Review: Django Unchained (2012) entertains but is oddly generic and surprisingly conventional.

Django Unchained 2012 165 minutes rated R by Scott Mendelson Quentin Tarantino arguably made Django Unchained  ( teaser / trailer ) because ...

Learn all about Killing Them Softly and The Collection in John Gosling's weekend movie preview (11-30-12).

A couple of quiet weeks ahead before The Hobbit arrives on December 14th. This week brings us the dark thriller, Killing Them Softly , whic...

Review: Killing Them Softly (2012) is a strong crime drama slightly bogged down by overly explicit subtext.

Killing Them Softly 2012 95 minutes rated R by Scott Mendelson Andrew Dominik's Killing Them Softly has, from a conversational standpoin...

Tarantino's Django Unchained gets a full trailer, keeps its awful Christmas Day release date.

As usual with most recent Tarantino films, if you look closely at the trailer you'll find bits of action surrounded by lots of people ta...

Review: The Master (2012) is an intimate, if aloof, American epic told on a sprawling 70mm canvas.

The Master 2012 137 minutes rated R by Scott Mendelson Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master  is such an aggressively ambiguous picture that...

Shouldn't once be enough? Are movies like (allegedly) The Master that *require* multiple viewings playing fair?

Having had to miss the press screenings that I was invited to for family and work-related reasons, I will likely be checking out Paul Thomas...

Review: Lawless (2012) is a generic and often dull macho crime drama that works only as right-wing propaganda.

Lawless 2012 115 minutes rated R by Scott Mendelson Twenty years ago, a film as formulaic and frankly contrived as John Hillcoat's Lawle...

John Gosling previews the week's new film releases (08/31/2)

It's another mixed bag at the box office this weekend, with serious drama and horror tussling with a brand new family film. With last we...

Trailer Analysis: Killing Them Softly gets a fine trailer. Why it's utter lack of women is a *good* thing...

This is a terrific trailer for what is allegedly a terrific little crime drama. What sticks out is the utter lack of women in the film.  I...

Watch/Discuss: Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained gets a perfectly appropriate QT-style trailer.

Well this looks like a pulpy blast, as I suppose it should be.  There isn't much to comment on.  Jamie Fox suits the role just fine, Leo...

Review: The Intouchables (2012) is a broad and simplistic 'American' race/class comedy, but in French.

The Intouchables 2012 112 minutes rated R This film opens in limited release on May 25th. by Scott Mendelson I've written about this fro...

John Hillcoat's Lawless gets a just-plain fun trailer.

Let's not pretend that this looks like high art just because it has a terrific cast and a period-set American crime story at its center....

Weekend Box Office (04/01/12): The Hunger Games powers on, Wrath of the Titans falls into the "Tomb Raider trap", Mirror Mirror underwhelms.

As expected, The Hunger Games  ( review / trailer ) again topped the box office this weekend , but its relatively strong hold suggests that...

I hope Bully gets a XXX! NATO's John Fithian treats Harvey Weinstein like an adult, Weinstein responds like a bullying (and lying) child.

As part of the ongoing 'fall-out' of the documentary Bully getting slapped with an R for its profanity, Harvey Weinstein has threat...