“If “Frightnight” didn’t have to carry the memory of a significantly better film, it would have been better for it.” I spent my Thanksgiving with my family in Connecticut, where–besides drinking and trying to ignore the almost constant noise generated by my niece and nephew–I watched a lot of cable. Among everything that I watched it’s […]
As anyone reading this blog on anything approaching a regular basis has probably noticed, I am a fan of Kickstarter. For those coming late to the party, Kickstarter is a way for creative types to get financing for their projects. Kickstarter gives you the chance to support projects you genuinely interested in seeing, reading, or […]
Many people, after seeing David Twohy’s “The Chronicles Of Riddick” probably thought that the franchise had gone off the tracks. While its predecessor, 2000’s “Pitch Black” can essentially be summed up as seven or eight people caught in enemy territory (which for them was an entire planet) trying to make their way to a ship, […]
“Flight” is a intriguing character study about a man who needed to hit bottom before he could reach the top. Can we just give Denzel Washington the Oscar already? His performance in Robert Zemeckis’ “Flight” is not only brilliant, but nuanced and daring. Washington, unlike many actors (such as Tom Cruise) is not afraid to be unattractive, either as […]
The penultimate film in the ‘Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2′ is estimated to earn around $135 million over the coming weekend. This is a great thing from Lionsgate, which purchased Summit Entertainment a few months ago, and the millions of fans of the franchise. For those of us that like their vampires to act […]
I was talking to a cashier at my local Trader Joe’s while he rang up my order. Our conversation eventually moved on to movies, so I asked him if he had seen “Skyfall”–if you haven’t, see it. It’s that good–He said he had, and had liked it. He then mentioned that he was really excited […]
I am not a huge Doctor Who fan, though on occasion I did watch some of the Tom Baker episodes. I hindsight I probably wasn’t more into the good Doctor because, like most British series of the time, the quality of the special effects and sets were usually bad (they did the best with what […]
I wish that people, be they directors or anyone else, would just stop talking about how serious or realistic their comic book-based movies are. It’s not only tiring, but it makes no sense at all. For instance, over at Collider there’s an interview with Zach Snyder, the director of the upcoming “Man of Steel,” and […]
` I am not a huge fan of Daniel Craig’s James Bond—I prefer Pierce Brosnan and Timothy Dalton—though with “Skyfall” not only will he gain busloads of fans but those that count themselves among the true believers will be ecstatic. I have always had an on-off relationship with James Bond. The Sean Connery Bond films were […]
I was actually going to post something else, till I heard that the trailer for Marc Forster’s “World War Z” was available (There are also quite a few fake trailers floating about. Insist on the real thing). I have never been much of a fan of Forster’s work; “Quantum Of Solace,” his entry in the James […]
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