Est. 1998
previously: The Fountain) “Waitaminute… Do you mean to tell us that “Avatar” has instantly secured a place amongst the best films of the decade?” Damn right it has! Here’s a picture that is so visionary and brilliant that it overshadows nearly every other Hollywood blockbuster that came before. There is certainly none that came close in 2009, only a handful released in the last…
Movie Infos Title: Cast Away Year: 2000 Director: Robert Zemeckis Here’s a film which had to be fascinating if only for its making. How director Robert Zemeckis and star Tom Hanks (who also produced and developed the story with screenwriter William Broyles Jr.) shot the first scenes, then took a nearly year-long hiatus so Hanks could lose weight and grow shaggy hair and beard to…
I’ve always loved Asterix. I real all of his albums countless times, enjoying immensely Rene Goscinny’s hilarious writing and Albert Uderzo’s lively, colorful drawings. These characters are so familiar to me that it’s almost as if I knew them. A few cartoon adaptations of the hugely popular European comic strip have been made, and they’re mostly fun, especially “Asterix & Cléopâtre”, a highly imaginative and…
Modern Hollywood thrives on reboots. That doesn’t necessarily mean that the industry is out of original ideas, as many like to suggest. But producers do know the easiest ways to make money, and one is certainly to tap into a known, or even legendary title and bring it back to life. It’s something we’ve seen a lot in recent years and will certainly continue…
Has war ever been so joyful? That’s Emir Kusturica for you: even when telling a Shakes- pearian story of impossible romance between star-crossed lovers on opposite sides of wartime Bosnia (circa 1992), he can’t help but infuse his film with optimism, quirkiness and upbeat music by his No Smoking Orchestra. In fact, for about half the movie, no one on screen seems too worried that…
Movie Infos Title: Ed Wood Rating: Year: 1994 Director: Tim Burton After his death, Edward D. Wood Jr. was voted Worst Director of All Times. Since there are tons of bad movies, to be named the worst there’s gotta be a certain quality about your work, some imagination through the mediocrity. The thing with Wood seems to be that he was so much in love…
Oh Man! This film is so cheesy, but in a fun, entertaining way. It’s hard to believe it wasn’t made by Troma, it’s just so… Okay, just let me summarize the story and you’ll understand. You got Wyatt and Gary, two absolute geeks. They’re outcasts at highschool, and there’s no way a girl would even look at them. Jocks like Ian and Max keep bugging…
Movie Infos Title: Red Heat Year: 1988 Director: Walter Hill Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger James Belushi Peter Boyle Ed O’Ross Gina Gershon … If you’re familiar with my reviews, you know that I dig macho action movies, especially the ones from the 80s. This one is no exception. You’ve got all the clichés, and they’re executed with style; not as well as in “Commando, but still…
Jean-François Tremblay: I thought I laughed hard at “Dodgeball” ’s crazy antics, but I now see it pales in comparison to the uncontrollable and oh so enjoyable bursts of laughter I experienced during “Anchorman”. In this wackiest of tale about a fictitious 1970s newsroom anchor, we have frat boy humor, a delirious animated sequence in a place called Pleasuretown, a touch of female empowerment but,…
Sarah Morton (Charlotte Rampling) is an uptight, lonely British crime fiction writer, author of the best-selling Inspector Dorwell series. She’s getting tired of plotting tales of “blood, sex and money”, so her publisher offers her to go live in his house in the South of France to try and find her muse back. The film follows her around as she tours said house, a gorgeous…