You want yourself a woman? One come in here from Albuquerque run a cathouse over there. Name is Bertha – got an ass on her like a forty-dollar cow. And a tit… I’d like to see that thing filled full of tequila – Hey you know what she always said about cowboys? She always wished … Read more
Throughout the night, my eyes glanced around the room. I caught sight of “Hoop Dreams” director Steve James and “Return to Seoul” filmmaker Davy Chou. Along the way, the festival’s artistic director Mimi Plauché and its managing director Vivian Teng stepped on stage to talk about the festival’s adventurous summer screenings, its CineYouth festival and … Read more
Today marks 30 years since the release of Alex Proyas’ classic film so we take a look at the highly anticipated 4K UHD release. May 11, 1994 saw the release of Alex Proyas’ The Crow, and cinema was never the same. And now, 30 years later, we’re finally being treated to the definitive version on … Read more
The unexpected global success of “Pulp Fiction” in 1994 spawned a wave of wannabes and cash-ins, many of them mixing and matching elements that they thought made Quentin Tarantino’s movie a success: Violence, drugs, ostentatiously declamatory dialogue and monologues, time-shifting stories. Of course, the real reason for its success was that it had a singular … Read more
In celebration of the 35th anniversary of Steel Magnolias, Sony Pictures has teamed up with Fathom Events for the upcoming special screenings of the star-studded Southern drama led by Oscar winner Julia Roberts. The 1989 movie will return to theaters nationwide on May 5 and May 8, just in time for Mother’s Day. In addition, … Read more
Terence Davies on “Sunset Song” I was brought up on American music. My first film was “Singin’ in the Rain” at seven. I fell in love with musicals, I love musicals. So, that was always theirs as part of one’s psyche. And they used to say on the contrary, Britain was a land without music, … Read more
A ten-year anniversary might not sound like a great milestone; it can feel a lot longer when you consider how much has happened since then. Last week, prolific showrunner and filmmaker Mike Flanagan attended a screening of “Oculus,” his ten-year-old breakthrough feature, at New Orleans’s Overlook Film Festival, where Flanagan also received the event’s annual … Read more
The Mummy starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz is somehow 25 years old (ugh) and it is returning to theaters to celebrate this big anniversary (yay). The action-filled reboot of the classic Universal Monsters franchise debuted in theaters in 1999 and became a surprise hit. It cemented Fraser’s status as a Hollywood leading man and was … Read more
In honor of its 40th anniversary, The Karate Kid is getting a new 4K release that looks like a VHS box that might have sat in a video store 40 years ago. (I assume only the box looks like it’s 40 years old. If the print of the movie on that 4K disc looks like an old videotape, … Read more
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Shrek 2, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation announced the animated classic’s return to theaters. It starts April 12, 2024. Tickets for Shrek 2’s re-release will be available for purchase on March 8 on Fandango and other ticketing sites nationwide. AMC Theaters also announced that they will be screening the … Read more