Brandon Peters returns! Brandon Peters dissects the Dirty Harry franchise V: The Dead Pool (1988)

The Dead Pool 1988 Director:  Buddy Van Horn Starring:  Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson, Jim Carrey, Evan C. Kim Rated R Fuck...

Review: The Gangster Squad (2013) is LA Confidential for kids.

The Gangster Squad 2013 110 minutes rated R by Scott Mendelson I've long spoken of the irony of Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy being one...

Brandon Peters returns! Brandon Peters dissects the Dirty Harry franchise IV: Sudden Impact (1984).

Sudden Impact 1983 Director:  Clint Eastwood Starring:  Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Albert Popwell, and everyone’s second favorite Commiss...

Brandon Peters returns! Brandon Peters dissects the Dirty Harry franchise III: The Enforcer (1976).

The Enforcer 1976 Director:  James Fargo Starring:  Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Harry Guardino, John Mitchum, DeVeren Bookwalter Rated R Dirt...

Review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) bores and blunders at 48 frames-per-second.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2012 165 minutes rated PG-13 by Scott Mendelson I don't know if seeing The Hobbit part 1 of 3  ( tease...

Midnight movie math: The Hobbit earns $13 million.

Initial reports show that The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey earned $13 million from 3,100 screens at 12:01am last night, setting a record fo...

Brandon Peters returns! Brandon Peters dissects the Dirty Harry franchise part II: Magnum Force (1973)

Magnum Force 1973 Director: Ted Post Starring:  Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Mitchell Ryan, Tim Matheson, Robert Urich, Felton Perry, David...

Pacific Rim gets a suitably large-scale teaser...

Between this and Man of Steel (along with The Hangover part III ), Warner Bros. is going to have a very nice summer. I don't know whethe...

John Gosling's weekend movie preview, featuring (of course) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

This will be John Gosling's final Weekend Movie Preview column for at least the immediate future.  I am quite thankful that we was willi...

Zack Snyder's Man of Steel gets another mythic trailer...

I'm genuinely surprised that they didn't just release the Comic Con footage as a second trailer, but kudos to Warner Bros. for cutti...

Brandon Peters returns! Brandon Peters dissects the Dirty Harry franchise part I: Dirty Harry (1971)

Previously in Mendelson's Memos ... "Did  Brandon  write about 24 (007) movies or 25? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this exci...

Rumor commentary: Joseph Gordon-Levitt may be playing Batman in the Justice League movie.

HitFix broke the story late last night and while I generally try to avoid commenting on rumors, McWeeny is a pretty trustworthy source for ...

Despite CGI overload, the first trailer for Bryan Singer's Jack the Giant Slayer shows character.

Against all odds, I was actually somewhat amused this this trailer.  Yes the film looks CGI-heavy, even to the point where realistic effects...

Paramount attaches Star Trek Into Darkness IMAX sneak to The Hobbit, screws over Warner Bros. yet again.

Paramount just loves using IMAX to screw with Warner Bros.  For the third time, Paramount has put Warner Bros. in a somewhat awkward positio...

Review: Cloud Atlas (2012) says little but does so beautifully.

Cloud Atlas 2012 165 minutes rated R by Scott Mendelson At a glance, Cloud Atlas is exactly the kind of movie we say we want from mainstream...