A worthy adventure for Pirates

Disney is back to add to its coffers with yet another entry in the most successful franchise the Mouse House has ever produced. With the bloated, convoluted nature of the last two entries in the Pirat

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Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, May 19,2011

Bridesmaids deliver sweetness and sass

By Chuck Koplinski

Written by its star, Kristin Wiig, Paul Feig’s Bridesmaids seems intent on one-upping similar male-centric comedies like The Hangover and Wedding Crashers in the area of gross-out humor. However

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Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, May 19,2011

Something Borrowed will make viewers blue

By Chuck Koplinski

I hate movies that are populated by idiots and require that I and other viewers sink to their level in order to accept their premise. Something Borrowed is such a film. While I’m sure I killed t

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Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, May 19,2011

Summer movie preview

By Chuck Koplinski

The summer movie season is upon us and, for the most part, that means one thing when going to the cinema is concerned – check your brain at the door, grab a big bucket of popcorn and prepare to

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Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, May 19,2011

Understanding Potter’s magical spell as it comes to an end

By Chuck Koplinski

It’s not every summer we see the end of a cultural phenomenon, but with the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 on July 15, the saga of “the boy who lived” comes

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Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, May 19,2011

No popcorn necessary

By Chuck Koplinski

More than any other summer, this one features a particularly strong slate of films that would seem out of place on hot hazy days. There are no superheroes here, just fascinating people attempting to d

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, May 12,2011

Thor visually muddled but worth seeing

By Chuck Koplinski

Marvel Entertainment’s grand plan of bringing its superhero team, The Avengers, to the big screen moves one step closer to fruition with the release of Kenneth Branagh’s Thor. A god among

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, May 5,2011

Prom a bland party

By Chuck Koplinski

It’s been a long time, but I don’t remember going to prom being the angst-filled occasion it’s portrayed to be in the squeaky-clean Disney movie Prom. Seems it’s an event that

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, May 5,2011

Pedal to the floor for action in Fast Five

By Chuck Koplinski

Either I had a mini stroke while watching Justin Lin’s Fast Five or the films in this lucrative series for gearheads are getting better and better. I’ll be damned if I don’t think it

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, April 28,2011

Refreshingly romantic Water for Elephants

By Chuck Koplinski

The success of Sara Gruen’s novel, Water for Elephants, speaks to a need people have to believe in something basic and necessary in these dire times. It was no coincidence that during the Great