http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/ en-us erobinette@coxohio.com 2009-07-02T09:48:39-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/entries/2009/07/02/rip_karl_malden.html And the tribute montage gets longer and sadder, now that both Harve Presnell and Karl Malden have left us. I rather sheepishly admit I cannot write in depth about either man - my best memory of Presnell is his role... 13657703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/ Tributes 2009-07-02T09:48:39-04:00 erobinette@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/entries/2009/07/01/public_enemies.html With Public Enemies, director Michael Mann has delivered the best live-action movie of the summer. So why do I have this funny feeling that I’m going to be among the few who really loves this film with Johnny Depp playing... 13635103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/ Reviews 2009-07-01T07:43:05-04:00 erobinette@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/entries/2009/06/30/another_deluxe.html For the second week running, movies come out on a Wednesday, so I hereby re-present this Deluxe What Are You Watching, covering today’s DVDs, tomorrow’s openings, and movies I’ve watched but not reviewed here. DVDs 12 Rounds: You know, it’s... 13621403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/ 2009-06-30T13:17:10-04:00 erobinette@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/entries/2009/06/29/its_almost_time.html This weekend brings us the Fourth of July, but my favorite attraction won’t be the fireworks. No, it will be the Victoria Theatre’s Ultra Cool Films series, which brings classic movies to downtown Dayton every year between July and August.... 13595903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/ In Area Theaters 2009-06-29T11:37:11-04:00 erobinette@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/entries/2009/06/25/michael_jackson.html I shouldn’t be writing any tribute to Michael Jackson. I admit it. For one thing, this is a movie blog, and Jackson didn’t make much of an impact on the movies. The best thing that can be said about his... 13566803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/ Tributes 2009-06-25T22:07:25-04:00 erobinette@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/entries/2009/06/25/the_oscars_go_t.html Wednesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that starting next year there will be 10 nominees for Best Picture. I can’t quite decide if this is good news or bad news. Maybe it’s both. But I can... 13554103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/ Oscars Sunday Night 2009-06-25T11:23:56-04:00 erobinette@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/entries/2009/06/24/transformers_ro.html Memo to: Michael Bay, director and sensory overloader From: Eric Robinette, frazzled film reviewer, AKA Sir Critic CC: Blog readers I have to admit, Mike, I owe you my congratulations. I didn’t think you would do it, but you sure... 13527203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/ Reviews 2009-06-24T07:18:32-04:00 erobinette@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/entries/2009/06/23/whats_openingon_1.html Welcome to the deluxe edition of What Are You Watching! Since one new movie comes out on a Wednesday this week, and because today is DVD day, you get three of my regular blog posts rolled into one! On DVD... 13508103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/ 2009-06-23T08:26:09-04:00 erobinette@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/entries/2009/06/22/my_take_on_the.html As most everyone knows, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen comes out this week, and you might be thinking about seeing it in IMAX, especially since parts of the movie were shot using IMAX cameras, like The Dark Knight was. Thing... 13491003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/ Coming Attractions 2009-06-22T12:45:50-04:00 erobinette@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/entries/2009/06/19/bullock_reynold.html To the proposal of Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds as a couple, I give a heartfelt “I do.” To the kind of middling movie they’re in, The Proposal, I give a half-hearted, “Well, I guess you’re sort of OK.” The... 13453903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/ Reviews 2009-06-19T07:22:40-04:00 erobinette@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/entries/2009/06/18/whats_opening_f_31.html Summer’s big fireworks return next week with the opening of Transformers:ROTF (god, I love that acronym). So for now, the slate serves up a couple of comedies this week. The Proposal: Sandra Bullock stars as an ice queen book editor... 13437203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/ In Area Theaters 2009-06-18T10:05:37-04:00 erobinette@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/entries/2009/06/17/would_you_see_a_2.html Shia LaBeouf has told the BBC that “Steven [Spielberg] just said that he cracked the story on it before I left and I think they’re gearing that up.” Now, for the record, I don’t consider Mr. LaBeouf a fountain of... 13417103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/ Coming Attractions 2009-06-17T10:51:41-04:00 erobinette@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/entries/2009/06/16/the_return_of_w.html Today is normally the day I would review the DVD releases, and there are two new titles that will rent very well: The Friday the 13th remake and Tyler Perry’s Madea goes to Jail. I have nothing to say about... 13401603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/ Ask the Audience 2009-06-16T12:08:22-04:00 erobinette@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/entries/2009/06/15/help_save_eddie.html Eddie Murphy’s new movie may be called Imagine That, but its box office this weekend should give Murphy a hard slap of reality. The movie grossed $5.7 million dollars. For the entire weekend. Let’s put that into perspective, shall we?... 13380103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/ Celebrities 2009-06-15T11:40:03-04:00 erobinette@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/entries/2009/06/12/travolta_washin.html The more The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 talked, the better I liked it. That may seem like a strange thing to say about an action movie, but Tony Scott’s remake of the 1974 subway hijack thriller is one... 13340103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cinema/ Reviews 2009-06-12T07:48:32-04:00 erobinette@coxohio.com