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Top Articles from Film - Chuck Koplinski
More than a cartoon, Up is a life lessonHolidays at the moviesHow Henry Selick brings Coraline to lifeKick-Ass is only half rightThe Last Airbender is a disasterSex 2: Narcissism cont.Understanding Potter’s magical spell as it comes to an endSteve an unmitigated disaster Believe the hype: Paranormal a true bone-rattlerStory of a used toy store
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, February 28,2013
Sluggish Skies fails to realize potential
There’s a fine line between building suspense and testing an audience’s patience as well as having the instinct to know when you’ve crossed it. With his first two features, Legion an
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, February 28,2013
Jack revitalizes classic tale
While Hollywood studios are often criticized for having a lack of imagination where feature films are concerned (too many sequels and reboots, thank you) and have been knocked recently for plumbing th
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, February 21,2013
Thief steals nothing but viewer’s time
Identity Thief is the sort of film that attempts a great deal and succeeds at nothing. At once a slapstick comedy, a chase film and an exercise in tear jerking, director Seth Gordon fails to achieve a
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, February 21,2013
Die Hard 5 an abusive exercise in mayhem
1980s action heroes have been taking it on the chin lately. In his comeback to the big screen, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s The Last Stand brought in a measly $12 million while Sylvester Stallone&rsq
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, February 14,2013
Shameless melodrama kills Haven
I think I could make an argument that romantic movies are the hardest sort to make successfully. Tone and sincerity are so important in exercises of this sort and probably the most tenuous elements of
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, February 14,2013
The Bard meets the undead in Warm Bodies
By now, one would think that the whole zombie thing had been played out. However, Jonathan Levine delivers something quite unique with his adaptation of Isaac Marion’s Warm Bodies, a zombie love
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, February 7,2013
Stallone glowers toward grace in old-school Bullet
At first glance, Walter Hill’s Bullet to the Head seems to be a standard exercise in action, a film loaded with mayhem but short on plot. Sporting a stripped down story that’s constructed
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, February 7,2013
Hansel & Gretel a bloody mess
The pedigree behind Tommy Wirkola’s Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters is an odd one and speaks to the disjointed nature of the movie. Produced by Will Ferrell’s company, one wouldn’t
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, February 7,2013
Side Effects effective on two fronts
Though it is difficult to get a solid number, it is estimated that over 10 million Americans are currently being treated for depression through the use of prescription drugs. Counseling and exercise p
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, January 31,2013
Effective Mama undone by lazy storytelling
On the basis of a 2 1/2 minute short, filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy) decided to produce director Andres Muschietti’s debut feature Mama. Based on the movie of the
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