True-life tale shows veteran’s struggle
Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival this year with the name 892, the now-retitled thriller Breaking introduces us to beleaguered Lance Cpl. Brian...
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‘Invitation’ tops sub-par box office
Something is going on at the box office. After a seven-week stretch through June and July, the domestic box was averaging just under $200 million per...
Adopt low expectations to enjoy ‘First Kill’
On a list of films unlikely to generate a prequel for release in 2022, the 2009 horror film Orphan would have to rank somewhere close to the top of...
Does your list ’90s film list contain ‘Pulp’?
One of the sites I’ve visited the most the last 15 or so years, IndieWire, released a list of the 100 Best Films of the 1990s. As any ScreenTime reader...
‘Bodies’ struggles to find an identity
Bodies Bodies Bodies is a movie that tries so hard to be several different things that it doesn’t amount to much of anything in the end. It wants to...
‘Bullet Train’ retains top spot at box office
The latest Brad Pitt film Bullet Train took the No. 1 spot at the domestic box office for the second consecutive weekend, selling another $13.4 million...
Comedy removes veil from film industry
After the would-be comedy The Bubble burst on Netflix this spring, we now have another comedy that skewers the film industry, but goes about it in...
‘Bullet Train’ speeds to No. 1 at box office
Brad Pitt’s latest action flick, Bullet Train, based on Japanese novel “Maria Beetle,” topped the box during its first weekend of release, selling...
Children’s film a box office success
Here we are in the middle of the hot summer. As much as I prefer cool temperatures and nighttime to hot summer days, living in New York City has made...
‘Marcel’ a funny, endearing adaptation
Based on a series of charming mockumentary YouTube shorts from the 2010s, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is a super-sized film adaptation about a tiny...