Is Martin Scorsese America’s greatest living director? It’s open to debate, but most movie buffs would agree that he’s created a body of work that is astonishing in its consistency and depth. Scorsese’s films contain many grand themes — organized crime, male insecurity, spiritual and moral uncertainty — and they’re executed with a level of artistic panache and intimate detail that few can match. Scorsese has exerted a profound influence on many important directors, including Quentin Tarantino, Spike Lee, and John Woo. And with apologies to Lee and Woody Allen, Scorsese is perhaps the greatest cinematic chronicler of New York’s…
This week on home video, we’ve got a handful of brand new releases, but once you cycle through those, there isn’t much left to be had. Sure, there are a few Blu-Ray reissues, but not too many that folks are chomping at the bit for, so as a result, we dug deep to find a couple of interesting items that may or may not be good conversation pieces. The most prominent release this week is the latest from the Coen brothers, the Oscar-nominated A Serious Man. Then, we’ve got a few misses with titles like Couples Retreat, Serious Moonlight, and…
Goodness gracious, is Regency starting development on a “quasi-prequel” to “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”?
How busy can Steven Soderbergh get? Busy enough to include the virus thriller “Contagion” to the top of his to-do list, and attract Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Marion Cotillard to star.
It’s taken long enough, but “The Wolfman” is finally almost here — and its arrival heralds what could be a new golden era for Universal’s stable of monsters, with new appearances from Frankenstein, the Invisible Man, Dracula, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon in various stages of development.
Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio team up for a fourth time for this adaptation of a novel by Dennis LeHane (MYSTIC RIVER). DiCaprio plays a U.S. marshal who travels to Shutter Island in search of the person who killer his wife.
If you missed the big game last night — and all the film-related commercial spots that went with it — don’t fret, because those new clips have been helpfully collected for you.
In a rare interview, Bill Murray discusses his increasing indifference to showbiz, his thoughts on his own career, and — spoiler alert! — that ghostly “Ghostbusters III” rumor about his character, Peter Venkman.
New Line must feel like it has a hit on its hands with “Valentine’s Day,” because the studio is already working with director Garry Marshall and screenwriter Katherine Fugate on a spinoff, to be titled “New Year’s Eve.”
