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New Releases: March 18

March 17, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

1. Paul (Universal, 2,801 Theaters, 104 Minutes, Rated R): Seeing Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in any film not directed by Edgar Wright seems to veer a little too close to sacrilege for my tastes [click for more]

Aronofsky Off Of THE WOLVERINE.

March 17, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

The Los Angeles Times Hero Complex blog is reporting that Oscar-nominated director Darren Aronofsky has stepped down from the helm of The Wolverine, the sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The project was aiming for a late [click for more]

New Releases: March 11

March 11, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

1. Battle: Los Angeles (Sony/Columbia, 3,417 Theaters, 116 Minutes, Rated PG-13): Or, Independence Day, the grim and gritty version. Well, perhaps that’s unfair. I mean, there really is not a lot of originality that you [click for more]

New Releases: March 4

March 3, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

1. Rango (Paramount, 3,700 Theaters, 107 Minutes, Rated PG): So, who out there thought a Gore Verbinski/Johnny Depp reunion would involve the latter playing a lizard living in the animal version of the Old West? [click for more]

The AVENGERS Are Assembling Against… (Spoilers! Big Time!)

March 3, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

So, you’ve got the Hulk, you’ve got Thor, you’ve got Iron Man, you’ve got Captain America. Right there, you have a formidable force to make up the Avengers, even before you add Hawkeye, Black Widow [click for more]

Oscar 2011: The Day After

February 28, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

The biggest upset of the night was the fact that there were not any upsets. The favorites won in pretty much every category, just like everyone knew that they would. And I think this led [click for more]

If We Picked The Oscars:2011 Edition!

February 25, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

It’s that time of the year again, Oscar time! The question everyone is asking (at least in my household) is this: in a year with so many perceived dead solid locks, could their be any surprising [click for more]

New Releases: February 25

February 24, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

Drive Angry In 3D (Summitt Entertainment 2,290 Theaters, 104 Minutes, Rated R): As Nicolas Cage slowly works his way through the low-rent genres, he kills two birds with one stone this week. He takes on [click for more]

DJ Caruso Confirms He’s To Direct PREACHER

February 22, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

A film adaptation of Vertigo Comics’ Preacher graphic novel line has be inching along through 13 years of development hell. An announcement has come today that might make it seem that journey is close to [click for more]

New Releases: February 18, 2011

February 17, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

1. I Am Number Four (Disney, 3,154 Theaters, 104 Minutes, Rated PG-13): So, this has the look of a comic book movie without a comic book attached to it. At least none that I know [click for more]