5/8/13
By Steve Persall | Times Movie Critic Summertime in movie theaters and it's a jungle in there, air conditioned but hotly contested, as beasts of all species battle to be king. It's a free-for-all, except for those moviegoers expected to shell out nearly $4 billion on ringside stadium seats between Iron Man 3 and La …
New movies this week
The Hangover Part III
The gist: A third and hopefully final film that ditches the formula to drop the Wolfpack into a drudgy action caper that has very little to do with the spirit of the series. Kind of like every Die Hard movie made after the first one. R
Was Academy Award winner Ben Affleck browsing Ybor City on Wednesday? Could be. Facebook and Twitter lit up with reported sightings of Matt Damon's friend, one in the Don Vicente de Ybor Historic Inn. It is plausible. Affleck is set to direct and star in Live by Night, based on Dennis Lehane's crime novel, largely set …
After softening the shock of The Hangover by simply repeating its vulgar jokes in Part II, The Hangover Part III returns surprise to the franchise. Some folks won't be happy about that.
By Steve Persall
At some point during Fast & Furious 6, it's wiser to toss your hands in the air and let the dumbness wash over you. Don't ask how this or that could possibly happen or wonder if anyone in the audience is actually gullible enough to believe it could.
At Any Price (R) (105 min.) — Saving the family farm is the furthest thing from Dean Whipple's mind, distracted as he is by dreams of becoming a NASCAR champion and having silo sex with the town slut. Meanwhile, Dean's father, Henry, is obsessed with saving the farm, going to illegal and unethical lengths …
Alien, a lead character played by James Franco, is based on Russ Curry, a 26-year-old rapper who grew up in south St. Petersburg. Here's his story.
Spring Breakers is a black-lit coke orgy on the pull-out couch between the police blotter and the Florida dream.
The March 22 premier of "Spring Breakers," a film shot in the Tampa Bay area, got us thinking about other movies that were filmed in our town. Check out a gallery of movies that called our hometown home -- at least for a little while.
