By Ashley Bergner Box Office Buzz Are secret agents like James Bond still relevant, or are they relics of the Cold War era, no longer as necessary in a world controlled by technology, where hackers can access information from anywhere in the world using a computer in their living room?
By Ashley Bergner, Box Office Buzz Although “trust no one” is one of the most common pieces of advice given to characters in spy films, the truth is that the best spies actually aren’t the ones who refuse to trust anyone. Rather, the best spies are the ones who are
By Ashley Bergner, Box Office Buzz First, a confession: I have never seen the original 1990 “Total Recall” film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. As a big fan of sci-fi movies, it’s probably one I should have seen by now, but for whatever reason, I’ve just never got around to watching it.
By Ashley Bergner, Box Office Buzz To say that fan expectations were high for “The Dark Knight Rises” is a little bit of an understatement. We’ve waited about four years to see the conclusion to Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, a series that has been well-received by audiences and critics alike,
By Ashley Bergner, Box Office Buzz I’ll admit it — when I first heard Marvel was rebooting the Spider-Man film franchise, I wasn’t overly excited. It’s only been about five years since Sam Raimi finished up his trilogy of Spider-Man movies, and overall, those films were well received by critics
By Ashley Bergner, Box Office Buzz Merida, the star of Pixar’s new animated movie “Brave,” isn’t exactly your typical Disney princess. Instead of spending her days in a castle pining for “prince charming,” the Scottish princess (voiced by Kelly Macdonald) loves to be outdoors, riding her horse through open fields,
By Ashley Bergner, Box Office Buzz The beginning of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi thriller “Prometheus” is deceptively calm. Scott takes time to set up the premise, carefully building the level of suspense as we watch a crew of scientists and their corporate sponsors set off for a faraway planet on board
“Mirror, mirror, on the wall, what’s the fairest film of all?” This past weekend, it was “Snow White and the Huntsman,” which debuted at the top of the box office with a solid $56.3 million and easily beat out “Mirror Mirror,” a competing Snow White film released earlier this year.
By Ashley Bergner, Box Office Buzz Part of the fun of the first “Men in Black” film was simply watching the interaction between Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones’ alien investigators, Agent J and Agent K. The two actors had a great “odd couple” chemistry, Will Smith’s high-energy, charismatic Agent
By Ashley Bergner Box Office Buzz The movie “Battleship” has taken quite a bit of flak in the months leading up to its release based on the fact it’s a film inspired by a board game. There’s been jokes about what phrases from the game might end up as dialogue
By Ashley Bergner Box Office Buzz The greatest actors don’t just pretend to be a character — they actually become that character, so perfectly embodying a fictional persona that their performance transcends mere acting. And that’s exactly the kind of performance given by British actor Benedict Cumberbatch in the BBC’s
By Ashley Bergner Box Office Buzz When I walked into the theater to see “Dark Shadows,” I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. The film, which is directed by Tim Burton and stars Johnny Depp, is a remake of a 1960s gothic soap opera featuring vampires, werewolves, zombies and ghosts.
