Two actors, two faces and a two sided story. I smell an Oscar nod for Gosling…I see audience rejection of the film.
It’s October. A time when Ghoulies, Ghosties and Long-Legged Beasties roam the earth. But if you start seeing the ghost of a World War II Japanese kamikaze fighter pilot, you’re probably Enoch Brae, the central character of Restless. And that’s not a bad place to be. Enoch is an odd kid. If your name is Enoch [...]
“Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots” get their day on the big screen in Real Steel, a movie that transcends the one-joke premise and is instead a heartwarming, fist-pumping mechanized fairy tale of a father and son coming together amid some of the baddest technology you’ll ever wish was really available. Not to bad for a [...]
Are you ready for explosions? How about sexual innuendos? Well Michael Bay is back with brutal robots that are ready to protect us all from any enemy we may have. Atomic Popcorn has the privilege to give away a small amount of tickets you our adoring fans for a one night screening of Transformers 3 [...]
Sometimes hitting the multiplex just isn’t in the cards. That’s when cable, the web and streaming step in to provide an instant movie fix. But how to separate the wheat from the chaff? I’m happy to help; every week I’ll pick a flick and see if it’s worth your time. This week? “The Life Before [...]
* Box office? Even with mixed reviews, Green Lantern managed to soar to the top of the charts this weekend. Super 8 came up second but nabbed less than half the total weekend box office that Hal Jordan and company did. Mr. Popper’s Penguins slid into third, with X-Men: First Class and The Hangover Part [...]
It’s not easy being a 15-year-old virgin. At least not for Oliver Tate. The love of his life is a pyro that doesn’t seem to know he exists, his parents’ dimmed bedroom lights let him know exactly when they get busy, and the new neighbor used to be Oliver’s mom’s boyfriend. Ah, to be young [...]
I wanna hippopotamus for Christmas, only a hippopotamus will do…. And that’s what was playing in my head while I waited for the start of Mr. Popper’s Penguins. Always wanted a cool, amazing animal as a pet? Well, Mr. Popper’s got six penguins, and he’s turned his condo into a glorious penguin sanctuary. It’s every [...]
A great light has gone out in the universe…it’s the ones inside the offices of the production company that released this film.
Sometimes hitting the multiplex just isn’t in the cards. That’s when cable, the web and streaming step in to provide an instant movie fix. But how to separate the wheat from the chaff? I’m happy to help; every week I’ll pick a flick and see if it’s worth your time. This week? “Leprechaun 5: In [...]
* Box office? As expected, Super 8 is the top moneymaker for this weekend. Meanwhile, Magneto and Charles Xavier wrapped this up nicely; X-Men: First Class nab the second spot, with The Hangover Part II and Kung Fu Panda 2 right behind. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides hangs on to the final spot [...]
