Monthly Movie Preview – May 2012 Just like its slightly more competent sibling “Award Season,” the fatter movie season known as “Summer Movie Season” returns to roost every year to perpetuate the love for all of the wacky stories it can spin. Some of the stories are good, and some are laughably not so much. [...]
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April Preview: ‘American Reunion’ to ‘The Five-Year Engagement’
Monthly Movie Preview – April 2012 Can you smell that? It’s the scent of “Almost Summer.” No, that’s not the name of a cheap fragrant candle, but the aroma multiplexes let waft when it’s almost the main season for blockbusters. But before we focus on mega movies like The Avengers in May, and The Dark [...]
December Preview: ‘Young Adult,’ ‘Sherlock Holmes,’ ‘Mission Impossible,’ ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’
Monthly Movie Preview – December 2011 When we’re lucky, the directors of the world align their release schedules to create special years for movie lovers. 2011 has certainly felt like one of these occasions, having seen films by Almodovar, Malick, Eastwood, Verbinski, James, Refn, Payne, Lonergan, Wright, and more. And what fitting way to end [...]
September Preview: ‘Warrior,’ ‘Drive,’ ‘Abduction’ and other one-word Movies
Monthly Movie Preview – September 2011 Summer is over. Superheroes tried to crush our spirits with their stupid movies and refusal to die. A whole bunch of crazy stuff happened, actually, but we made it out. And what’s that I smell? Award season? Too early to think about it … or is it? Aside from [...]
August Preview: Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The Change-Up, The Help, Our Idiot Brother
Monthly Movie Preview – August 2011 Summer is winding down, but you wouldn’t know it with the release of big-budget Rise of the Planet of the Apes, the comedic potential of The Change Up and the movie version of the bestselling novel The Help. Sure, The Whistleblower is there as a counterweight to remind us [...]
July Preview: Larry Crowne, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, and Horrible Bosses
Monthly Movie Preview – July 2011 It’s summer. Period. No more discussion. You see, in Portland summer doesn’t fully hit until Fourth of July weekend. We survive through June with rain, overcast skies, and a lot of 60 degree days. No more. We are also officially in summer, and more importantly … Summer Blockbuster Season. [...]
June Preview: X-Men: First Class, Super 8, Bad Teacher and Cars 2
Monthly Movie Preview – June 2011 Spring has sprung and for those of us in the Chicago area, it’s already come and gone. As Summer picks up, so do the cash cows that Hollywood keeps trying to sell us on. This year’s cash crop ranges from flights of fancy to funny, but this is just [...]
May Preview: ‘Thor,’ ‘Bridesmaids,’ ‘Pirates 4,’ and ‘Kung Fu Panda 2′
Monthly Movie Preview – May 2011 If what they say is true and April showers do indeed bring May flowers then consider May ripe for the picking. After the past few lukewarm months at the box office, it seemed like Hollywood had hit a slump. It’s sort of to be expected in January, which is [...]
April Preview: ‘Hanna,’ ‘Scream 4′ and ‘Fast Five’
Monthly Movie Preview – April 2011 April is an unusual month. It’s one of those rare occasions where they (that’s right, the proverbial “they” that made the current calendar) manage to cram 5 Fridays into one month. Now, what does that mean? Well, for me it means that much more work, but for audiences everywhere, [...]
March Monthly Movie Preview: ‘Adjustment Bureau’ to ‘Sucker Punch’
Monthly Movie Preview – March 2011 With the weak winter months finally behind us, hopefully this spells good things for the box office. While January and February offered the usual dreck, there’s still some hope for March. Studios are beginning to step up their game and tackle the problem head on. One of the things [...]
February Monthly Movie Preview: From ‘The Roommate’ to ‘Drive Angry 3D’
Monthly Movie Preview – February 2011 Well, congratulations readers. You made it through the onslaught of terrible movie after terrible movie that makes up most of the month of January. Moving right along, Hollywood’s ready to offer something a little different. For the most part, I think Hollywood’s just trying to get people to leave [...]
January Monthly Movie Preview: ‘Country Strong’ to ‘The Mechanic’
Monthly Movie Preview – January 2011 Fresh off the holiday headache of in-laws and frantic last minute holiday shopping, January promises a fresh start for most people. It’s a brand new year and most of us have fooled ourselves into thinking that somehow this year’s gonna be different. We’re really gonna work off that holiday [...]
