Sam Mendes needs to get his hands on a truly great screenplay. Alan Ball’s “American Beauty” script achieved a kind of greatness, but there’s no doubt that it’s the stunning look Mendes gave the film…
Date Archives July 2010
Inglourious Basterds
From the very first scene (or chapter, I should say), I was hooked in. By the gorgeous Robert Richardson cinematography, by the use of Ennio Morricone music, by the general spaghetti western feel… And of…
THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE
Officially, this latest production from Jerry Bruckheimer is based on the classic segment of Walt Disney’s “Fantasia” in which Mickey Mouse conjured a spell to make a broom come alive and do his chores while his master…
IRON MAN 2
Coming out of the theater, the thing that stuck the most in my craw is how little action there is in this flick. I don’t know, guys, but when I go see a movie called…