Movies Galore in the Week Before Endgame
April 19, 2019 11:03 am
Hope Madden 
The Avengers capper opens next week, which means studios are vying for your attention this weekend. You will find horror, penguins, historical dramas and so much singing crowding in to multiplexes. Which ones should you check out? The Curse of La Llorona by Hope Madden The Conjuring Universe loves the 70s, doesn’t it? And why […]
Surprisingly Good to Startlingly Bad—This Week’s Movies Have It All
April 12, 2019 2:39 pm
George Wolf 
What do we have for you this week? Sequels, reboots, reworkings of classics, fan fiction, and one really stellar and genuinely original film open this weekend. Not all of them are bad, but only one is really good. Missing Link by George Wolf Like its titular character, Missing Link is a bit of a mixed […]
There’s a Movie for Everybody This Week
April 5, 2019 2:30 pm Hope Madden 
Whether you’re up for the best DC flick in years — and one you can share with your kids, even! — or a scare, or a history lesson (or two, or three), you will find something to watch in the plethora of new movies available in theaters this week. Here’s a quick run down. Shazam! […]
Dumbo to Beach Bum and Everything In Between in Theaters
March 29, 2019 12:18 pm George Wolf 
Weird mix of stuff in theaters this weekend. Disney’s big reboot or a riveting true story of terrorism and heroism? Matthew McConaughey getting high with Snoop Dogg and Jimmy Buffett or an Icelandic vigilante with a string quartet in tow? Let’s dig in. Dumbo by Hope Madden and George Wolf There was something so terrifyingly […]
Spoiler-free “Us” Review Plus Movies for Scaredy Cats
March 22, 2019 4:53 pm George Wolf 
This is the weekend for filmmakers, as theaters are full of great films made with passion by talented writer/directors whose work you should see. All of it. Including these gems. Us by Hope Madden and George Wolf Jordan Peele loves horror movies. How cool is that? It’s evident from the strangely terrifying opening moments of […]
Artist Laura Parnes Brings Hybrid Rock Doc to Wex
March 19, 2019 9:35 am George Wolf 
Thursday won’t be Laura Parnes’s first visit to the Wexner Center for the Arts, and she’s excited about that. “I had a film/video residency there, and it was wonderful. I’m very impressed,” she said. Parnes, a New York-based artist and filmmaker, brings her “hybrid” music documentary Tour Without End to the Wex for a screening and Q&A […]
Can Any New Movie Unseat Captain Marvel?
March 15, 2019 1:22 pm George Wolf 
Damn, a lot of movies come out this week. Is any one of them strong enough to take over the coveted #1 slot at the box office? Oh, hell no. Not a single chance of it. The national releases are poor to middling in quality, although there are some really worthwhile indie gems for you […]
