Thinking Outside the Multiplex: National Edition (December 24, 2010 – January 5, 2011)
by MIKE MACCOLLUM
“National Edition” catch-up continues- and finishes out 2010 and moves into 2011- with the feature films that opened in the US between December 24, 2010, and January 5, 2011 (plus one straggler from December 22 that I would have covered in the last column, if I had been able to read my tiny, scribbled notes correctly). The films run the gamut from Academy Award nominees to titles that few American filmgoers will have heard of, or will see. Read more 
DVD of the Week – Review of Inside Job (2010)
by NIR SHALEV
Inside Job is the Oscar award winning, intelligent and coherent, frontal attack against those that were responsible for the worldwide financial crisis that took place in 2008. Read more
Movie Review – Rango (2011)
by HELEN GEIB
Rango is a lonely lizard. Or at least so proclaims the armadillo the pet chameleon meets after his glass box house is blown out through a broken rear windshield in a freak highway accident. The armadillo speaks with the voice of authority as one who talks in metaphors, and though Rango (voiced by Johnny Depp) doesn’t like to admit it, in his heart he knows that his friends and his life of adventure live only in his hyperactive imagination. All that will change, however, after he finds his way to the desert town of Dirt. Read more
Thinking Outside the Multiplex in Indiana (March 4, 2011)
by MIKE MACCOLLUM
What a week- no new art movies (at the Keystone Art Cinema, or anywhere else, as far as I can tell), no new Indian movies, only one new limited theatrical release of any kind in the state, and very few limited release movies holding over in Indiana theaters (even if one of those, Cedar Rapids, is expanding somewhat in the greater Indianapolis area). That’s the not so great news- but there is some very good news on the horizon, in the “Next Week and Beyond” section, below. For all of that- and the news on all of the special screenings and film festivals in the state this week- keep reading on below…. Read more
Hollywood Releases Preview – March, 2011
by HELEN GEIB
The birds are singing, the crocus are blooming, and the Hollywood release schedule looks halfway decent. Yes, Spring is in the air. Read more
Thinking Outside the Multiplex: National Edition (December 9-23, 2010)
by MIKE MACCOLLUM
This week’s column- delayed by more than just a bit by a bout of flu- showcases films that went into limited release in America from December 9 through December 23, 2010. (Don’t worry- this will get current, eventually.) Movies that opened in limited release, but later went into broad national release, are not covered, except by brief mentions here: The Fighter opened on December 10 at four theaters (the Arclight Hollywood, CA, the Lincoln Square 13 in New York City, the Boston Commons 19 in Boston, MA, and the Showcase Cinemas, Lowell, MA)- and Country Strong opened on December 22 at two theaters (the Arclight Hollywood, CA, and the Thoroughbred 20 in Franklin, TN). Read more
DVD of the Week – Review of 127 Hours (2010)
by NIR SHALEV
James Franco is a very versatile actor. He’s played Harry Osborn, the son of the Green Goblin in the Spider-Man trilogy; Saul Silver, a drug dealing stoner who lacks friends in Pineapple Express; and in 127 Hours he portrays Aron Ralston, a mountaineer and extreme sports aficionado who came, temporarily to a terrible impasse in 2003. Read more
Free-Talking on Cinema, Movies, and Film (March, 2011)
by HELEN GEIB
Free-Talking Series: Next Post
[Note: The monthly Free-Talking post is updated every five days, give or take a day every now and then.]
MARCH 28, 2011- MARCH, OR WHY I REALLY NEED TO SEE A GOOD MOVIE NEXT WEEK
I realized something this week that’s got me pretty depressed over the state of multiplex moviegoing. Read more
