THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Cars 2” – Running On Fumes
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
THE BIJOU RETROSPECTIVE: “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”
> Chris Columbus’ Sorcerer’s Stone and Chamber of Secrets were well-crafted, entertaining movies, but Alfonso Cuaron’s 2004 HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN was the first real Potter film. It’s a...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Dark Knight Rises”
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES: Worth A Ticket – The Saga That Rewrote Superhero Movies Goes Out With A Weighty Bang Christopher Nolan likes his intricate, novelistic plotting. You remember the portion of The Dark Knight wher...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”
Pending the arrival of this week’s finale, Mike Newell’s 2005 HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE may be, on balance, the most satisfying of the series. It combines first-rate moviemaking with one of J.K. R...
SHOWBUZZDAILY MOVIE REVIEW: “Fast & Furious 6”
It’s almost unheard-of for a franchise to need 5 installments to hit its stride, but that was the case with 2011’s Fast Five. After kicking around with its first, moderately successful quartet in various lo...
SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “Pacific Rim”
PACIFIC RIM: Watch It At Home – Even Michael Bay Might Say “Too Much” Why isn’t PACIFIC RIM a better movie? It’s a passion project for the tremendously talented co-writer (with Travis Be...
A SHOWBUZZDAILY “HUNGER GAMES” SCORECARD – 3/25/12
> So what just happened, and what’s likely to happen next? Here’s a quick look at what’s new in Panem: FINAL NUMBERS: It turns out THE HUNGER GAMES wasn’t such a hit after all, earning a meas...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW: “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”
It was all so cute when it started… David Yates’ 2009 HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE is surprisingly funny at times–surprising, because in all other ways the film was, up to that point, by far t...
THE BIJOU RETROSPECTIVE: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1)”
> When the announcement was made that Warner Bros would split HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS into 2 full-length movies, there was a certain amount of cynicism about studio greed–and, indeed, why not pick up an extra...
“X-MEN FIRST CLASS” – First Class Indeed
> Worth A Ticket: Superheroes Behind the Camera, Too. The most substantial movie of the summer so far is, depending on how you calculate, the fifth in a comic book series, a prequel or a reboot. X-MEN: FIRST C...
THE BIJOU RETROSPECTIVE: “Harry Potter and the Order Of the Phoenix”
> The magically moving portraits are pulled off the walls of Hogwarts in 2007’s HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, and the colors have started draining from the Potter universe. Gone are the lush visuals of ...
THE BIJOU: Lights Out For “The Dark Tower”
> Once upon a time, there was a series of fantasy adventures by a hugely bestselling author, and a grand, ambitious plan to film them all. In the end, they were adapted into gigantically successful movies, and the last on...