Myself and a few other online know-it-alls — Defamer‘s Mark Lisanti, MCN’s David Poland, Tom O’Neill, MSN’s Gregory Ellwood, Oscar Watch’s Sasha Stone — share predictions with L.A.Times writer Deborah Netburn about the summer films most likely to be the biggest hit, the biggest flop and the biggest sleeper. My calls (in that order): The DaVinci Code, Poseidon and Snakes on a Plane.
To my great surprise and delight, Christy Hall‘s Daddio, which I was remiss in not seeing during last year’s Telluride...
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7:45 pm: Okay, the initial light-hearted section (repartee, wedding, hospital, afterlife Joey Pants, healthy diet) was enjoyable, but Jesus, when...
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It took me a full month to see Wes Ball and Josh Friedman‘s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes...
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Unless Part Two of Kevin Costner‘s Horizon (Warner Bros., 8.16) somehow improves upon the sluggish initial installment and delivers something...
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For me, A Dangerous Method (2011) is David Cronenberg‘s tastiest and wickedest film — intense, sexually upfront and occasionally arousing...
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