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.


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Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

You know The Twilight Saga: New Moon has it all wrong right out of the coffin.

Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

The Blind Side tackles football and the much better, and more interesting sport of real life.

Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

First criticism: Planet 51 is not 3D.

Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

Fashion and Chanel are synonymous.

Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009

On Aug. 7, 1974 Frenchman Philippe Petit and his team strung a wire between the World Trade Center’s twin towers.

Published Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009

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.

Published Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009

We all have our hobbies.

Published Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009

Play the Game is an interesting generational juxtaposition.

Published Friday, Nov. 06, 2009

Critics get accused of being biased about certain movies. There are some we pretty much know we’re going to dislike.

Published Friday, Nov. 06, 2009

In the 1980s, a paranormal unit of the Army called The First Earth Battalion trains psychic enlistees to become Jedi-like warriors.

Published Friday, Nov. 06, 2009

Part disturbing documentary, part straight-ahead movie-making, The Fourth Kind is difficult to watch, difficult to understand and difficult to recommend.

Published Friday, Nov. 06, 2009

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.

Co-star in 'The Men Who Stare at Goats'
Courtesy of Overture Films

Mr. Movie kids around with the goat who co-stars in 'Men Who Stare at Goats.'

Published Wednesday, Nov. 04, 2009

Men Who Stare at Goats opens in Tri-Cities on Friday, Nov. 6.

Published Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009

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.

Published Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009

Hilary Swank stars in this biopic about the 1920s feminist flyer Amelia Earhart.

Published Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009

What happened to Clive Owen?

Published Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009

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.

Published Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009

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.

Published Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009

Studios start marching out the horror around Halloween.

Published Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009

The reinvention of vampires isn’t working.

Published Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009

The son of a famous scientist in Metro City dies in a tragic accident.

Published Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009

Don’t get this wrong. The September Issue is a very good movie.

Published Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009

Animation isn’t always kid-oriented fluff.

Published Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009

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.

Published Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009

Max Records plays Max — an angry young boy. You are not told why.

Published Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009

Vicious thugs break into Clyde Shelton’s home and rape and kill his wife and child.

Published Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009

My Sweet Misery is an independent film that is opening this week in just 16 cities.

Published Thursday, Oct. 08, 2009

About once a year, someone turns a Jane Austen book or one of her clones into a movie.

Published Thursday, Oct. 08, 2009

A better title for Couples RetreatCouples Retread.

Published Thursday, Oct. 08, 2009

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.

Published Thursday, Oct. 01, 2009

Ricky Gervais makes Pinocchio proud. No lie.

Published Thursday, Oct. 01, 2009

Zombieland is unexpectedly funny.

Published Thursday, Oct. 01, 2009

Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut takes a serio-comic look at teen angst girl style.

Published Thursday, Oct. 01, 2009

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.

Published Monday, Sep. 28, 2009

PORTLAND — A few weeks ago, I wrote some public comments for the executives at Paramount Studios.

Published Thursday, Sep. 24, 2009

Textbook teeth, gorgeous smile, perfectly coiffed, tan, fit and decent acting chops, George Hamilton had it all.

Published Thursday, Sep. 24, 2009

Seeing 1975’s Barry Lyndon again reminded me that skills such as those possessed by writer/director Stanley Kubrick are rare.

Published Wednesday, Sep. 23, 2009

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.

Published Thursday, Sep. 17, 2009

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Published Thursday, Sep. 17, 2009

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.

Published Thursday, Sep. 17, 2009

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.

Published Thursday, Sep. 17, 2009

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.

Published Thursday, Sep. 10, 2009

Two hours. No sentences. No paragraphs.

Published Thursday, Sep. 10, 2009

Is irony at work here or what?

Published Thursday, Sep. 10, 2009

Food, Inc. contends that very large, profit-centered corporations produce almost all of the food in the nation and for most of the world.

Published Thursday, Sep. 10, 2009

RICHLAND — The Battelle Film Club’s opening Fall Season flick is from France.

Published Thursday, Sep. 03, 2009

Mike Judge is funny. His TV is the stuff of legends.

Published Thursday, Sep. 03, 2009

It’s not all about Steve. And even if it was all about Steve, it still isn’t a good story.

Published Thursday, Sep. 03, 2009

A miscommunication with Regal Cinemas led to there not being a review of Taking Woodstock last week when the film opened.

Published Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009

Who doesn’t love dolphins?


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