Archive for category: Film

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance or Spirit of Comedy?

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance or Spirit of Comedy?

“The Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance,” which premieres on Feb. 17, is a film about Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage), a stunt motorcyclist who made a deal with the devil, known as Mephisto, to save his father.

Oscar Predictions: Will Win/Should Win

Oscar Predictions: Will Win/Should Win

I’ll be giving my opinion of who will win the golden statue and who should win.

Williamsburg’s One-Stop Wonder: Movie Theater Meets Restaurant Meets Bar

Williamsburg’s One-Stop Wonder: Movie Theater Meets Restaurant Meets Bar

Devouring a mouthwatering meal, seeing a brand new movie and ending the night at a bar...

Relationships Clash and Emotions Run High in Acclaimed November Films

Relationships Clash and Emotions Run High in Acclaimed November Films

Actress Charlotte Rampling is no stranger to being looked at. She has appeared in several provocative films including “The Night Porter” and “Swimming Pool,

A Melancholic Month for Movies That Miss Their Marks

A Melancholic Month for Movies That Miss Their Marks

The end of the world turns out to be a bit of a bore in “Melancholia”; ["Janie Jones"] is not particularly special in anyway. The acting is average except for the occasional heartfelt scene between Brand and Janie and the script is predictable.

Fill That Trick-or-Treat Bag with Popcorn and Goobers for FSLC’s Scary Movies Series

Fill That Trick-or-Treat Bag with Popcorn and Goobers for FSLC’s Scary Movies Series

The Film Society of Lincoln Center (FSLC) will be offering audiences fresh front row seats to their Scary Movies series , beginning Oct. 27 through Halloween.

New York Film Festival Finishes Strong with Highly Anticipated Films

New York Film Festival Finishes Strong with Highly Anticipated Films

I can’t imagine how Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne) spent an entire week with Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams) when after only an hour I was sick of her. Williams’

New York Film Festival Opens With Two Thumbs Up

New York Film Festival Opens With Two Thumbs Up

For kids, playgrounds and basketball courts were the battlegrounds for those verbal confrontations that were blown way out of proportion. But as things go, you fought, called each other names,

New York Film Festival 2011: “Melancholia” Preview

New York Film Festival 2011: “Melancholia” Preview

  By JAMES MILLER Staff Writer Published: October 4, 2011 “Melancholia” –  Thursday, Oct. 6 at 9 p.m. Lars von Trier writes and directs this eerie story about the end of two worlds. The first collapse is an intangible one of a bride (a moving Kirsten Dunst) losing her mind over the course of a disastrous wedding reception. The second [...]

“25th Hour” Still Shines, “Drive’s” Gosling Switches Gears

“25th Hour” Still Shines, “Drive’s” Gosling Switches Gears

pike Lee’s post-9/11 film is a love letter to New York when the city needs it most. In the wake of the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, the film has seen restored interest with the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s decision to screen it on the anniversary of the attacks...