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“The director is always the guy who says, ‘Go with me up that hill, even though there is a machine gun stuck there shooting at us’.” 1974 Dark Star 21 “They are bored, their machines are falling apart, and even though it was a complete fantasy, it seems to me that ‘Dark Star’ was telling some kind of truth regarding our lives.” [ “2001” without…
Here’s a likable if not particularly memorable little family movie about Jason Shepherd, a 14 year old boy (played by Frankie “Malcolm in the Middle” Muniz) who’s always lying through his teeth. Then one day, he realises that he might have cried wolf too often as he does lose a very important homework paper, in the back of a limo ridden by movie producer Marty…
“Don’t be afraid.” Right from the first moments, the main impression that emanates from Christopher Nolan’s reboot of the Batman franchise is confidence. You’d think it’d be terrifying to touch this material after Joel Schumacher’s monumental sabotage but as this movie’s leitmotiv goes, we only fall so “we can learn to pick ourselves up”. Nolan’s film not only learned from Schumacher’s mistakes, but also from Tim Burton’s….
Remember that glorious 2 year stretch back in the late 80s when James Belushi, hot off performing with Second City and Saturday Night Live, was starring in all these hit Hollywood comedies? I can’t tell you how many times I watched “Red Heat”, “Mr. Destiny”, “Taking Care of Business” and the original “K-9” when I was a kid. But what has Belushi been doing since?…
What better on a cold February night than a supernatural action-adventure movie of epic proportions, featuring teleportation around the world, and awesome-looking special effects? When I first heard of Jumper, its premise, and the awesome talent behind the lens, I rushed to the theatre as soon as it came out, hoping to massage my brain with spectacular and brainless fun. I was thirsty for…
“It was the pants’ destiny to find us.” This ridiculous early bit of narration made me feel even more embarrassed than I already was. I’m clearly not the target audience for this movie, a fact brutally confirmed by how the only other people at the half-empty matinee I attended were three or four little groups of giggling schoolgirls who, in a bold act of defiance,…
This is one of those movies where the trailer tells the whole story. Not in the sense that all the twists were spoiled by the trailer; what I mean is that the story is so simple and told in such a straightforward A-to-B way that what you gather from the 2 minute promotional run-through is as complex as it’s gonna get. Successful boxer gets knocked…
“It’s sad, dark, and basically a tearjerker.” Is that really George Lucas talking? The creator of Ewoks and Jar Jar Binks? After seeing the film, allegedly the last in the series, it’s a less befuddling thing to hear. In fact, it perfectly describes “Revenge of the Sith”, which is in many ways the most dramatic of all six episodes. While still lacking the Original Trilogy’s more…
Movie Infos Title: Sleepy Hollow Year: 1999 Director: Tim Burton Writer: Andrew Kevin Walker, Washington Irving Starring: Johnny Depp Christina Ricci Miranda Richardson Michael Gambon Casper Van Dien … This is a loose adaptation of the classic Washington Irving tale about supernatural events in a gloomy little town. Johnny Depp stars as Ichabod Crane, a constable operating in New York. It’s the end of 1799,…
Movie Infos Title: One True Thing Year: 1998 Director: Carl Franklin Writer: Karen Croner Starring: Meryl Streep Renee Zelwegger William Hurt Tom Everett Scott Lauren Graham … Renee Zellweger is a New York magazine writer who has so much ambition that she doesn’t see1 to have time for her family. When she finally visits her folks, it’s to find that her father (William Hurt), a…