Summer movie wrap-up
By Jonathan Winchell | Aug. 14, 2014Sci-fi blockbusters and sentimental smaller films made up a lot of the films this summer. Here is a wide range of what came out between May and July.
Sci-fi blockbusters and sentimental smaller films made up a lot of the films this summer. Here is a wide range of what came out between May and July.
There has never been a shortage of bad romantic comedies in Hollywood. For every rare one that works, such as “Annie Hall” and, more recently, “(500) Days of Summer,” there are at least a dozen like “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” or as I like to call it, “How to Lose Your Lunch in 10 Minutes.”
Matt Reeves (“Cloverfield,” “Let Me In”) has directed the best blockbuster of the summer so far with “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.”
Half of the year is over now, and what better time to stop and reflect on some of the best films so far this year?
Clint Eastwood’s “Jersey Boys” is based on the hit Broadway musical of the same name that opened in 2005 and went on to win the Tony award for Best Musical.
Everyone is dying, but teenager Hazel Lancaster (Shailene Woodley) is going faster than most people her age.
“Maleficent” tells the back-story of the villainess from Disney’s 1959 animated film “Sleeping Beauty,” to show that she had reasons for her actions and that she is a good person.
Funniest actor in film history, true crime serial killer lovers, pet cemeteries featured in these gems.
Overwhelmed by final papers, projects and exams? Why not take a break and suffer through these marvelous, feel-bad films, all available streaming on Netflix: “Funny Games” (1997) Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke shames his audience for watching his own film.
Film lineup concludes with top honors going to ‘As It Is in Heaven’