movie in a nutshell

Basic Instinct – Movie In A Nutshell

Posted 9 years ago

Director Paul Verhoeven returns this week with ELLE, a thriller about a woman’s revenge. So let’s take a look back at BASIC INSTINCT, the erotic thriller that continued Verhoeven’s American film success, and exposed everyone to the underworld of Sharon...

Movie in a Nutshell – Jack Reacher (video)

Posted 9 years ago

This week sees the release of JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK, the sequel to 2012's JACK REACHER, starring Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Werner Herzog, and Jai Courtney. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie and based on the series of books by Lee...

Movie in a Nutshell: The Blair Witch Project

Posted 9 years ago

I'll never forget the hype and mediastorm that was THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. It was the first of its kind in terms of found-footage horror (at least to mainstream audiences) and it quickly grew a reputation as one of the...

Ben-Hur (1959) – Movie in a Nutshell

Posted 9 years ago

With the remake racing into theaters this week, we take a look back at the 1959 original epic Ben-Hur, starring Charlton Heston, which finds a Jewish prince betrayed and sent into slavery by his longtime Roman friend, only to return...

Movie in a Nutshell: Star Trek Into Darkness

Posted 10 years ago

We give you the nuts and bolts of J.J. Abrams last Star Trek film, STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS, starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch (Khaaaan!), Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Karl Urban, Bruce Greenwood, Leonard Nimoy, and Anton Yelchin, breaking...

Movie in a Nutshell – Independence Day

Posted 10 years ago

In case you missed it twenty years ago, a little movie called INDEPENDENCE DAY came out, which shot The Fresh Prince into superstardom and gave us a rip-roarin’ good time at the movies in the summer of 1996. Yeah, it...

Movie in a Nutshell: X-Men: Days of Future Past

Posted 10 years ago

Heading out to see X-MEN: APOCALYPSE and don't have time to watch the last one? No problem! Check out the latest episode of Movie in a Nutshell to get all caught up on everything that happened in Bryan Singer's X-Men:...

Movie in a Nutshell: Snow White and The Huntsman

Posted 10 years ago

With THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER'S WAR hitting theaters today, we take a look back at the first film in this new franchise, SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN. Recapping the fairy tale shenanigans, we take you from start to finish of the...