Oh sure Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, you’re big stuff when your competition is My Sister’s Keeper, but what happens this Wednesday when Johnny Depp’s gangster film, Public Enemies is released? Explosions, bullets, and yes, some fireworks.
Just in time for our holiest of American holidays.
While Transformers 2 looks to advance its hording of box office [...]
Despite poor reviews and a subliminal case of socioeconomic mockery, Michael Bay’s Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen made $112 million over the weekend, making it the first $100 million weekend winner of 2009. This brings the action extravaganza to a staggering total of $203.8 million domestically, but love of giant fighting robots isn’t only held [...]
Besides a mass array of carnage, explosions, Megan Fox posing and a few extra explosions on top of that, director Michael Bay’s latest movie, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, may also carry something a bit more sinister? Like portraying awful stereotypes which are used, supposedly, as innocent entertainment.
As mentioned in my review, two of the [...]
Imagine being pelted with flash bombs for two-and-a-half hours. Blinded, bloodied and potentially frightened, you’ll attempt to open your eyes. Oh there’s Megan Fox. You feel somewhat better, amongst other things, until she opens her mouth and tries to have a conversation with another sentient being and, oddly, you wish you were being punished by [...]
More surprising than showcasing two TV actors known for comedy but actually churn out heartfelt and endearing performances, is director Sam Mendes’ ability to craft a stripped-down “indie” film while delivering his patented inter-family plight. Though filled with quirky vignettes that feel more like skits than a cohesive narrative, Away We Go, is a slightly [...]
Romantic comedies, like nearly every film in the horror genre, have a small playing field and a list of guidelines in which to play from. Here’s a list of some of those guidelines:
You must have an “airport scene.” You know, where the guy sprints to the airport to declare his love before it’s too late? [...]
“She’s a prostitute and a shameless hooker-face!,” read one reader’s comment on a celebrity gossip blog. Another one reads “She is a terrible person who is using poor kids to show off her new movie!”
One would think such stinging comments about be attributed to a killer of whale puppies or a corporate CEO, but they’re [...]
3 stars out of 5
Kevin Macdonald’s latest feature, State of Play, is the kind of thriller that’s becoming an endangered species: Lush intrigue, exceptional drama without pretense and a plot that never fails its viewers. Starring Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck and Rachel McAdams, this is the big screen adaptation of the 2003 BBC six-part [...]
Production has finally ended for Saw VI. No starts the laborious editing process of the movie that director Kevin Greutert called “mind-numbingly complex.” Check his blog for furthe details.
I can’t wait for people to see the movie. I think it stands shoulder to shoulder with the best of the Saws, and while I’m the least [...]
It is fitting that the latest treatment of Joseph Sargent’s 1974 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three is filled with everything that the summer movie season has become: flashy, over-stylized and pale imitations of a past work. Yes, Tony Scott’s updated The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 captures the claustrophobic fright of the [...]
