http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:23:11 -0700 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:37:55 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d22-Review-of-TGRs-RE-Session?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner © Teton Gravity Research When times get tough, often we find something, big or small, to help pull us through.  For some it finding a new hobby or brushing up on an old one.  For others it could be seeing movies or reading books they'... Reviews Red River Theatres Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:37:55 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d22-Review-of-TGRs-RE-Session?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d21-Review-of-A-Christmas-Carol?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner © Disney Though Jim Carrey's choices in film have been a little suspect of late, there's no denying he's an extremely talented actor.  And only a truly talented actor could give an engrossing performance through performance capture technol... 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Reviews Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:31:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Review-of-2012?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d13-First-trailer-for-KickAss?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner Ever since the first X-Men movie was released back in 2000 and was a hit, Hollywood has gone superhero / comic book crazy snatching up every property they can.  Sometimes they get it right (The Dark Knight, Iron Man, Spider-Man 2) and sometimes ... Trailers Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:10:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d13-First-trailer-for-KickAss?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d11-Review-of-The-Box?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner © Warner Bros. Here's a proposition for you: someone gives you a box and on top of it is a button.  If you press the button, you get a million dollars but somewhere in the world, someone who you don't know will die.  What would your d... Reviews Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:14:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d11-Review-of-The-Box?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d11-Review-of-The-Men-Who-Stare-at-Goats?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner © Overture Films Being a jaded film critic, it's a weird feeling when looking forward to a movie.  You see the first preview and think, "Oh man, that looks pretty cool, I can't wait to see that."  But then memories of past e... Reviews Red River Theatres Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:25:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d11-Review-of-The-Men-Who-Stare-at-Goats?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d1-Weekend-box-office-Oct-30th--Nov-1st?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner This past weekend the big winner at the box office, as expected, was the Michael Jackson concert film This Is It.  It's $32.5 million take goes from its opening date of Wednesday October 28th through Sunday November 1st.  One would think th... Weekend Box Office Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:57:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d1-Weekend-box-office-Oct-30th--Nov-1st?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d1-Review-of-A-Serious-Man?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner © Focus Features Ah, the Coen Bros.; they're the cinematic equivalent of intellectual comfort food.  Every time they release a new movie, it's a guarantee that it will contain a lot of symbolism, great writing, well-drawn-out characters an... Reviews Red River Theatres Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:26:39 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d1-Review-of-A-Serious-Man?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d25-Review-of-Amelia?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner © Fox Searchlight Don't you hate it when film critics make a seasonal preview of upcoming movies and they pick which ones will be potential Oscar contenders?  They think they're so smart just because they've watched a lot of movies.  ... Reviews Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:41:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d25-Review-of-Amelia?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Trailer-for-Me-and-Orsen-Welles?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner Trying to establish yourself as a legitimate actor when you're largely known for starring in a huge franchise can be challenging to say the least.  Just ask Mark Hamill.  Pretty soon you'll be able to ask the kids from Harry Potter and the ... Reviews Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:57:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Trailer-for-Me-and-Orsen-Welles?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d18-Review-of-Paranormal-Activity?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner © Paramount and Dreamworks Hype is definitely a double-edged sword.  The good about hype is that it brings a lot of positive attention to something, the bad is that the end result rarely delivers.  In the past few weeks, no film has r... Reviews Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:03:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d18-Review-of-Paranormal-Activity?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d18-Review-of-Where-the-Wild-Things-Are?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner © Warner Bros. "The book is better than the movie."  It's a cliché because it's uttered so often but unfortunately it's often true.  A book has the luxury of taking as many pages as it needs to expound on character de... Reviews Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:30:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d18-Review-of-Where-the-Wild-Things-Are?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d11-Review-of-Zombieland?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner © Columbia Pictures The horror genre is ripe for spoofing with its many inadequacies in the areas of acting, story and predictability.  But as Shaun of the Dead made clear, you don't have to directly spoof the horror genre in order to make... Reviews Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:32:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d11-Review-of-Zombieland?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d11-Review-of-Couples-Retreat?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner © Universal Pictures Couples Retreat is the kind of movie that makes you ask two questions: how and why?  How could a group of such talented actors and actresses agree to make such a boring and trite film?  And why would they sully th... Reviews Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:49:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d11-Review-of-Couples-Retreat?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d3-Review-of-The-Invention-of-Lying?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner © Warner Bros. Pictures To watch the advertising for The Invention of Lying, you would think the movie is about nothing more than a guy who is able to lie in a world where everyone else is only capable of telling the truth and accepting what ev... Reviews Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:09:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d3-Review-of-The-Invention-of-Lying?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d28-Trailer-for-Paranormal-Activity?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner If you read my review of Jennifer's Body, then you were probably able to guess that I'm hyper-critical of horror movies in general.  To recap, they're generally boring, predictable and you can see the scares and twists coming from a mile away.&n... Trailers Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:33:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d28-Trailer-for-Paranormal-Activity?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d25-Review-of-It-Might-Get-Loud?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner © Sony Pictures Classics Alright, let's see what's opening this weekend at a theater near you: Fame, Pandorum and Surrogates.  Wow, I nearly fell asleep just typing the titles of those movies.  Three movies opening this weekend and al... Reviews Red River Theatres Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:38:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d25-Review-of-It-Might-Get-Loud?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d23-Trailer-for-Agora?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner This trailer premiered across the web nearly a month ago but it looks too sweeping and gorgeous to not feature it here.  The film is entitled Agora and stars Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella and Oscar Isaac.  Weisz portrays Hypatia of Alexandria... Trailers Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:38:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d23-Trailer-for-Agora?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d22-Review-of-Jennifers-Body?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner © 20th Century Fox Back in June when the giant doo-doo storm known as Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen befell this nation, one of its stars, Megan Fox, made a comment saying that Michael Bay movies were not known for showcasing acting prow... Reviews Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:28:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-5388-Manchester-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d22-Review-of-Jennifers-Body?cid=exrss-Manchester-Movie-Examiner