Rewind: Films of the 60s, 70s, 80s – The April Fools (1969)
by RICHARD WINTERS
Director Stuart Rosenberg hit a high note in 1967. He won rave reviews for his cult hit Cool Hand Luke and many felt he was well on his way to being Hollywood’s next top director. However, he followed it up with this incredibly vapid and stupid romance. Read more 
Review – Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
by HELEN GEIB
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a big budget Arabian Nights-style adventure produced by Disney. The once-upon-a-time setting is a mythical ancient Persia. The hero is Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal), adopted youngest son of the wise and noble king. Dastan is devoted to his father, who took Dastan in off the streets as a boy, and to his two older brothers. When he is framed for regicide, Dastan must uncover the truth behind the murder and the Persian invasion of the holy city of Alamut if he is to save himself and his family. His only ally is the city’s beautiful princess-priestess Tamina (Gemma Arterton), the guardian of a secret magical device that allows the holder to turn back time. Read more
Thinking Outside the Multiplex in Indiana (May 28, 2010)
by MIKE MACCOLLUM
So the only new limited-release film opening in Indiana theaters this Friday seems to be the documentary Racing Dreams- but it won’t be at the Indianapolis theater you might suspect would be showing it. But it will be showing at one Indy-area theater that has undergone a big change recently- and that is the headline news for this week’s back-from-vacation column…. Read more
Movie Review – Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
by NIR SHALEV
A great method for testing one’s love for cinema is to watch and suitably comprehend what makes Shadow of the Vampire a great film. Read more
Rewind: Films of the 60s, 70s, 80s – W (1974)
by RICHARD WINTERS
For all you trivia buffs out there, Oliver Stone was not the first person to make a film with the twenty-third letter of the alphabet as its title (although Stone’s letter technically has a period after it). The first one was released in 1974 and starred British super-model Twiggy. She had just made a splash in Ken Russell’s brilliant musical The Boy Friend and this film was supposed to send her to superstardom by proving that she could act by placing her in a completely different genre. Unfortunately for her it never happened. Read more
Movie Review – Iron Man 2 (2010)
by HELEN GEIB and NIR SHALEV
SYNOPSIS
Robert Downey Jr returns as Tony Stark/Iron Man in Iron Man 2, the sequel to 2008′s surprise blockbuster Iron Man and a linchpin of a new movie franchise starring a bevy of heroes from the pages of Marvel Comics comic books. Read more
Thinking Outside the Multiplex in Indiana (May 14, 2010)
by MIKE MACCOLLUM
So it looks like there’s only one new arthouse film opening in the state this week- but then again, that movie did win an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, so the quality will most likely make up for what we won’t be getting in quantity. Also, a number of good movies are holding over in Indiana theaters- and apparently, we will be getting more than one promising-looking film next week. For all that and ever so much more, read on below…. Read more
DVD of the Week – Spotlight on… Flicker Alley
by HELEN GEIB
This week’s DVD of the Week post inaugurates “Spotlight on…,” a new occasional feature that will profile independent companies producing high quality DVDs/Blu-ray discs of classics, foreign films, and other specialty releases. This new feature was suggested by a regular commenter on Commentary Track, and readers’ suggestions for future “Spotlight on…” columns are most welcome. Read more
Rewind: Films of the 60s, 70s, 80s – Targets (1968)
by RICHARD WINTERS
In 1967, producer Roger Corman gave fledgling director Peter Bogdanovich the green light to make any movie he wanted as long as he followed two stipulations. The first one was that he had to use footage from Corman’s earlier film The Terror and the second one was that he had to use the services of Boris Karloff as Karloff still owed Corman two days work per his contract. This movie is the result of that agreement, which kind of works and kind of doesn’t. It ends up coming off as two movies rolled into one. Read more
Hollywood Releases Preview – May, 2010
by HELEN GEIB
We apologize for the late arrival of this post. But you knew Iron Man 2 was opening this weekend without my telling you, right? Read more
