Thursday, April 30, 2015

AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON: Satisfyingly More Of The Same

Now playing at every multiplex in the galaxy and beyond: AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON (Dir. Joss Whedon, 2015) If you live on planet Earth, you’r...

Sha-zam! It's The Great Gomer Pyle Giveaway!

Are you a big fan of the classic '60s sitcom Gomer Pyle ? Well, here's your chance to win a copy of a 24-DVD box set of Gomer Pyle, ...
Thursday, April 23, 2015

The Who’s Original Managers Get Their Rock Doc Due

   Opening today exclusively in the Triangle area at the Raleigh Grande: LAMBERT & STAMP (Dir. James D. Cooper, 2014) This fascinating d...
Friday, April 17, 2015

TRUE STORY Is Oblivious To How Obvious It is

Opening today at both art houses and multiplexes: TRUE STORY (Dir. Rupert, Goold, 2015) M aybe the tag-line for this film should be “James ...
Thursday, April 16, 2015

MERCHANTS OF DOUBT: Only Two Thirds Of A Must See Doc

Opening today at a indie art house near me: MERCHANTS OF DOUBT (Dir. Robert Kenner, 2015) Robert Kenner’s follow-up to FOOD, INC., the new ...
Monday, April 13, 2015

Full Frame 2015: Days 3 & 4

T he 2015 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival was, as usual, quite a feast of non-fiction, and after four days I am very stuffed. So before...
Friday, April 10, 2015

Full Frame 2015: Day 2

T he second day of this year's Full Frame Documentary Film Festival was as overcast as the first, but to all of us film fans stuffed int...

Full Frame 2015: Day 1

Looking back on my coverage of years past, it looks like the first day of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is usually an overcast, g...

WHILE WE'RE YOUNG: The Film Babble Blog Review

Opening today at an indie art house near me: WHILE WE'RE YOUNG (Dir. Noah Baumbach, 2015) “We were just 25. I mean, we weren’t, but you ...
Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Gearing Up For Full Frame 2015

T omorrow, the 18th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will kick off at the Carolina Theatre, and the Marriott Convention Center, ...
Friday, April 3, 2015

FURIOUS 7: Stunningly Stupid Stunts Frame A Fitting Farewell

Now playing at a multiplex near you: FURIOUS 7 (Dir. James Wan 2015) U p until recently, I hadn’t seen any of the FAST AND THE FURIOUS movi...