Brave new world

Pixar's Brave was going to be our first 3D movie on our "new" 3D TV. I'm very glad it ended up being the second. But firs...

Forty-eight reasons to see The Hobbit

It seems that nearly everyone has some angle of wariness related to The Hobbit . A friend of mine phrased one of these angles of wariness ve...

Pre-Thanksgiving 3D extravaganza

I've developed a very specific kind of tradition lately as it relates to my Wednesday-before-Thanksgiving trip to the theater. In the pa...

Held hostage by this menace

Do you think it might be cool to see the original Star Wars trilogy on the big screen in 3D? Regardless of your skepticism about 3D transfe...

Remove the obstruction!

My wife is vetting movies for a horror film festival here in Los Angeles called Shriekfest. Her own short film appeared in Shriekfest in 200...

3D hits January

There may be no greater sign of both the ubiquity of 3D, and the improving profile of January as a release month, than that there is now a h...

Number of sequels vs. number of dimensions

Saw VII is coming out today. Marking the seventh straight year -- and last, they tell us -- a Saw movie has been released the weekend befo...