Moving Pictures

Moving Pictures: “Breaking Dawn, Part 2″

November 16th, 2012 |

The Twilight saga’s final installment hits the same very low bar for Mark Metcalf, although all the vampires and werewolves are a bit more smiley.

Metcalf: To qualify as an American, see these movies (Part 4)

November 14th, 2012 |

Mark Metcalf’s 45-film American Filmology course: Start by earning your “High School Diploma” and graduate all the way to “Doctorate.” This is Part 4, “Doctorate.”

Metcalf: To qualify as an American, see these movies (Part 3)

November 14th, 2012 |

Mark Metcalf’s 45-film American Filmology course: Start by earning your “High School Diploma” and graduate all the way to “Doctorate.” This is Part 3, “Master’s.”

Metcalf: To qualify as an American, see these movies (Part 2)

November 13th, 2012 |

Mark Metcalf’s 45-film American Filmology course: Start by earning your “High School Diploma” and graduate all the way to “Doctorate.”

Metcalf: To qualify as an American, see these movies (Part 1)

November 13th, 2012 |

Mark Metcalf’s 45-film American Filmology course: Start by earning your “High School Diploma” and graduate all the way to “Doctorate.”

Moving Pictures: “Smashed”

November 9th, 2012 |

Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Aaron Paul, “Smashed” explores the couple’s drunken downward spiral. Opening tonight at the Downer Theatre.

Moving Pictures: “Fun Size”

October 29th, 2012 |

This extra-complicated Nickelodeon TV-esque flick is tailored only for the most simplistic of sensibilities.

Moving Pictures: “The Other Dream Team”

October 26th, 2012 |

This doc on Lithuania’s ragtag 1992 Olympic basketball team, supported by unlikely allies the Grateful Dead, is a powerful allegory for their struggles with the USSR.

Moving Pictures: “Samsara,” an article of faith

October 11th, 2012 |

Ron Fricke’s new film, Samsara, conveys the power of faith around the world.

Moving Pictures: “The Master”

September 21st, 2012 |

Mark Metcalf reviews Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master,” opening tonight at the Oriental Theatre.