Crooked Marquee — Page 257 of 258 — Delightfully unique (crooked) movie perspectives.

01/17/201706/28/2018inHockey, Looking Back, Moviesby Craig J. Clark6 min read

20 Years Later, ‘Chasing Amy’ Is Kevin Smith’s Most Grown-Up Film

Since he burst onto the independent film scene in 1994 with Clerks, profanity-prone writer/director Kevin Smith has more or less stayed on brand. With few exceptions, his films revolve around verbose slackers in varied states of arrested development – almost literally in the case of his debut’s breakout characters, the drug-dealing duo of Jay and […]

01/12/201706/28/2018inMovies, Reviewsby Jette Kernion4 min read

Review: ‘Patriots Day’ Tries to Be Three Movies in One

Patriots Day tries to give audiences great value: three movies for the price of one. It starts by telling the personal stories of people affected by the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings: victims, police, folks suddenly entangled in the criminals’ escape. The bombing itself briefly drives the movie into the realm of realistic horror. Afterward, a […]

01/11/201706/28/2018inCulture, Looking Back, Movies, Sportsby Bill Bria5 min read

Keep Moving Forward: How the Rocky Films Got Me Through a Liver Transplant

In October 2013, I lost my battle with a liver disease known as PSC, primary sclerosing cholangitis. It causes the bile ducts to swell up, and sometimes swell shut, which turns the body into a giant clogged toilet. When that happens, your skin turns yellow and your eyes do a great impression of Michael Jackson […]

01/10/201706/28/2018inMovies, Reviewsby Eric D. Snider4 min read

Review: Scorsese Takes Christianity to Medieval Japan in ‘Silence’

Martin Scorsese works with two of his favorite themes in Silence — Catholicism and violence — but not in the way he’s done in the past. Slowly paced and, yes, often quiet, Scorsese’s adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s acclaimed 1966 novel has the contemplative mood of a Terrence Malick film, or one of Werner Herzog’s madmen-in-jungles adventures, […]

01/10/201706/28/2018inMoviesby Derek Faraci8 min read

Buy My Drink! The Art of Product Placement

Product placement has been around for a long time. Like, super-long. We tend to think of it in terms of movies and TV shows, but the truth is, the concept was in use well before the Lumière brothers were born. Perhaps the first notable use of product placement was in Jules Verne’s classic novel, Around […]

01/05/201704/19/2023inHumor, Looking Back, Moviesby Jacob Oller5 min read

Will Smith’s Bad Choices: A Fake Oral History

A few days ago, a picture from Will Smith’s upcoming film Bright surfaced. Smith is on set, smiling with a cop’s handlebar mustache and uniform with a medal draped over his chest. Next to him is a similarly-dressed being with mottled green-yellow skin and inhuman features. Yes, Smith’s new film is a buddy cop movie […]

01/05/201706/28/2018inCulture, Looking Back, Moviesby Jeff Bayer5 min read

I Cried a Lot in 2016, But Only at the Movies

The young people would tell me I had all the feels in 2016. Actually, way too many my age would say the same. I know I brought plenty of emotional baggage to the theater in 2016, and in return, this past year of cinema made me tear up, quiver, tremble, and blubber like a baby. […]

01/05/201706/28/2018inHumor, Movies, On the Marqueeby Brian Salisbury10 min read

The Underworld Movies: What Is the Deal with Them?

It’s a common problem. In fact, it happened to so many of you just last weekend. A quiet moment at a particularly raucous New Year’s Eve party created the perfect occasion for that familiar conversation. Your best friend rhetorically jabs: “So we’re all in agreement that Rise of the Lycans is the worst Underworld movie, […]

01/05/201706/28/2018inHumor, Movies, On the Marqueeby Eric D. Snider4 min read

Your 2017 Movie Preview

Exciting news, movie fans! Remember how there were movies in 2016? Well, if the rumors we’re hearing are true, there are also going to be movies in 2017. A lot of them — maybe even 30. To help prepare your body and mind for this eventuality, we have compiled a schedule of the highlights. All […]