http://www.starpulse.com/news// Daily entertainment news covering celebrity, music, movie & TV news en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2013/06/16/weekend_movie_preview_man_of_steel_th?ref_src=news_rss Sun, 16 Jun 2013 02:33:36 -0400 504261@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movies Movie Reviews Columns Weekend Movie Preview Evan Crean Hi all. It’s been a while since my last “Weekend Movie Preview” column, I know. Things have been busy for me, so I’ve been publishing one review at a time lately. However, I was thinking it would b...
Hi all. It’s been a while since my last “Weekend Movie Preview” column, I know. Things have been busy for me, so I’ve been publishing one review at a time lately. However, I was thinking it would b...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2013/06/02/leterriers_now_you_see_me_is_a_magnifi?ref_src=news_rss Sun, 02 Jun 2013 21:10:37 -0400 495216@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movies Movie Reviews Evan Crean The greatest weapon in a successful magician’s arsenal is misdirection, an arm wielded with razor-sharp precision by Louis Leterrier’s crime thriller “Now You See Me.” Like a talented illusionist, ...
The greatest weapon in a successful magician’s arsenal is misdirection, an arm wielded with razor-sharp precision by Louis Leterrier’s crime thriller “Now You See Me.” Like a talented illusionist, ...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2013/05/30/family_is_paramount_in_beharis_tedious?ref_src=news_rss Thu, 30 May 2013 06:35:57 -0400 494193@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Starpulse Exclusives Movies Movie Reviews Evan Crean You’ve probably heard the common expression, that “Blood is thicker than water.” Even if you haven’t though, its meaning is simple: the bonds of family are stronger than those to everyone else in...
You’ve probably heard the common expression, that “Blood is thicker than water.” Even if you haven’t though, its meaning is simple: the bonds of family are stronger than those to everyone else in...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2013/05/12/luhrmanns_great_gatsby_tramples_the_no?ref_src=news_rss Sun, 12 May 2013 09:26:47 -0400 481152@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movies Movie Reviews Evan Crean Baz Luhrmann’s bombastic big screen adaptation of “The Great Gatsby,” is like drinking cheap booze to excess. It’s unpleasant going down, and even worse coming back up, but when the experience is o...
Baz Luhrmann’s bombastic big screen adaptation of “The Great Gatsby,” is like drinking cheap booze to excess. It’s unpleasant going down, and even worse coming back up, but when the experience is o...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2013/05/05/tony_stark_gets_a_muchneeded_dose_of_h?ref_src=news_rss Sun, 05 May 2013 07:40:00 -0400 476856@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Partners Home (Non Feat) Movies Movie Reviews Evan Crean Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) figures out how to play nice with others in “The Avengers,” but our smug, self-assured hero finally learns humility in Shane Black’s “Iron Man 3.” For the first tim...
Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) figures out how to play nice with others in “The Avengers,” but our smug, self-assured hero finally learns humility in Shane Black’s “Iron Man 3.” For the first tim...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2013/05/03/iffboston_review_willow_creek_?ref_src=news_rss Fri, 03 May 2013 07:48:44 -0400 476436@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movies Movie Reviews Film Festivals IFF Boston Evan Crean It’s fairly safe to say, that few filmmakers would attempt to shoot a found footage movie like Bobcat Goldthwait’s “Willow Creek.” There aren’t many writer/directors who could make an absurd combin...
It’s fairly safe to say, that few filmmakers would attempt to shoot a found footage movie like Bobcat Goldthwait’s “Willow Creek.” There aren’t many writer/directors who could make an absurd combin...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2013/05/01/iffboston_review_vhs2_?ref_src=news_rss Wed, 01 May 2013 22:00:38 -0400 475620@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movies Movie Reviews Film Festivals IFF Boston Evan Crean When the creators of last year’s wicked horror anthology “V/H/S” sat down to make a sequel, it seems like they were reading from an audience suggestion box. That’s because “V/H/S/2” addresses many ...
When the creators of last year’s wicked horror anthology “V/H/S” sat down to make a sequel, it seems like they were reading from an audience suggestion box. That’s because “V/H/S/2” addresses many ...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2013/04/30/iffboston_review_joss_whedons_much_ado?ref_src=news_rss Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:41:50 -0400 474156@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movies Movie Reviews Film Festivals IFF Boston Evan Crean Shakespeare has never been as accessible on the big screen as he is in Joss Whedon’s “Much Ado About Nothing.” Sure, there have been plenty of modern Shakespearean film adaptations, but they often ...
