In this week’s Elitist Bastards Go To The Movies, Xpress film critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther: heap high praise upon teen comedy Easy A, crime thriller The Town and offbeat comedy The Extra Man; utterly dismiss Alpha and Omega and Devil; and have mixed feelings about Life During Wartime and Bran Nue Dae. They also give amused praise to Dario Argento’s bewildering horror film Phenomena (this week’s Thursday Horror Picture Show), and give the highest possible recommendation to Rouben Mamoulian’s 1932 musical comedy Love Me Tonight (next week’s Asheville Film Society screening). And, just for good measure, they weigh in on soon-to-be-released flicks Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, You Again, The Virginity Hit and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.

In this week’s Elitist Bastards Go To The Movies, Xpress film critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther react nonchalantly to Rob Reiner’s Flipped, show limited enthusiasm for Resident Evil: Afterlife and have mixed feelings on the Joaquin Phoenix and Casey Affleck “documentary” I’m Still Here. They also discuss a pair of classic Universal horror flicks—Man Made Monster and Night Monster—which will be screened at this week’s Thursday Horror Picture Show, and show quite a bit of excitement about next week’s Asheville Film Society screening of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. There’s also a bit of gossip about the upcoming Ricochet Film Festival, followed by speculation on the quality of upcoming releases Alpha and Omega, The Town, Easy A and Devil.

In this week’s Elitist Bastards Go To The Movies, Xpress film critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther give a half-hearted nod to Going the Distance, heap significant praise on Machete, express ambivalence about The American, applaud Restrepo and appreciate Mao’s Last Dancer on its own schmaltzy terms. They also discuss the classic comedic horror film The Comedy of Terrors (this week’s Thursday Horror Picture Show), and the upcoming Asheville Film Society screening of F.W. Murnau’s Sunrise. And if that wasn’t quite enough, they also reluctantly discuss this week’s opening films Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D and The Virginity Hit.

In this week’s Elitist Bastards Go To The Movies, Xpress film critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther give fair consideration to new releases Takers and The Last Exorcism, as well as theorizing on the quality of soon-to-be-released films The American, Machete and Going The Distance. But the real discussion this week involves a trio of Ken Russell screenings, starting tonight with a special screening of the epic rock opera Tommy, followed Thursday by Altered States (the Thursday Horror Picture Show) and wrapping up with next week’s Asheville Film Society screening of Valentino.

In this week’s Elitist Bastards Go To The Movies, Xpress film critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther review Get Low, The Lottery, Nanny McPhee Returns,The Switch, Piranha 3D and Vampires Suck. They also discuss this week’s Thursday Horror Picture Show double feature of the Béla Lugosi classics White Zombie and Island of Lost Souls, the Asheville Film Society screening of the George C. Scott cult classic They Might Be Giants, and the one-night-only screening of the remastered version of Ken Russell’s Tommy. And, just to top it off, they ponder the potential quality of soon-to-open films Takers and The Last Exorcism.

In this week’s Elitist Bastards Go To The Movies, Xpress film critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther shine their critical searchlights on Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, The Expendables and Eat Pray Love. The also discuss the comedic political commentary behind The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (this week’s Thursday Horror Picture Show) and the slightly dated charm of Billy Wilder’s Cold War comedy One, Two, Three (this week’s Asheville Film Society screening). And they mercilessly examine this week’s new offerings Vampires Suck, The Lottery, Nanny McPhee Returns,The Switch (previously known as The Baster) and Piranha 3D.

In this week’s Elitist Bastards Go To The Movies, Xpress film critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther: consider the surprise revelation that Step Up 3D is tolerable when taken on its own terms, The Other Guys is passable, The Girl Who Played With Fire suffers from a touch of sequelitis, The Killer Inside Me is both likely to earn condemnation and praise, and that Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky can’t quite maintain the quality. They also discuss Guillermo del Toro’s Cronos, this week’s Thursday Horror Picture Show, and the Mae West double feature that makes up next week’s Asheville Film Society screening. And they even have a brief moment to ponder soon-to-open films Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, The Expendables and Eat Pray Love.

In this week’s Elitist Bastards Go To The Movies, Xpress film critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther: delve into Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Dinner for Schmucks, The Kids Are Alright, Charlie St. Cloud and Ondine; disagree with Wikipedia about Night Of The Demon (this week’s Thursday Horror Picture Show); roll their eyes at the runtime on Shortcuts (this week’s Asheville Film Society screening); and discuss the potential cinematic qualities of soon-to-open flicks The Other Guys and Step Up 3D.

