I don’t see how I missed this one. The last film Vincenzo Natali released was “Splice,” which was executive produced by Guillermo Del Toro. It’s a fascinating film, even though you could see that the director didn’t quite make the point that he was working at. His film before Splice was “Cypher,” and while it’s […]
What the heck? I haven’t read Mary Shelly’s original novel, but if this trailer is any indicator, Stuart Beattie’s “I’ Frankenstein” is going far afield of the source material (or perhaps using it as a starting point). Aaron Eckhart is Frankenstein’s Monster, and all the flying beings (Angels? Gargoyles?) look to be remnants from Scott […]
The character of Jack Ryan, created by Tom Clancy (who passed recently) has appeared prior to “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” and been played by two different actors in three instances, kind of like a domestic James Bond. The first time the character appeared in movies was 1990, in “The Hunt For Red October” and was played Alec Baldwin. […]
Peter Jackson’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ films are very curious to me. They’re epic, beautifully made films, but they also seem to proclaim that epicness from the highest peak. There’s no surprise to them – whether or not you have read any of the books they’re based upon – because you can tell where they’re […]
NBC is developing a series based upon DC’s Constantine (the ‘New 52’ version of the character, not “Hellblazer”), and I was OK with that, till I heard that David Goyer is one of the people behind it. This is the guy that says Superman (essentially) letting thousands die ON TOP OF breaking General Zod’s neck […]
I have to admit that while I enjoyed the first Captain America feature, I didn’t love it. Sure, it had all the elements for an awesome adventure: direction by Joe Johnston, director of the underrated “The Rocketeer”; a Marvel character steeped in Americana and history, and the Tesseract (known as The Cosmic Cube in Marvelese). […]
Truth be told, I am less interested in “Escape From Tomorrow” as a movie than Disney’s non-response response to its production. The makers of the indie film not only made their film at Disneyland, but appropriated many iconic ‘Disney’ elements in its advertising, such as the font that the film’s title is in, as well […]
I have never been too fond of boxing films. Their goal is generally an inspirational one, but truth be told I don’t tend to find two guy pounding each other into incoherence all that inspiring. Peter Segal’s “Grudge Match” looks to be more geared toward the the comedic than the inspirational, which is good. Plus, […]
Hmm…I had no idea that Jonathan Glazer’s “Under The Skin” was a sci-fi film. I’ve heard of it, but for some reason I thought that it was in the same ballpark as the Meg Ryan film “In The Cut” – which, despite never having seen it – isn’t. Watching the trailer – and Scarlett Johansson’s […]
Recently Richard Ayoade’s “The Double” premiered at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival). The trailer has recently been released, and I don’t know what to make of it. It stars Jessie Eisenberg, who I generally like watching (despite the fact that his last film, “Can You See Me,” I will always believe was less a heist […]
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