Shakespeare has never been as accessible on the big screen as he is in Joss Whedon’s “Much Ado About Nothing.” Sure, there have been plenty of modern Shakespearean film adaptations, but they often ...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2013/04/28/iffboston_review_sightseers?ref_src=news_rss Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:01:47 -0400 473067@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movies Movie Reviews Film Festivals IFF Boston Evan Crean The British can make almost anything funny with their dry, cheeky sense of humor, including murder. Sounds messed up, right? You might be wondering, “How could murder ever be humorous?” Well, it ca...
The British can make almost anything funny with their dry, cheeky sense of humor, including murder. Sounds messed up, right? You might be wondering, “How could murder ever be humorous?” Well, it ca...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2013/04/27/iffboston_review_the_way_way_back?ref_src=news_rss Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:25:41 -0400 472857@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movies Movie Reviews Film Festivals IFF Boston Evan Crean If Nat Faxon and Jim Rash’s directorial debut “The Way, Way Back” had a theme song, it would be Bonnie Tyler’s “I Need a Hero.” Why a tune from the ‘80s film “Footloose?” A couple of reasons.
If Nat Faxon and Jim Rash’s directorial debut “The Way, Way Back” had a theme song, it would be Bonnie Tyler’s “I Need a Hero.” Why a tune from the ‘80s film “Footloose?” A couple of reasons.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2013/04/26/iffboston_opening_night_review_the_spe?ref_src=news_rss Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:12:48 -0400 472113@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movies Movie Reviews Film Festivals IFF Boston Evan Crean Independent Film Festival Boston opened Wednesday night with a screening of “The Spectacular Now,” which I was lucky enough to attend.
Independent Film Festival Boston opened Wednesday night with a screening of “The Spectacular Now,” which I was lucky enough to attend.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2013/04/24/iffboston_preview_lonely_boy?ref_src=news_rss Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:35:37 -0400 470541@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movies Movie Reviews Film Festivals IFF Boston Evan Crean Independent Film Fest Boston starts tonight, so I thought I’d kick off my coverage with an early review of “Lonely Boy,” a film playing at the festival that I think is definitely worth checking out...
Independent Film Fest Boston starts tonight, so I thought I’d kick off my coverage with an early review of “Lonely Boy,” a film playing at the festival that I think is definitely worth checking out...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2013/04/22/book_review_plague_nation?ref_src=news_rss Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:59:38 -0400 469008@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Starpulse Exclusives Celebrity Movies Evan Crean Ever since I devoured Dana Fredsti’s thrilling zombie novel Plague Town last April, I’ve been anxiously awaiting its sequel Plague Nation. Thankfully I was rewarded with it earlier this month, and ...
Ever since I devoured Dana Fredsti’s thrilling zombie novel Plague Town last April, I’ve been anxiously awaiting its sequel Plague Nation. Thankfully I was rewarded with it earlier this month, and ...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2013/04/20/scifi_cinema_did_it_better_before_obli?ref_src=news_rss Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:02:58 -0400 468573@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Partners Home (Non Feat) Home Features Movies Movie Reviews Evan Crean Joseph Kosinski’s sci-fi flick “Oblivion” is like the South Park episode “Simpsons Already Did It,” where Butters tries to cause havoc, and is continually foiled when he learns that “The Simpsons...
Joseph Kosinski’s sci-fi flick “Oblivion” is like the South Park episode “Simpsons Already Did It,” where Butters tries to cause havoc, and is continually foiled when he learns that “The Simpsons...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2013/04/14/42_is_about_more_than_just_one_mans_st?ref_src=news_rss Sun, 14 Apr 2013 07:10:23 -0400 466485@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Partners Home (Non Feat) Movies Movie Reviews Evan Crean Brian Helgeland’s “42” is a biopic about Jackie Robinson, the African American athlete who broke down baseball’s color barrier. The film chronicles his difficult road to the majors and the results ...
