Aside from “Clueless”, can anyone name an early Paul Rudd film?
I honestly couldn’t until I looked him up on IMDB.com. Fans of “Wet Hot American Summer” would’ve recognized him but it wasn’t until his recurring role on “Friends” and then “Anchorman” where he played Brian Fantana that he really broke out. The funny thing [...]
The 90’s were very good to Kevin Smith. “Clerks”, “Mallrats”, “Chasing Amy”, and “Dogma” established him as a comedic genius among the stoners of that generation and have pretty much ensured his permanent place in Hollywood. That being said, his recent “Clerks II” flopped and I don’t think ‘Jay and Silent Bob’ can be considered [...]
A week before seeing “Watchmen”, I read Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ groundbreaking 1985 graphic novel and it’s a good thing I did because it helped me gain some perspective on the insane buzz surrounding the movie. Originally, the trailers did nothing for me. If anything, they completely frustrated me. I couldn’t understand why [...]
Just in time for the Valentine’s Day weekend, I’ve got my review of Ken Kwapis’ “He’s Just Not That Into You” and unfortunately, I’m just not that into it.
Ok, lame jokes aside, who the hell is Ken Kwapis? Well in doing a little digging, not much really, but it turns out he directs a lot [...]
Wow…”Slumdog Millionaire” is awesome! It’s refreshing, creative, gritty, and vibrant and those are only some of the feelings I can put down in words. I have no idea how this movie got made or how it has become such an award season behemoth but it sure is a testament to Danny Boyle, the team of [...]
I need to preface this review by saying one thing: I didn’t know anything about the 1977 Frost/Nixon interviews before seeing this movie. That being said, I was immensely entertained by Ron Howard’s “Frost/Nixon”. Frank Langella as Nixon was superb and Michael Sheen*, whom I’d never heard of before did a fantastic job as the [...]
*Great poster no?
“I don’t know who you are but if you don’t let my daughter go, I will find you. I will kill you.”
This is a freakin’ great line and “Taken” is a brutally awesome revenge film. Also, thanks to director Pierre Morel (“District 13” and the upcoming “From Paris with Love”), and writers Luc [...]
I’m going to lay it right out there: the first time I saw the trailer for “Gran Torino”, I decided I wanted to see it. I can’t put my finger on why exactly, but I think my reasoning is because deep down I was hoping that at some point in the movie we would get [...]
Film Review – Marc Forester’s ‘Quantum of Solace’
*Contains spoilers.
What was George Lucas thinking when he came up with the Crystal Skull story. I’m guessing his story notes read something like this:
- It’s 20 years after the “The Last Crusade” in the late 1950’s as the Cold War begins. Let’s start with a bang! No wait…let’s start with prairie dogs!
- Now the bang, [...]