In this week’s podcast, Xpress film critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther: Dismiss Ramona and Beezus and noncommittally shrug off Salt; experience gross-out glee at The Fly; don’t reveal the secret of The Crying Game; and guess about the quality of soon-to-be-released flicks Dinner for Schmucks, The Kids Are Alright, Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore and Charlie St. Cloud.

In this week’s podcast, Xpress film critics Hanke and Souther: Praise Inception, lambast Cyrus and react noncommittally to The Sorcerer’s Apprentice; get gleefully evil about The Invisible Man; consider the impact of the original Imitation of Life; and weigh the prospects of upcoming releases Salt, Ramona and Beezus and I Am Love.

In this week’s podcast, Xpress film critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther: Share their thoughts on newly released films A Piece of Work, Despicable Me, Winter’s Bone and Predators; say some very nice things about Peter Jackson’s Bad Taste (this week’s Thursday Horror Picture Show); praise Richard Lester’s Help! in advance of next week’s Asheville Film Society screening; and consider the potential merits and problems with soon-to-be-released flicks The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Inception and Cyrus.

In this week’s podcast, Xpress film critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther examine: current and upcoming releases The Last Airbender, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Micmacs and The Human Centipede; smile wryly at the classic Vincent Price horror film The Abominable Dr. Phibes; champion the upcoming Asheville Film Society screening of The Fall; and show some enthusiasm for soon-to-open flicks Predators, Despicable Me and Winter’s Bone.

In this week’s podcast, Xpress film critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther: delve into Grown Ups, Knight And Day, Solitary Man and Harry Brown; discuss the Asheville Film Society screening of Blue Velvet; wax nostalgic about failed attempts to see Blood For Dracula (this week’s Thursday Horror Picture show); and show limited enthusiasm for upcoming releases The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and The Last Airbender.

In this week’s podcast: Xpress film critics Ken Hanke and Justin Souther discuss new films Toy Story 3, Mother And Child, Jonah Hex and The Good, the Bad, the Weird; get chatty about the merits of Brian De Palma’s classic musical horror parody The Phantom of the Paradise and the often-overlooked Francis Ford Coppola drama Tetro; and speculate on upcoming releases Grown Ups and Knight and Day.

This week, Hanke and Souther: share their views on The Karate Kid, The A-Team, The Secret in Their Eyes, Please Give and Survival of the Dead; explain why The Sentinel isn’t as gory as you may have heard; make the case for the classic Howard Hawks comedy The Twentieth Century; and express a deflated optimism about soon-to-open flicks Toy Story 3 and Jonah Hex.

his week, Asheville’s most elite of film reviewers: discuss Marmaduke, Splice, The Killers, Get Him to the Greek and Casino Jack and the United States of Money; exchange thoughts on the Asheville Film Society screening of Woody Allen’s Manhattan; delight in the dated effects of the Hammer horror flick The Gorgon; consider a reader question about directors whose recent work have earned them a fresh look; and consider soon-to-be-released films The A-Team, The Karate Kid and The Secret In Their Eyes.

In this week’s episode, Asheville’s snarkiest film critics: tackle a pair of reader questions; review Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Sex In The City 2 and Book of Kells; discuss their upcoming free screenings of Lair of the White Worm and The Times of Harvey Milk; and speculate on some of next week’s upcoming new releases.

Xpress film reviewers Justin Souther are back with a new podcast. This week, the duo discuss the latest Shrek instalment, the classic adaptation of Frankenstein, The Square, MacGruber and Exit Through The Gift Shop, as well as giving a few details on the still-forming Asheville Film Society.

This week, the Elitist Bastards discuss their thoughts on newly released films Robin Hood, Just Wright, Letters to Juliet, opine on Ken Rusell’s Gothic, and share their anticipation and concerns about this weekend’s slate of flicks.

Mountain Xpress film reviewers Ken Hanke and Justin Souther launch their new movie podcast, The Elitist Bastards Go To The Movies. In this week’s podcast, the pair discuss Babies, Iron Man 2 and Vincere, preview their upcoming screening of The Exorcist III and speculate about the quality of several upcoming theatrical releases.