Brian Helgeland’s “42” is a biopic about Jackie Robinson, the African American athlete who broke down baseball’s color barrier. The film chronicles his difficult road to the majors and the results ...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2013/04/07/weekend_movie_preview_evil_dead_and_ju?ref_src=news_rss Sun, 07 Apr 2013 22:06:42 -0400 464523@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movies Movie Reviews Movie Trailers Columns Weekend Movie Preview Evan Crean Welcome back to Weekend Movie Preview. Things have been pretty busy for me over the last month or so, which is why you haven’t seen as many of my movie reviews coming out. However I’m trying to get...
Welcome back to Weekend Movie Preview. Things have been pretty busy for me over the last month or so, which is why you haven’t seen as many of my movie reviews coming out. However I’m trying to get...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2013/03/17/arkin_astounds_in_the_incredible_burt_?ref_src=news_rss Sun, 17 Mar 2013 08:30:53 -0400 456750@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Home (Non Feat) Movies Movie Reviews Evan Crean Films like “The Illusionist” and “The Prestige” use magic as a vehicle for suspense and intrigue, but Don Scardino's comedy “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone” reminds us that this trade doesn't need...
Films like “The Illusionist” and “The Prestige” use magic as a vehicle for suspense and intrigue, but Don Scardino's comedy “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone” reminds us that this trade doesn't need...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2013/03/04/book_review_shh_its_a_secret_by_daniel?ref_src=news_rss Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:00:00 -0500 451473@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Starpulse Exclusives Movies Evan Crean Full disclosure: author Daniel M. Kimmel is my friend, and my colleague in The Boston Online Film Critics Association. However I can honestly say that I would have loved his book Shh! It’s a Secret...
Full disclosure: author Daniel M. Kimmel is my friend, and my colleague in The Boston Online Film Critics Association. However I can honestly say that I would have loved his book Shh! It’s a Secret...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2013/02/22/casey_affleck_joins_iffboston_as_creat?ref_src=news_rss Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:39:14 -0500 447516@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Film Festivals IFF Boston Press Releases Evan Crean I just found out some very cool news about Independent Film Festival Boston, the awesome Boston film festival that I cover each year. IFFBoston has recently announced that actor Casey Affleck has b...
I just found out some very cool news about Independent Film Festival Boston, the awesome Boston film festival that I cover each year. IFFBoston has recently announced that actor Casey Affleck has b...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2013/02/16/weekend_movie_preview_a_good_day_to_di?ref_src=news_rss Sat, 16 Feb 2013 16:30:08 -0500 445452@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Partners Home (Non Feat) Movies Movie Reviews Movie Trailers Columns Weekend Movie Preview Evan Crean Hello readers! Hope everyone had a Happy Valentine’s Day. First off, what did you think of last week’s films “Side Effects” and “Identity Thief?” Leave me a comment and share your thoughts.     My...
Hello readers! Hope everyone had a Happy Valentine’s Day. First off, what did you think of last week’s films “Side Effects” and “Identity Thief?” Leave me a comment and share your thoughts.     My...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2013/02/09/weekend_movie_preview_side_effects_id?ref_src=news_rss Sat, 09 Feb 2013 10:00:18 -0500 442629@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Home (Non Feat) Movies Movie Reviews Movie Trailers Columns Weekend Movie Preview Evan Crean Did you have a chance to check out last week’s films “Warm Bodies” and “Bullet to the Head?” If so, leave me a comment and let me know why you liked them or not. I’m still working my way through m...
Did you have a chance to check out last week’s films “Warm Bodies” and “Bullet to the Head?” If so, leave me a comment and let me know why you liked them or not. I’m still working my way through m...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2013/02/01/weekend_movie_preview_warm_bodies_bul?ref_src=news_rss Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:00:00 -0500 439725@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Partners Home (Non Feat) Home Features Movies Movie Reviews Columns Weekend Movie Preview Evan Crean Am I the only one flabbergasted that “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters,” is Number 1 at the box office right now? I still haven’t watched it yet, but I’ve heard from several colleagues that it’s terr...
Am I the only one flabbergasted that “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters,” is Number 1 at the box office right now? I still haven’t watched it yet, but I’ve heard from several colleagues that it’s terr...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2013/01/11/weekend_movie_preview_gangster_squad_?ref_src=news_rss Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:03:00 -0500 432075@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Partners Home (Non Feat) Home Features Movies Movie Reviews Columns Weekend Movie Preview Evan Crean Welcome to the second Weekend Movie Preview of the New Year. As you might suspect based on last week’s reviews of “Zero Dark Thirty” and “Promised Land,” I’m still catching up on screeners from 201...
