Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, April 26,2012

Lucky tripped up by Sparks

I have a theory about adaptations of Nicholas Sparks’ novels. Give a script of any one of his novels to a budding filmmaker and if they can successfully make a movie from it, then that’s a

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, April 19,2012

Cabin turns horror genre inside out

By Chuck Koplinski

Since its release at this year’s SXSW festival, Joss Whedon’s The Cabin in the Woods has been steadily building buzz. The writer/director’s rabid fans have taken to the blogosphere t

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, April 12,2012

Tired Reunion a party to miss

By Chuck Koplinski

I want to state first that I am not a prude. I don’t mind a ribald joke or a filthy gag and I’m not ashamed to say that I’ve laughed long and hard at the work of Mel Brooks, the Farr

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, April 12,2012

Fishing will hook you

By Chuck Koplinski

Where would we be without dreamers? Airplanes would never have been invented, the Golden Gate Bridge would never have been built and the hot dog would never have been made. Add Sheikh Muhammed (Amr Wa

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, April 5,2012

Harrelson can’t save rambling Rampart

By Chuck Koplinski

After Oren Moverman’s Rampart was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival last year, its star, Woody Harrelson, was critical of the movie, saying it was not what he had envisioned when

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, April 5,2012

Fresh perspective makes for a bright Mirror

By Chuck Koplinski

Well, you could have knocked me over with a poisoned apple. In promoting this year’s first entry in the Snow White movie duel, Mirror, Mirror, Relativity Media is focusing on all of the wrong el

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, April 5,2012

Jeff finds meaning in the mundane

By Chuck Koplinski

Jeff is relatively harmless. Most slackers are. He spends most of his time smoking dope in his mother’s basement, where he lives, or watching the movie Signs. Yeah, he watches that a lot but the

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, March 29,2012

Casa a regular fun house

By Chuck Koplinski

They’re called “vanity projects,” films that major stars are allowed to make based on their clout at the box office. Often these films have little appeal to major studios, as they ar

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, March 22,2012

Director nearly loses Games

By Chuck Koplinski

Bearing the expectations of millions and the fortunes of Lionsgate Studios on its shoulders, the film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games arrives in theaters as a mixed bag. To be su

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, March 15,2012

21 Jump Street funny and smart

By Chuck Koplinski

While I was reasonably sure that 21 Jump Street would be reasonably funny, what I didn’t anticipate was how smart it would be. As written by Michael Bacall and Jonah Hill, the film contains the