Tag Archives: Summer Movies

The Brit List: Anglophenia’s Top Five Summer Movie Winners and Losers

By Leah Rozen | Posted on September 3rd, 2012

Summer winners: Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson and Bill Nighy in 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' (20th Century Fox)

With Labor Day upon us, the summer movie season is officially over. It will soon be safe for serious moviegoers to go back into theaters without fearing that every single movie will feature comic book heroes, robots or Adam Sandler.

Actor Aaron Johnson Displays Range – and Pecs – in ‘Savages’

By Leah Rozen | Posted on July 9th, 2012

There’s nothing like starting early. Aaron Johnson just turned 22 last month but he is already married and the father of two young daughters. He also happens to be one of England’s fastest rising male movie stars.

The ‘Spider-Man’ Reboot: What’s the Point?

By Leah Rozen | Posted on July 3rd, 2012

He flies through the air with the greatest of ease. That daring young British-American actor, Andrew Garfield, makes the role of Spider-Man his own as he dons red spandex and swings through urban canyons holding on to a strand of web in ...

‘Harry Potter’ Aside, British Winners and Losers at Summer’s Box Office

By Leah Rozen | Posted on August 29th, 2011

This summer was magical one. That’s because Harry Potter and his fellow wizard pals reigned supreme at the box office.

In ‘Our Idiot Brother,’ Steve Coogan Oozes Smarminess of Past Roles

By Leah Rozen | Posted on August 24th, 2011

The chance to see Steve Coogan starkers is only one of many reasons to catch Our Idiot Brother, a beguiling comedy starring Paul Rudd that opens this Friday (Aug. 26).

REVIEW: ‘Fright Night’ Shows a David Tennant Ready to Rule Hollywood

By Leah Rozen | Posted on August 19th, 2011

When Fright Night, a merry, updated remake of a 1985 horror hit, opens today (Aug. 19), it should help firmly establish Doctor Who vet David Tennant in Hollywood.

‘Captain America’ Enlists Army of British Supporting Actors

By Leah Rozen | Posted on July 22nd, 2011

There has been much press of late about British stars being cast as American superheroes — Henry Cavill as Superman and Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man — but it appears the real story is that it takes an English village to raise these ...

Film Critic Leah Rozen Ranks the ‘Harry Potter’ Movies

By Leah Rozen | Posted on July 7th, 2011

It’s not quite the apocalypse, but the steady stream of Harry Potter movies we’ve all delighted in for the past ten years comes to an end next Friday (July 15) with the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, the ...

British Summer Movies: More Than Just ‘Harry Potter’

By Leah Rozen | Posted on July 1st, 2011

The Fourth of July marks not only Independence Day for the United States but also the halfway point for summer movies. The beach season kicks off at the multiplex the first week of May and ends Labor Day weekend.