For many, high school is a secure cocoon where reality is held at bay. Students have regimented schedules, social activities, free room and board and established boundaries.
Then, graduation hits, and the unsuspecting youth smacks right into the brick wall of life. What typically follows is a period of readjustment and self-examination.
“Ghost World,” now playing at [...]

“Adventures in Wild California” begins with singer Lindsey Buckingham advising the featured sports enthusiasts to “Go Your Own Way.”
And that’s precisely what this IMAX film features – rugged, fearless individuals who are inspired by their environment to push themselves beyond the limits.
Now showing at Henry Doorly Zoo’s Lozier IMAX Theater, “Wild California” offers a surprise [...]

Technological advances in computer software has created an unfortunate situation in Hollywood. Special effects wizardry has dwarfed the role of the actor, who often has just a blue screen to play against
Then along comes a film such as “The Others,” a psychological ghost thriller set at the end of World War II that takes its [...]

When Eddie Murphy decided to take the PG-rated route, the action film took a direct hit.
Then Chris Tucker came along.
Realizing that they could recapture some of that “48 Hours” magic while also capitalizing on America’s fascination with kung fu films, executives paired the fastest mouth in the West, Tucker, with the fastest hands in the [...]

Marc Hyman always wanted to write a movie about microscopic organisms. The interplay between these tiny creatures and the real world seemed perfect forfilm, the writer said recently.
Producers and directors agreed.
The result is “Osmosis Jones,” an entertaining and surprisingly educational film that’s part live action and part animation; part gross-out Bobby and Peter Farrelly effort [...]

When director Tim Burton orchestrates a reexamination of Pierre Boulle’s “Planet of the Apes,” you might expect a considerably darker atmosphere than the 1968 film version.
The film is more somber, for sure, but not nearly enough, and the script collaboration by Oscar-winner William Broyles Jr., Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal yields little innovation.
But visually, it’s [...]

Last year local filmmaker Daniel B. Iske made his feature film debut with “The Dean’s Boys.”
He follows up with “The Rock That Made Us,” a feature-length film about a five-member Omaha-based band facing personal and professional difficulties in the local music scene.
Iske, who wrote the script, came up with the idea from his own interests. [...]