July 30th, 2010 11:03am
Will Pfeifer
You won’t find the movie times in today’s GO Section, but there are four films opening in Rockford this weekend, ranging from wacky comedy to critically acclaimed indy film to teen tearfest to cinematic crime against humanity involving talking canines and felines.
Here, for your perusal, are the trailers:
And, in the interest of giving credit where credit it due, hats off to AMC for bringing a movie like “The Kids Are All Right” to Rockford. It’s part of the company’s AMC Independent program and will hopefully result in some interesting movies finally coming to our fair city.
July 30th, 2010 09:06am
Will Pfeifer
… it’s because AMC, the company that recently purchased the assets of Kerasotes (which owned the only local movie theaters) decided not to continue to advertise in the Register Star. We would like to be able to print the movie times ourselves, because we know that’s information all the local moviegoers would — quite logically — like to have, but that information is owned by AMC, and we can’t distribute it. Sorry.
 So, if you’re wondering what time your favorite movies are playing, you need to check the company’s website or call this number: 888-AMC 4FUN. (As the number implies, it’s fun!) If you do call, I encourage you to express your feelings — positive or negative — about not having the movie times handy in Friday’s newspaper.
And hey, there’s always Netflix.
July 29th, 2010 08:34am
Will Pfeifer
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This premiered at last week’s San Diego Comic Con. I don’t know how long it will be up before the powers that be yank it down, but if you click here, you might be able to see it. Good luck.
July 29th, 2010 08:22am
Will Pfeifer
Here’s a movie both the fellas and the ladies can enjoy: “Jane Austen’s Fight Club”
July 28th, 2010 11:00am
Will Pfeifer
Speaking of “Inception,” here’s something interesting that composer Hans Zimmer did with that film’s soundtrack.
 Keep in mind that Marion Cotillard, who played Mal in “Inception,” (above photo) won the best actress Oscar for the 2007 movie “La Vie En Rose,” in which she played …. Edith Piaf.
July 28th, 2010 09:51am
Will Pfeifer
Here, via Cinematical, is an “Inception” infographic by artist dehahs that puts all the complicated levels of the dreams in some sort of visual order. Needless to say, Spoiler Alert — this thing is one big spoiler.
You can see it at a slightly larger size or download your own by clicking here.
July 28th, 2010 08:04am
Will Pfeifer
Character actor Maury Chaykin, who had roles in everything from “Wargames” to “My Cousin Vinny” to (ahem) “Meatballs II” died Tuesday in Toronto at the age of 61 — on his 61st birthday, in fact.
He was a busy actor with more than 150 credits on his Internet Movie Database page, and he always brought a sense of earthy realism and anxious energy to his work. The last thing I saw him in was the 2008 movie “Blindness,” where he stood out even in a cast that included Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo.
Here’s a sample of his work from “Wargames”…
July 27th, 2010 11:37am
Will Pfeifer
Here’s the trailer for “Sucker Punch,” the new movie from Zack Snyder, the man who directed “300,” “Watchmen” and that actually pretty good “Dawn of the Dead” remake from a few years back. The Onion AV Club describes this trailer as “what Zack Snyder’s eighth grade notebook doodles looked like,” which sounds pretty accurate — and, let’s be honest, not necessarily a criticism. Heck, I wish someone would make a movie out of my eighth grade notebook doodles. (Oh, wait. They did!)
I know there’s some overarching plot to explain all this wonderful nonsense, but I almost wish there wasn’t. With dragons, samurai, Nazi zeppelins and fighting babe warriors, do you really need a plot?
 ”Sucker Punch” opens next year.
July 26th, 2010 09:44am
Will Pfeifer
With the release of two Iron Man movies, a Hulk movie (well, actually two, but the first one doesn’t count) and Thor and Captain America waiting in the wings, it was only a matter of time before Marvel Entertainment made the official announcement on the long-awaited Avengers movie, which teams up all those super-folks.
And, naturally, that announcement came at the geek-fest known as San Diego Comicon. The cast was announced and took the stage in unison, delighting geeks everywhere…
 
Here’s the lineup: Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark (aka Iron Man), Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow (as seen in “Iron Man II”), Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Chris Evans as Captain America, Jeremy Renner (from “The Hurt Locker”) as Hawkeye, Mark Ruffalo (taking over for Edward Norton) as the Hulk, with Joss Whedon directing the movie.
July 23rd, 2010 11:40am
Will Pfeifer
After Thursday’s “Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World” panel at the San Diego Comicon, director Edgar Wright had a surprise for members of the audience who had a special button with Pilgrim’s face.
“Would you people like to follow me to the theater right now to watch the film?” he asked.
The crowd left the convention center and regrouped seven blocks away to watch the debut of the comic book adaptation, which arrives in theaters Aug. 13. A few quick critical reactions:
Todd Gilchrist of Cinematical: “Although the film is a glorious celebration of video games, a sweet little twentysomething romance, and at its most intimate, a subtle and smart coming of age story, Edgar Wright’s adaptation of the beloved graphic novel series of the same name is going to generate as many pans as it does praise, primarily because some viewers may feel it cuts out a deeper emotional connection in the service of rendering some of the most razor-sharp pop-cultural specificity in recent memory. But even though I can’t help but pre-emptively understand if some of my colleagues argue that it’s too generationally narrow or even attention-deficient to leave a lasting impression, I really, really liked Scott Pilgrim, and think that it’s one of the most technically astounding and yet personally resonant movies of the year.”
Katey Rich of Cinemablend: “But I’m here to tell you that Scott Pilgrim plays well beyond the hype, an enormous burst of energy and imagination that both plays with every cinematic convention we know of and re-invents the form entirely. Director Edgar Wright has proven with Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz that he has a perfect understanding of genre and filmmaking language, but Scott Pilgrim is something newer and wilder, totally different from what he’s done before but also a natural step forward. It’s not a perfect movie– the ending is rushed, and the serialized graphic novel doesn’t lend itself well to a three-act structure in general– but man oh man, does it have a lot to offer.
Quint from Aint It Cool News: The easiest thing to say about the movie is that it’s a quick watch. It flows, it has a lot of laughs that I have a feeling are going to live past the first viewing. And it’s just flat out fun. Not silly fun, although it does get pretty silly, but real deal imaginative filmmaking driving pure entertainment.
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