Metro Weekly

Film

  • Radical Faeries

    By on August 24, 2011

    A kid's imagination is terrifying. It puts fang-gnashing meanies in cellars, attributes midnight creaks and moans to wicked poltergeists, and lets God-knows-what hide underneath America's...

  • Unkind Cut

    By on August 17, 2011

    As the summer winds down, Hollywood always unloads the slop at the bottom of its action-and-adventure barrel, serving up steaming piles of Expendables and Final...

  • Reality Check

    By on August 11, 2011

    Ruben Fleischer's 30 Minutes or Less should be a perfectly serviceable buddy movie. Sure, it falls for some typical pitfalls -- a slacker trades bro-laced,...

  • Western Encounters

    By on July 29, 2011

    Let's get something out of the way: Cowboys & Aliens is not an attempt to turn camp into cash. The movie's got plenty of the...

  • American Idol

    By on July 21, 2011

    Captain America: The First Avenger is a tease. The latest in a string of superhero movies churned out by Marvel Studios, it's little more than...

  • Everybody Hurts

    By on July 13, 2011

    When Harry Potter makes his curtain call, it's not just any end. It's The End. The end to a decade-long cinematic buffet that's made such...

  • Killer Jobs

    By on July 8, 2011

    If Horrible Bosses is to be believed, times must be hard for middle-aged white men. They don't have many career options, they're stuck with jerk...

  • Required Viewing

    By on June 29, 2011

    ''The real difference between last year and this year,'' says Scott Kenison, founding chief operating officer of the Atlas Performing Arts Center, ''is that this...

  • Classic Grace

    By on June 9, 2011

    Let's be clear: Dina Merrill is not a diva. ''She is extremely gracious and sophisticated,'' says Lynn Rossotti of Hillwood Estates. And yet, Merrill is...

  • Father-Son Outing

    By on June 9, 2011

    In reality, a man was raised in a nuclear family in California. He grew up with a mother and a father and two sisters. When...

  • Hammer Time

    By on May 5, 2011

    It takes a big man to wield the hammer of Thor, God of Thunder. And going on looks alone, Chris Hemsworth is just the man...

  • Scream Machine

    By on April 14, 2011

    What's your favorite scary movie? Odds are it won't be Scream 4. It might be your favorite funny movie, but not your favorite scary one....

  • Deja View

    By on March 31, 2011

    Source Code is a cross between 24 and Groundhog Day and Moon and The Matrix and The Adjustment Bureau and Avatar and Quantum Leap and...

  • Minor Adjustments

    By on March 9, 2011

    With just a few small adjustments, The Adjustment Bureau could have been great. As it stands, it's just good. To say that it's based on...

  • Matchmaking

    By on March 3, 2011

    According to Glamour magazine, a man is gay if he doesn't like sports, has a subscription to Men's Fitness, and his shower curtain is covered...