You know The Twilight Saga: New Moon has it all wrong right out of the coffin.
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| Gary Wolcott's "Mr. Movie" column has appeared in the Tri-City Herald since 1992. The Tri-City native now lives in Portland, Ore., and watches about 250 movies each year. He believes movies are made to be seen on theater screens and should be seen there and not on television screens. Have a question for Mr. Movie? Click on "Add Comment" below. |
You know The Twilight Saga: New Moon has it all wrong right out of the coffin.
The Blind Side tackles football and the much better, and more interesting sport of real life.
First criticism: Planet 51 is not 3D.
Fashion and Chanel are synonymous.
On Aug. 7, 1974 Frenchman Philippe Petit and his team strung a wire between the World Trade Center’s twin towers.
A friend of mine contacted me a couple of weeks ago. He told me he's begun composing his best films of the decade list.
We all have our hobbies.
Play the Game is an interesting generational juxtaposition.
Critics get accused of being biased about certain movies. There are some we pretty much know we’re going to dislike.
In the 1980s, a paranormal unit of the Army called The First Earth Battalion trains psychic enlistees to become Jedi-like warriors.
Part disturbing documentary, part straight-ahead movie-making, The Fourth Kind is difficult to watch, difficult to understand and difficult to recommend.
The Burmese Harp explores themes of the senselessness of war, the importance of comradeship and friendship and the emotions felt by soldiers over the loss of a friend.
Mr. Movie kids around with the goat who co-stars in 'Men Who Stare at Goats.'
Men Who Stare at Goats opens in Tri-Cities on Friday, Nov. 6.
Michael Jackson’s This Is It screened for promotional audiences and most critics on Tuesday night. Depending on where you live that’s either the night it opened or the night before. The turnout — at least in Portland — was rather light.
Hilary Swank stars in this biopic about the 1920s feminist flyer Amelia Earhart.
What happened to Clive Owen?
I love basketball. There was a time in my life when if you told me I could meet one-on-one with the Steven Spielberg or some other celebrity or play some hoops for a couple of hours, the decision would have been tough. And I’m not convinced that the celebrity would win the decision.
The first film in Carmike Cinemas Independent Film Series was the outstanding My Sweet Misery. Like last year’s offerings, Carmike is bringing in the lowest of low-budget ditties.
Studios start marching out the horror around Halloween.
The reinvention of vampires isn’t working.
The son of a famous scientist in Metro City dies in a tragic accident.
Don’t get this wrong. The September Issue is a very good movie.
Animation isn’t always kid-oriented fluff.
Fairchild Cinemas is going to do two showings of the Humphrey Bogart classic The Maltese Falcon next week at 7 p.m. on the Oct. 27 and the 29.
Max Records plays Max — an angry young boy. You are not told why.
Vicious thugs break into Clyde Shelton’s home and rape and kill his wife and child.
My Sweet Misery is an independent film that is opening this week in just 16 cities.
About once a year, someone turns a Jane Austen book or one of her clones into a movie.
A better title for Couples Retreat — Couples Retread.
Martin Ritt’s 1963 black and white classic Hud shows off three of the great talents of the 1960s: Paul Newman, Patricia Neal and Melvyn Douglas.
Ricky Gervais makes Pinocchio proud. No lie.
Zombieland is unexpectedly funny.
Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut takes a serio-comic look at teen angst girl style.
What a treat. Pixar’s first and third films, 1995’s Toy Storyand 1999’s Toy Story 2in 3D and as part of a double-feature.
PORTLAND — A few weeks ago, I wrote some public comments for the executives at Paramount Studios.
Textbook teeth, gorgeous smile, perfectly coiffed, tan, fit and decent acting chops, George Hamilton had it all.
Seeing 1975’s Barry Lyndon again reminded me that skills such as those possessed by writer/director Stanley Kubrick are rare.
PASCO — Amateur filmmakers and those interested in the unique business of filmmaking should check out the Filmmaker's Forum on Monday, Sept. 28 at Columbia Basin College.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Aaron Eckhart's (The Dark KnightBurke Ryan wrote the best seller A-Okay to ease the pain of the death of his beloved wife three years before. He gives seminars to help others unable to deal with the loss of a loved one.
The Informant is about corporate espionage and corporate espionage is serious business. It involves price-fixing and embezzlement. Consumers get creamed, shareholders are scammed and then creamed as well and everyone loses.
Forget Jennifer's body. This is all about Megan's body. That's Megan as in Fox, tabloid charmer and former Transformers leading lady. She now has a movie of her own and shows off her—uh—considerable skills. None of them are acting.
Two hours. No sentences. No paragraphs.
Is irony at work here or what?
Food, Inc. contends that very large, profit-centered corporations produce almost all of the food in the nation and for most of the world.
RICHLAND — The Battelle Film Club’s opening Fall Season flick is from France.
Mike Judge is funny. His TV is the stuff of legends.
It’s not all about Steve. And even if it was all about Steve, it still isn’t a good story.
A miscommunication with Regal Cinemas led to there not being a review of Taking Woodstock last week when the film opened.
Who doesn’t love dolphins?