Opening This Week: Divergent and Muppets Most Wanted

Posted on March 16, 2014 at 8:00 am

The winter movie doldrums are over and there are two terrific movies opening this week.  If you haven’t heard about the best-selling “Divergent” series of books, think “Hunger Games” (dystopian YA trilogy with a plucky female heroine) and read this summary from Hollywood.com to get you up to speed.  And the Muppets need no introduction, so I’ll just say that this film includes not just Tina Fey and Ricky Gervais but an evil second Kermit.  Pass the popcorn.

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Opening This Week

Dazzling Compilation of 1001 Movies to See Before You Die

Posted on March 15, 2014 at 3:57 pm

This fabulous compilation/supercut was made by Jonathan Keogh and inspired by the terrific 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Stephen Jay Schneider. For a DVD featuring this and other magnificently edited compilations by Keogh ($10), email Bluefishfilms@aol.com.

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Trailer: Get On Up — The James Brown Story

Posted on March 14, 2014 at 4:15 pm

Chadwick Boseman (“42”) looks electrifying as James Brown in this biopic directed by “The Help’s” Tate Taylor, produced by Ron Howard, and co-starring Viola Davis, Jill Scott, and Octavia Spencer.  It will be in theaters this summer.

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Happy Pi Day: Pie Movies

Posted on March 14, 2014 at 3:57 pm

Happ Pi day!  (3-14)  And happy Pie Day (for me, that’s every day).  I love the list of pie movies my friend and fellow Ebert-ite Jana Monji brought together and Chaz Ebert published on rogerebert.com.   Here are two of my favorites.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U104DXEYHbA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cQ0WwcKCLk
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