Thursday, November 19, 2009

‘The Blind Side’ focuses on feel-good

The redemption-minded sports flick “The Blind Side” serves its inspiration straight-up with no twist. Writer-director John Lee Hancock wisely lets the true story of Michael Oher – the African-American teen …

Thursday, November 19, 2009

On the Couch: New DVD’s

BRUNO, R. The latest mock-documentary satire from comic provocateur Sacha Baron Cohen was mostly a misfire. Taken from Cohen’s TV program “Da Ali G Show,” Bruno is a gay, Austrian …

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Flickers . . . What’s playing at area theaters

NEW RELEASES THE BLIND SIDE A homeless black teenager, Michael Oher has drifted in and out of the school system for years. Then Leigh Anne Tuohy and her husband, Sean, …

Thursday, November 12, 2009

‘Pirate Radio’ has heart – and rock

By ROGER MOORE The Orlando Sentinel Richard Curtis makes romantic, sentimental and overlong comedies filled to the rafters with friends as cast-members. He’s a British Judd Apatow – indulgent, substituting …

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Flickers . . . What’s playing at area theaters

NEW RELEASES 2012 Never before has a date in history been so significant to so many cultures, so many religions, scientists, and governments. 2012 is an epic adventure about a …

Thursday, November 12, 2009

New on DVD

ENLIGHTEN UP, Not Rated. Filmmaker Kate Churchill’s idea for a documentary – following a yoga newbie as he immerses himself in the discipline’s physical and spiritual culture for six months …

Thursday, November 5, 2009

‘Goats’ has fuzzy vision

A fun tone is undermined by disjointed storytelling in George Clooney’s “The Men Who Stare at Goats,” and it all starts with the disclaimer that opens the movie: “More of …

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Flickers . . . What’s playing at area theaters

NEW RELEASES THE BOX A suburban couple, Norma and Arthur , face a moral dilemma when they receive a gift that bears irrevocable consequences. With the press of a button, …

Thursday, November 5, 2009

New on DVD

ALIENS IN THE ATTIC, PG. An extended family gathers in a big Victorian rental home in the country. There’s Tom, the “Math-lete” (Carter Jenkins), Jake the alpha male (Austin Butler), …

Sunday, November 1, 2009

‘This is It’

LOS ANGELES – “Michael Jackson’s This Is It” premiered to high praise from fans who applauded at each number as though they were at a concert and marveled as the …

Thursday, October 29, 2009

‘Cirque du Freak’ a vampire Frankenstein

By JAKE COYLE The Associated Press It’s getting downright batty trying to keep all these vampires straight. You have your traditional vampires (“Nosferatu”), your blond slayer foils (“Buffy: The Vampire …

Thursday, October 29, 2009

On the Couch . . . New DVDs

ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS, PG. This is the third and barely-more-than-middling-funny installment in the series of animated features about the prehistoric adventures of Manny (voice of Ray Romano), …

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Flickers . . . What’s playing at area theaters

NEW RELEASES GENTLEMEN BRONCOS Benjamin, home-schooled by his eccentric mother, is a loveable loner whose passion for writing leads him on an offbeat and hilarious journey as his story first …

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Chan, Lau to star in Shaolin movie

HONG KONG – The king of kung fu cinema is set to star in a new movie about China’s famed shrine of martial arts, the Shaolin Temple. Jackie Chan will …

Thursday, October 22, 2009

On the couch...new DVDs

CHERI, R. A radiant Michelle Pfeiffer is Lea, a courtesan well schooled in pleasure and the politics of the personal, who is approaching that point where she will age out …

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Flickers... What’s playing at area theaters

NEW RELEASES AMELIA After becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, Amelia was thrust into a new role as America’s sweetheart – the legendary “goddess of light,” known …

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Flickers

NEW RELEASES LAW ABIDING CITIZEN Clyde Shelton is an upstanding family man whose wife and daughter are brutally murdered during a home invasion. When the killers are caught, Nick Rice, …

Thursday, October 15, 2009

On the couch: New DVD’s

THE PROPOSAL, PG-13. A tightly wound dominatrix of a boss (Sandra Bullock) dragoons her long-suffering male secretary (Ryan Reynolds) into marrying her so her U.S. …

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Silent film comic honored in hometown

GOFFSTOWN – He was a silent film actor who really couldn’t talk, thanks to a childhood vocal injury. He was Raymond Griffith, the “Silk Hat” comedian, whose film star popularity …

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Mirthquake offers up vintage films next weekend

MANCHESTER – The great comedians who showed early movie audiences how to laugh will return to the big screen during Mirthquake, a four-day festival devoted to celebrating vintage film comedy …

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Mulligan gives – and gets – ‘An Education’

Sixteen-year-old Jenny learns the ways of the world in the coming-of-age drama “An Education,” but there’s a revelation in store for us, as well. We get the pleasure of meeting …

Thursday, October 8, 2009

On the couch: New DVD’s

ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL, Not Rated. This riveting new documentary about a couple of old Canadian headbangers who are still chasing the heavy-metal dream plays like a reality-based version …

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Flickers: What’s playing at area theaters

NEW RELEASES COUPLES RETREAT Four Midwestern couples embark on a journey to a tropical island resort. While one of the couples is there to work on their marriage, the other …

Thursday, October 1, 2009

New Hampshire Film Festival announces 2009 screenings

One of the largest film fests in New England, New Hampshire Film Festival draws celebrities, academy-award winners, film industry veterans and local film lovers. NHFF offers workshops and discussions for …

Sunday, September 6, 2009

'Wizard of Oz' to be screened in theaters

Nearly everyone has seen "The Wizard of Oz," but not many have seen it in the way it was intended -- on the big screen. That opportunity is coming: On …

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Ask AP: Movie popularity

Look at the list of the highest-grossing movies in the nation's history, and you'll see most have something in common: They came out in the past 20 years. Of course, …

Thursday, September 3, 2009

'Extract' lacks flavorful characters

Ten years ago, Mike Judge satirized the absurdities of the workplace experience from the perspective of put-upon employees with "Office Space." It didn't do much when it came out but, …

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Ask AP: Movie popularity

Look at the list of the highest-grossing movies in the nation's history, and you'll see most have something in common: They came out in the past 20 years. Of course, …

Thursday, September 3, 2009

On the Couch: New DVDs

EARTH, G. You may have seen the television ads for this debut documentary feature from Disney about the struggles of three animal families (polar bear, elephant and whale) to survive …

Thursday, September 3, 2009

‘Extract' lacks flavorful characters

Ten years ago, Mike Judge satirized the absurdities of the workplace experience from the perspective of put-upon employees with "Office Space." It didn't do much when it came out but, …

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Flickers: What's playing at area theaters

NEW RELEASES 9 When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a …

Thursday, August 27, 2009

On the Couch, New DVDs

<b>ADVENTURELAND, R.</b> In its own gentle way, the film restores a welcome note of humanism to a genre that has lately become little more than a repository for fart and …

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Flickers: What's Playing at Area Theaters

<b>NEW RELEASES</b> THE FINAL DESTINATION While enjoying a day at the track, Nick O'Bannon has a horrific premonition in which he and his friends all die following a freak accident …

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