Like any twentieth-century decade worth its muster, the eighties carved out an oversized niche for itself in American popular culture. The ubiquity of neon and the advent of portable music ushered into Americana a near constant stream of things we’d rather forget, like Men at Work and Gremlins, and a few we wish had stayed [...]
Despite the misnomer of a title and at least one misleading trailer, this film is not a pleasant, idyllic look at a significant man’s relationship with his daughter. It is, in fact, a full-fledged biopic, at times a compelling and disheartening tale of an individual whose life’s work would indefinitely change the fields of science. [...]
Based on the television series of the same name, Edge of Darkness is a return to the screen both of this particular story, and of a particularly reclusive actor as of late, Mel Gibson. Mel’s return is also Martin Campbell’s return to the story, as he also directed the TV series back in the 1980’s. [...]
Phantasmagoria is defined as “a sequence of real or imaginary images like that seen in a dream.” Or, simply a copy of the poster from this film would suffice. Terry Gilliam, of Monty Python fame, puts together a notable cast (for an unfortunate reason, namely Heath Ledger’s passing) and an intriguing story. These alone, however, [...]
Having not seen the original, I can’t and won’t try to compare. Or contrast for that matter. But I will give this one what it gave me: a run for the money. Expecting a weak script, an over-the-top performance from Travolta, and a conventional, stock story-line, I was, you may have guessed, very pleasantly surprised. [...]
Having attempted to read both The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons and not succeeding, I had little hope for this film. Or rather, I had little hope the story would be compelling or interesting. It has also been said by some that Tom Hanks phoned in his performance for the former as Professor [...]
Unconventional in its structure, but conventional in its laughs, The Hangover is a movie that succeeds in a handful of ways: the cast is pitch-perfect. But it leaves something wanting in others: the plot is wildly preposterous. The entire movie hinges on these two things: its pitch-perfect cast and its wildly preposterous plot. The problem [...]
Liam Neeson has become the voice of a lion, taught Batman the secrets of martial arts, and now he’s getting his kidnapped daughter back and all the while kicking butt and taking names. It’s a simply structured thriller, about as simple as they come, in which one man, our protagonist, seeks his daughter’s assailants. And [...]
In an orgy of gunfire, shootouts, explosions, car chases, and cryptic language, Wanted tells a story that has as much fun as it has loopholes. Though it’s little more than a 90-minute montage of the aforementioned items, with a few plot pieces thrown in for good measure, this movie is about as much fun as you [...]
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I expected this movie to fairly superficial, both in its humor and its take on relationships. I also expected it to appeal mostly to single people. And thirdly, I expected it to be mildly entertaining. The first hour: I was right. The next hour, though, is a different story, one which the [...]