming bar owes more to Agatha Christie than it does John Ford’s Stagecoach. What was it about this cramped, underdeveloped parlor drama – the majority of which takes place on one set – that caused Tarantino to think 70mm? The frigid …
Documentarian John Roecker's (Live Freaky Die Freaky) nine months with neo-punk rockers Green Day during the creation of their album American Idiot gets whittled down to just over 90 minutes.
Writer-director-performer Laurie Anderson's artistic response to the death of her beloved rat terrier.
A slacker gets sucked into hell before his expiration date, and his buds set out to save him. Foul-mouthed stop-motion animation featuring the vocal talents of T.J. Miller, Nick Swardson, Rob Riggle, Mila Kunis, Bob Odenkirk, Brian Posehn, Susan Sarandon, Danny McBride, and David Koechner, among others. Directed by Tom …
Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai is the co-author of the bestselling memoir I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by The Taliban. Davis Guggenheim's (Waiting for Superman) prettily padded documentary/advocacy alert tells the story of before and after that violence, placing special emphasis, as the …
History may be written by the winners, but the losers have the better story. In this case, it's a Philippine general going up against the United States and also his own people. Directed by Jerrold Tarog. Subtitled.
Writer-director-producer Pieter van Hystee takes the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Netherlandish painter’s death to make a film about...Bosch’s hometown museum’s attempt to mount a comprehensive exposition of his work in honor of the 500th anniversary of his death. So, yes, we are treated to tremendous close-ups of …