December Monthly Movie Preview: ‘Tron: Legacy’ to ‘True Grit’
Monthly Movie Preview – December 2010 December is the time of year when winter is settling in and you’ve just gotten away from family after Thanksgiving, but there’s still that cruel reminder that Christmas is just around the corner and Hanukkah comes even earlier this year. In other words, December is the ideal month for [...]
November Monthly Movie Preview: ‘Due Date,’ ‘Morning Glory’ and ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1′
Monthly Movie Preview – November 2010 Fresh off the sugar high from an eventful Halloween, in comes November. It’s always hard to tell what November will bring. There are always those sure things, like an animated family-friendly movie around the holidays, or a comedy here or there, but it’s something else as well. November, much [...]
Monthly Movie Preview: Sept 2010 – fall in to ‘Resident Evil: Afterlife,’ ‘The Town,’ and ‘Wall Street’
Monthly Movie Preview – September 2010 The summer movie season is now over. But don’t start saving all of your movie-going money for the winter award season just yet. There are plenty of films coming out this month that have some specialness to them, and are therefore more likely to be worthy of your movie-going [...]
Monthly Movie Preview – August 2010 – ‘The Other Guys’ to ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’
Monthly Movie Preview – August 2010 Well, those lazy hazy days of summer are coming to an end. After a lackluster blockbuster season (with a few hits, like Inception, of course) it’s time for studios to make a last ditch effort to earn some serious bank. Sadly, even though it’s clearly yet another ploy for [...]
Monthly Movie Preview – July 2010 – ‘Inception’ and ‘Dinner for Schmucks’
Monthly Movie Preview – July 2010 July has this weird way of sneaking up on me every year. June just seems to slip away and July comes out of nowhere. Unfortunately, when it comes to movies, evidently Hollywood feels the same way. The July seems like one of the most bare minimum month’s of release, [...]
Monthly Movie Preview – June 2010 – ‘A-Team’ to ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’
Monthly Movie Preview – June 2010 It’s difficult to say where the blockbuster season begins. On one hand, there were some highly anticipated releases for the month of May, such as Iron Man 2 but with June, the kids are out of school and summers in full swing. For a movie theater, this can be [...]
Monthly Movie Preview – May 2010 – ‘Iron Man 2′ to ‘Prince of Persia’
Monthly Movie Preview – May 2010 It’s summer. Hang on, don’t go outside to verify the weather. Just trust me. It’s summer. I should know, I’m a film critic. Sure, if you’re in Chicago you’ll have another couple of days with highs in the 40s. And if you live in Portland, there will be some [...]
Monthly Movie Preview – April 2010 – ‘Clash of the Titans’ to ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’
Monthly Movie Preview – April 2010 April is a delicate time of year for the movie industry. The skies are returning to their beautiful shades of blue, the grass is getting green again. Everyone’s thoughts are turning to the summer so studios have to start bringing out their A game to keep audiences interested. Yet [...]
Monthly Movie Preview – March 2010 – ‘Alice in Wonderland’ to ‘Hot Tub Time Machine’
February was a time for love with the breakaway success of Valentine’s Day. However, March seems to be more of a ragtag group. After all, March doesn’t really have the advantage of any real marketable holidays, aside from St. Patty’s Day and after this year’s Leap Year most audiences are probably over the Irish thing. [...]
Monthly Movie Preview – January 2010
The most distressing month in America probably isn’t November or December, when the big Oscar dogs come out in full force with their pride on their sleeves, only to be shot down or embraced by critics or audiences alike. I’d argue the most stressful month in Hollywood is the wet fart that is January, where [...]
Monthly Movie Preview – December 2009
This is going to be a great month. No matter whether these big and small movies fall flat on their faces or not there’s going to be plenty to choose from – especially for those who want to keep up with important films. First up is Avatar, one of the biggest gambles of this decade. [...]
Monthly Movie Preview – November 2009 … A Christmas Carol, 2012, The Twilight Saga: New Moon and more
It’s the holidays. We know this because the movies tell us so. This year they waited exactly one week after Halloween to start the Christmas fare with Jim Carrey’s A Christmas Carol. But even though the month starts with Christmas, the movie month plays out just like Thanksgiving. At first, we’re given an array of [...]
