In the storied history of the James Bond films, revenge is an oft visited theme. Bond (ostensibly) chases after his wife’s killers in ‘Diamonds are Forever.’ After serving as best man to Felix Leiter, both Leiter and his wife are torn asunder, leaving Bond to renounce Her Majesty’s secret service and seek repayment in ‘License …
“I Love You, Man,” is a romantic “buddy” comedy from Writer-Director John Hamburg (Along Came Polly), starring Paul Rudd, Rashida Jones, and Jason Segel.
Sometimes I wonder if when asked to identify his occupation, Oliver Stone just writes “pot stirrer.” Stone has virtually made a career of making movies that are going to enrapture some and bug the hell out of others.
It often seemed that provoker was just another hyphenate on writer/director Sam Fuller’s resume. So, when one considers his last movie made in the US, “White Dog,” it’s not surprising it garnered the reaction it did. In fact, one could assume that Fuller was courting it.
As a film aficionado, I should have done my homework, but when I popped ‘Ghost Town,’ into my blu-ray player, I had no idea it was Directed by David Koepp. Which wasn’t a huge surprise, given some of the same themes of ghosts with the “unfinished business” as found is ‘Stir of Echoes,’ albeit, a …
Courtney Hunt’s “Frozen River,” seems like the prototypical indie movie. Just add water. (Or, in this case, ice.) It’s the story of Ray, a single mother after her husband relapsed and ran off with their down payment on a double-wide trailer. She has two great kids, but the older one wants to get a job …
If you’re like me, you thought you’d had enough for Will Ferrell. Every movie it’s the same, with him playing the overgrown child. I get it, it’s not funny. And then I saw “Step Brothers,” and all of a sudden, the things that I was growing so weary of seemed new and funny. Maybe it’s …
Science fiction films always have to stand across a difficult chasm: on one side there is a believable story with believable characters and on the other is conjecture, a world where anything can happen. The makers of sci-fi films have to both set up this world and it’s limits, yet at the same time make …
This is one mummy that the producers should have left in the sarcophagus. I’m a firm believer in the popcorn movie. Movies that you can leave your brain at the door, and just sit back and enjoy. It would pain me to even shelve this in the it’s so bad it’s good pile, because this …
Now I say this with the utmost respect. I sometimes feel like there are two different types of Ridley Scott films. There are the Ridley Scott films that I feel like he feels very passionate about (Gladiator), then there are ones that he might feel passionate about, but the evidence isn’t clear in the final …