Insidious pulling ahead of Indy

Insidious: The Red Door looks to be taking down Indiana Jones at the weekend box office with an expected $31 million weekend against Indy’s $28 million. Numbers have begun rolling in for this mid-summer weekend and as expected Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is looking to drop the 60% we predicted on Thursday. … Read more

KVIFF 2023: Wrap-Up and Awards | Festivals & Awards

KVIFF was also filled with wonderful retrospectives. “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,” Peter Weir’s feast of masculine tenderness wrapped in a nautical epic, screened in 35mm. John Cassavetes’ romantic screwball “Minnie and Moskowitz” was also shown. But the major highlight was curator Joseph Fahim’s richly programmed series on mid-century Japanese author … Read more

Biosphere movie review & film summary (2023)

“Biosphere” has a curious premise that’s briskly unpacked within the movie’s first half hour. [SOME ESSENTIAL SPOILERS FOLLOW] In that time, insecure Billy (Duplass) and overweening Ray (Brown) discover that they’re not only trapped in a biodome that is running out of food but also that one of the fish that they’re raising for their … Read more

Part Two Runtime Is Over 3 Hours

Denis Villeneuve’s highly anticipated next entry in the Dune franchise is almost here, and a recent report suggests that the current Dune: Part Two runtime is over three hours long. This comes from a new report from World of Reel, which notes that the current cut of Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two is a whopping 3 … Read more

The YouTube Effect movie review (2023)

Winter is after the Big Picture: how YouTube’s “recommended” algorithm changed the game, our world, and us. Susan Wojcicki, the former CEO of YouTube, is interviewed extensively, and her corporate-speak about the positive “connections” formed between “diverse” groups of people rings false, as does her reassurances of how hard YouTube works to make the community … Read more

Kevin Smith hosts screening of Batman Forever’s Schumacher Cut

Reactions from the secret screening of the Schumacher Cut of Batman Forever offer praise and details on the key differences. As JoBlo.com was founded in 1998, we missed the opportunity to chronicle the reactions to 1995’s batman forever. But time works in funny ways, as just last week a rare screening of the nearly three-hour … Read more