Here’s some new photos from “John Carter,” based upon Edgar Rice Burroughs’s “John Carter: Warlord of Mars” novels. I don’t know about this movie. I haven’t read the novels it’s based upon, but to me it lacks the spectacle that something that costs in the neighborhood of $250 million should. That’s a lot of cabbage […]
“Limitless” on one level is a really enjoyable tale about a guy, Edward Morra (Bradley Cooper), who discovers a drug that enables him to use the portion of his mind that in most people goes unused; though I prefer the other, more subversive, unspoken level best. That movie is the story of a man that, […]
I just watched the trailer for “The Hunger Games,” and it looks OK, but not quite distinctive enough for me to pay to see. Lionsgate has a lot riding on this film, and looking at the trailer I am not sure that it’s money well-spent. The movie–and hopefully the sequels–are based upon a series of […]
The original “21 Jump Street” was a television series about a team of cops that appeared younger than their years, which was a good thing, since their ‘beat’ was high school. The cast was an ensemble, though the most famous alumnus of the series would have to be Johnny Depp. The movie version of the […]
I heard a while ago that there would be a sequel to 2004’s Van Helsing, the Hugh Jackman film that (somehow) managed to earn around $300 million dollars worldwide, though I assumed that Universal came to their senses and moved on, since it seemed lost in development hell. Silly me. Sure, it managed to mangle […]
I recall former Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders saying, in reference to abortion, that “We must stop our love affair with the fetus.” I feel the same way about horror films (as well as abortion, but that’s another matter) because too many of them treat children as if they’re weak, and far more fragile than they […]
Whenever I write, “I really like whatever, but…” you can be assured that I am going to dispense a little tough love. This time is no different because I just learned that Jenji Kohan’s “Weeds,” the Showtime series about the Botwin family and their adventures, which generally revolve around either selling or consuming marihuana, has […]
Tarsem Singh, director of “The Cell,” and “The Fall,” is now tackling the world of Greek gods with “Immortals,” territory explored in films like “Clash Of The Titans,” and to a lesser extent, “300.” The clip below is a particularly violent one, but his stylized direction makes the violence in some instances beautiful, almost balletic, […]
I don’t generally think of Denzel Washington as playing dangerous characters because there’s something very reassuring about him. “Comforting” isn’t quite the word that I would use to describe this feeling, though you trust him. Which is probably why he oftentimes plays against type, such as his roles in “Man On Fire” and “Training Day.” […]
When I heard that Uwe Boll is considered by many to be one of the worse directors ever (though he deserves credit for an ability to somehow secure funding, seemingly despite himself) I didn’t believe because, while hyperbole isn’t exactly unknown among bloggers, I wanted to give him a chance. Then I saw “Alone In […]
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