Welcome to the second Weekend Movie Preview of the New Year. As you might suspect based on last week’s reviews of “Zero Dark Thirty” and “Promised Land,” I’m still catching up on screeners from 201...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2013/01/05/weekend_movie_preview_zero_dark_thirty?ref_src=news_rss Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:03:47 -0500 430299@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movies Movie Reviews Columns Weekend Movie Preview Evan Crean Happy New Year! I thought I’d start out the first week of 2013 with a Weekend Movie Preview column since it’s been a while. Things were pretty hectic last month between the holidays and voting on m...
Happy New Year! I thought I’d start out the first week of 2013 with a Weekend Movie Preview column since it’s been a while. Things were pretty hectic last month between the holidays and voting on m...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2012/12/31/qa_david_chase_talks_not_fade_away_roc?ref_src=news_rss Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:20:29 -0500 428640@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Partners Home (Non Feat) Celebrity Movies Interviews Evan Crean David Chase worked in television for over 20 years writing, directing, and producing shows like “The Rockford Files” and “Northern Exposure” before he stunned viewers in 1999 with his epic mob seri...
David Chase worked in television for over 20 years writing, directing, and producing shows like “The Rockford Files” and “Northern Exposure” before he stunned viewers in 1999 with his epic mob seri...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2012/12/23/hoopers_les_mis_is_a_miss_for_this_fan?ref_src=news_rss Sun, 23 Dec 2012 12:00:00 -0500 426615@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Partners Home (Non Feat) Home Features Movies Movie Reviews Evan Crean Before my review of Tom Hooper’s film “Les Misérables,” I just want to preempt a few nastygrams by saying that I have tremendous respect for this musical. I studied it in school growing up, I’ve wa...
Before my review of Tom Hooper’s film “Les Misérables,” I just want to preempt a few nastygrams by saying that I have tremendous respect for this musical. I studied it in school growing up, I’ve wa...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2012/12/14/the_hobbit_an_unexpectedly_actionpacke?ref_src=news_rss Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:00:00 -0500 424200@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Partners Home (Non Feat) Home Features Movies Movie Reviews Evan Crean Forty-eight frames per second: a term that has the potential to live in infamy. Whether it actually does or not, depends on who is watching Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.”
Forty-eight frames per second: a term that has the potential to live in infamy. Whether it actually does or not, depends on who is watching Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.”

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2012/11/30/weekend_movie_preview_killing_them_sof?ref_src=news_rss Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:00:00 -0500 419013@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Partners Home (Non Feat) Home Features Movies Movie Reviews Movie Trailers Columns Weekend Movie Preview Evan Crean Apologies that I have been MIA the last couple of weeks folks. I’ve been watching movies faster than I can write about them. Since my last column I’ve seen: “Skyfall,” “Not Fade Away,” “Silver Lini...
Apologies that I have been MIA the last couple of weeks folks. I’ve been watching movies faster than I can write about them. Since my last column I’ve seen: “Skyfall,” “Not Fade Away,” “Silver Lini...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2012/11/18/silver_linings_playbook_light_and_pred?ref_src=news_rss Sun, 18 Nov 2012 11:24:39 -0500 415473@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movies Movie Reviews Evan Crean Going into David O. Russell’s “Silver Linings Playbook,” I was emotionally prepared for a romantic dramedy: ready to laugh and perhaps even to get a little misty if the moment called for it. I was ...
Going into David O. Russell’s “Silver Linings Playbook,” I was emotionally prepared for a romantic dramedy: ready to laugh and perhaps even to get a little misty if the moment called for it. I was ...

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/Evan_Crean/2012/11/11/bond_is_at_his_most_beautiful_in_skyfa?ref_src=news_rss Sun, 11 Nov 2012 15:28:16 -0500 413022@http://www.starpulse.com/news/ Movie News Starpulse Exclusives Movies Movie Reviews Evan Crean James Bond films have trends you can set your Omega Seamaster by: exotic locations, expensive cars, cool gadgets, sexy women, and maniacal villains. Given their tendency to be so over-the-top, you ...
James Bond films have trends you can set your Omega Seamaster by: exotic locations, expensive cars, cool gadgets, sexy women, and maniacal villains. Given their tendency to be so over-the-top, you ...

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