Pass the popcorn and get ready for summer movies

Published May 20, 2010 at 1:08 p.m.


It may be a tad early for a sunburn in these parts, but the summer movie season already is in full swing. The release of "Iron Man 2" and "Robin Hood" got things off to a strong start and things continue with "Shrek Forever After," "Sex and the City 2" and a slew of other new releases on the horizon.

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"Long Pigs" makes U.S. premiere in Milwaukee at The Times Cinema

Published April 22, 2010 at 5:40 a.m.


Canadian film "Long Pigs" is making its U.S. premiere, three years after it debuted at home. And it's making that premiere here at The Times Cinema on Thursday, April 22. Also, UWM Union Theatre hosts two interesting films this weekend.

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Sunday Sound-off: Is the movie ever better than the book?

Published Oct. 18, 2009 at 7:04 a.m.


This weekend, "Where the Wild Things Are" opened in theaters and, for some, it leads to the classic question that asks if the book is better than the movie, or the movie is better than the book. What do you think? Let the wild rumpus start!

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Metcalf's DVD Screening Room: "An American Werewolf in London"

Published Oct. 10, 2009 at 1:15 p.m.


For a while, "An American Werewolf In London" was the most popular video to rent or buy in the world. That was before DVD's, in the long ago days of videotape, back in the mid-1980s. It is still worth a look for several reasons. First, because it was the film that forced the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to start giving an Academy Award for makeup design. And, it marked a big step for writer/director John Landis.

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Screen legend Landau visits Milwaukee Film Festival

Published Oct. 1, 2009 at 7:07 a.m.


Martin Landau has done just about everything there is to do in the show business. He started out in television when there was live television, as early as 1948. He was nominated three times for Oscars. He won once, for playing Bela Lugosi in the Tim Burton/Johnny Depp film "Ed Wood." Landau has been part of so many memorable moments in Hollywood and now he'll be part of the Milwaukee Film Festival.

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Milwaukee Film Festival heads toward strong finish

Published Sept. 30, 2009 at 4:25 p.m.


They haven't run out of popcorn or excellent movies at the Milwaukee Film Festival, which continues through the weekend at the Oriental Theatre on the East Side and Marcus North Shore Cinema in Mequon. If you haven't checked out any of the movies yet, OnMilwaukee.com film expert Mark Metcalf has some recommendations to help you plan your schedule.

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Metcalf's Screening Room: Milwaukee Film Festival

Published Sept. 26, 2009 at 7:07 a.m.


In this edition of the Screening Room, OnMilwaukee.com movie expert Mark Metcalf takes a look at a handful of movies showing at the Milwaukee Film Festival, which runs through Sunday, Oct. 4. One of the films Metcalf looks at is "Theater of War," which was produced by Whitefish bay native Jack Turner and stars Academy Award winner Meryl Streep (pictured).

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Showtime! Milwaukee Film Festival opens tonight

Published Sept. 24, 2009 at 5:15 a.m.


It has been a long and difficult year, but the Milwaukee Film Festival is ready to rise from the ashes of its predecessor. Thanks to the hard work of Jonathan Jackson, Kyle Heller, TJ Fackelman and a board of directors that includes many of the smartest, most imaginative, active and important people in the community -- people with a deep passion for film, the creative world and Milwaukee -- this is a time to celebrate. The Milwaukee Film Festival opens today!

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Screening Room: "Tulpan" and "Tony Manero"

Published Sept. 5, 2009 at 11:29 a.m.


In this installment of the Screening Room, OnMilwaukee.com film expert Mark Metcalf looks at "Tulpan," the first narrative feature of a Kazakh documentary filmmaker named Sergey Dvortsevoy. "Tony Manero" is about a Chilean man who earns his meager living as a dancer but is trying to make it up and out of his existence by entering a John Travolta lookalike contest.

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Metcalf's Screening Room: "District 9"

Published Aug. 15, 2009 at 11:32 a.m.


South African director Neill Blomkamp based this movie on a short film of his called "Alive In Joburg." It has no known stars in it, unless South African audiences know them. Peter Jackson, who directed the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "King Kong," produced. That alone may be enough recognition to market the film to the broad audience that it deserves. The script is wonderfully layered, the concept both frightening and funny, with all kinds of political and sociological connections. The execution is great.

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