Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, August 2,2012

Sister, a film with heart

In independent film circles, director Lynn Shelton made a bit of a splash in 2009 with Humpday, an offbeat comedy about two heterosexual male friends who face the prospect of having sex with each othe

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, July 26,2012

Rises a satisfying conclusion to Dark Knight

By Chuck Koplinski

Having redefined the superhero movie with Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, director Christopher Nolan faces the arduous task of following up the greatest entry in the genre and bringing a close to h

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, July 19,2012

Part shows us what makes Perry tick

By Chuck Koplinski

What did I learn about Katy Perry in the new documentary covering her first world tour? Well, she sure is a hard worker; success hasn’t spoiled her yet; she seems to genuinely appreciate her fan

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, July 19,2012

Safety looks longingly at going back to the past

By Chuck Koplinski

After a certain age, we all acquire a degree of skepticism as our first line of defense against being taken advantage of. Some end up questioning the validity of things more than others. While this ma

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, July 12,2012

While initially engaging, Ted’s act wears thin

By Chuck Koplinski

Seth MacFarlane’s humor is not for everyone. I have to admit that I need to be in the mood to appreciate his crude take on things, though I do love the tangential structure of Family Guy that al

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, July 12,2012

People struggles to find its footing

By Chuck Koplinski

There’s an earnestness to Alex Kurtzman’s People Like Us that’s admirable. You can tell the cast is doing its best to give life to the writer/director’s words and is trying to

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, July 12,2012

Drift bouyed by new characters

By Chuck Koplinski

Inexplicably, the cartoon crew from the Ice Age films has avoided extinction and proven as resilient as a cockroach, that is, as long as they continue to bring in big bucks for 20th Century-Fox. That

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, July 5,2012

A conflicted Spider-Man

By Chuck Koplinski

By their very nature, reboots invite added scrutiny. So it is that Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man will be compared to its predecessor(s), Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man series which began in 2

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, July 5,2012

Magical Moonrise a romantic delight

By Chuck Koplinski

The problem I’ve had with Wes Anderson’s recent films is that he’s been trying too hard to be Wes Anderson. The quaint, eccentric vibe that made Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums so

Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, July 5,2012

No superheroes in sight

Films featuring real-life humans

By Chuck Koplinski

While the span from May to Labor Day has become the prevue of big-budget superhero movies and action epics as well as sequels and remakes that have been given a good buff and polish, there are still f