When Robert and Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino created their Grindhouse movies, they opened the door for a renaissance of exploitation films. The problem was that the Grindhouse project was laden with numerous problems, from a bad release date and an extended running time to movies that, frankly, weren’t very good – even for being bad movies. As some of the fake trailers that accompanied Rodriguez... 

I usually leave the trailer park stuff to Margaret, only stepping in if she’s too busy to fit the column into her schedule. This week she wasn’t too busy, giving a nice write-up of Larry Crowne. I couldn’t let the latest (and probably last) trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 go by unnoticed however, so you get two trailer park entries this week. The last couple of Harry Potter... 

There’s been a viral video going around for a few weeks now, courtesy of the Alamo Drafthouse. For those who don’t know, the Drafthouse is held in high regard by cinemaphiles. The host of AICN’s annual Butt-Numb-a-Thon and Fantastic Fest, the small chain is more about a love of cinema than just carrying whatever is hot in any given week (although they do carry contemporary releases as well).... 

You’ve heard Tim make his weekly predictions on our podcast, guessing how the box office numbers are going to play out as we discuss each week’s estimates. Now we’re putting them down in text just to see how good Tim’s track record winds up. Tune in each week as we compare Tim’s predictions against the actual numbers from the box office weekend, as Tim takes on the Box... 

As I said last time, “A Voice in the Wilderness” attempts to ramp things up for Babylon 5. The first half of the episode does a pretty good job of setting a higher pace, however the second episode is where things start to fall apart. The promise of the first half of the episode isn’t quite lived up to with the second half, beginning with the revelation of what Garabaldi sees coming through the... 

It’s almost like déjà vu. This marks the second week in a row that we’ve had a blockbuster offering alongside a much more family-friendly offering. It seems to be a combination that works: the teens and die-hard fans go see the blockbuster while families can head to the theaters together for something a little… safer. The blockbuster this weekend stars Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern (we have... 

Ugh! We’ve definitely gotten to the point of the year where studios are releasing movies from earlier in the year as home entertainment offerings. The problem is the movies being offered were the lower interest films of the year. How else do you explain us getting Red Riding Hood, Battle: Los Angeles, and Big Mommas: Like Father Like Son all hitting Blu-ray and DVD this week? Of the offerings this... 

Part of looking at movies does involve the business side of show business. We try to have a little fun with it, as each week Tim makes his predictions as to how movies will perform at the Box Office. Then, on Sundays, we look at how Tim’s predictions fared. Earlier this week Tim made his box office predictions, expecting that this weekend’s big release, Super 8 wouldn’t be as big a release as... 

I’ve seen the title of Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer a lot more than I’ve seen anything about the movie. While the title has appeared on upcoming movie lists, the marketing for the movie has been virtually absent. Aside from seeing at trailer a few weeks ago in front of Kung Fu Panda 2 (which hasn’t exactly been selling tickets like expected), I haven’t seen anything... 

You’ve heard Tim make his weekly predictions on our podcast, guessing how the box office numbers are going to play out as we discuss each week’s estimates. Now we’re putting them down in text just to see how good Tim’s track record winds up. Tune in each week as we compare Tim’s predictions against the actual numbers from the box office weekend, as Tim takes on the Box...