Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, July 5,2012

Summer movies

Ah summer…the days are long, picnics are taken, the drive-ins are packed and superheroes, aliens and animated films take over the multiplex. As the saying goes, “You’ve got to make

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, June 28,2012

World a beautiful look at the end

By Chuck Koplinski

There’s much to admire about Lorene Scafaria’s Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, the most pleasant surprise of the summer movie season. It’s very smart in the way it looks a

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, June 28,2012

Tepid story undercuts Brave’s dynamic visuals

By Chuck Koplinski

By first appearances, Pixar Studios has a winner on its hands with Brave, a pseudo-fairy tale that follows the template of the Disney animated princess classics. Like Sleeping Beauty, The Little Merma

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, June 28,2012

Lincoln delivers bloody alternate history lesson

By Chuck Koplinski

While you might think you know what you’re getting with Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, director Timur Bekmambetov and writer Seth Grahame-Smith seem bound and determined to defy any expectatio

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, June 21,2012

Bernie, a morality tale

By Chuck Koplinski

In 1996, the citizens of Carthage, Texas, refused to believe that Bernie Tiede (Jack Black) had murdered Marjorie Nugent (Shirley MacLaine). While they agreed that if anyone had it coming, it was Nuge

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, June 21,2012

Sandler hits bottom with Boy

By Chuck Koplinski

Moviegoers usually experience moments of disbelief when taking in a spectacle like Avatar. However, I think the movie that will elicit the most gasps this year will be That’s My Boy, a shockingl

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, June 14,2012

New characters make Madagascar 3 a delight

By Chuck Koplinski

My father used to say that while he dreaded taking us to see whatever the newest Disney animated feature was, he ended up having a good time once he got there. I have a similar feeling about DreamWork

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, June 7,2012

Eerie locale wasted in predictable Diaries

By Chuck Koplinski

I couldn’t help but feel that there were many wasted opportunities in Bradley Parker’s Chernobyl Dairies, a by-the-numbers horror film that features a genuinely eerie setting but little el

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, June 7,2012

Darker White makes for a vibrant tale

By Chuck Koplinski

The second entry in this year’s Snow White Sweepstakes arrives in the form of Snow White and the Huntsman, a far darker take on the tale than Mirror, Mirror, which debuted a mere two months ago

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, June 7,2012

Prometheus provides little new knowledge

By Chuck Koplinski

Perhaps my expectations were too high. Maybe I shouldn’t have bought into the publicity from director Ridley Scott when he stated that “the last eight minutes of Prometheus will evolve int