In Theaters. All this movie week needs to complete the illusion a ghost town is a brace of tumbleweeds blowing through it. Yes, I know, this is awards season. I have seen quite a few pretty terrific movies recently — and expect to see more. Unfortunately, not a single one of them is headed our […]

In Theaters. One much-anticipated art title is pitted against two mainstream titles that may or may not be that anticipated in search of your Thanksgiving moviegoing dollars. I admit to still being a little mystified by the idea of spending your holidays at the movies. Oh, I understand it in broad strokes — it gives […]

In Theaters. While there’s certainly nothing as embarrassing as last week’s Dumb and Dumber To, it’s also a week that clearly is being given over to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1. No major release is sufficiently foolhardy to go up against it, though locally we do get one documentary and an animated art […]

In Theaters. Definitely a less exciting week than last week. Oh, we get some new movies — one of which I know is good — but nothing like last week’s trio of heavy hitters. For that matter, the mere existence of one of these strikes me as an embarrassment to the entire human race — […]

In Theaters. It’s juggernaut week at the movies. We have two destined to be huge mainstream movies, one already on its way to huge (in relative terms) art house title — plus, one really worthwhile little art/indie movie that is sadly destined to be crushed by this onslaught of the titans.     Of course, […]

In Theaters. It’s Halloween week, and while the supposed big offering is last week’s dismal Ouija, there are still a couple of treats to be found among tricks — along with one dubious idea, two art/indie titles, and a pair of unknown mainstreamers.     Since it is a seasonal week, let’s look at the […]

In Theaters. We get two mainstream titles of largely unknown quality this week and two art titles of known and pretty darn high quality — and of far broader appeal than last week’s lone (and already leaving) documentary. Before breaking out the crystal ball to look at the unseen mainstream offerings, let’s take some time […]

In Theaters. I think the big hope this week is simply that it will be better than last week — and that shouldn’t be that hard to accomplish. I say that even with a Nicholas Sparks adaptation looming on the horizon. That’s to say that last week was pretty grim. We have three mainstream titles, […]

In Theaters. Something tells me this week isn’t likely to be as strong in the mainstream department, but there’s a joker amidst those three that might surprise on starpower. (I seriously doubt there’ll be as pleasant a surprise as Gone Girl.) Maybe. The art side of the ledger is a harder call, but there are […]

In Theaters.  Fall is upon us, and with it comes that increasingly vague line between art titles and mainstream that marks the beginning of awards season. As a result, this week we get one art title, one mainstream title, one niche film, and one of those on the line movies. It’s also an unusual week […]

In Theaters. It’s a less crowded week, but that may not be a bad thing, since last week suffered for having too much. (In other words movies that ought to have done better got lost in the shuffle.) This round we have two mainstream and two art titles to deal with.     At the […]

In Theaters. It’s a busy week at the movies — three mainstream titles and four art ones. Well, four that we’re calling art titles because we are charitable. Also, they definitely aren’t mainstream — art or not. With so much to weigh, we should probably get down to it.     Two of the art […]

In Theaters. We are still in the fall doldrums, and once again there is some doubt over just what we’re getting in the mainstream realm, which once again is pretty darn anemic in any case. We are on surer ground on every level in the art world. In fact, if it weren’t for art titles, […]