WTF!? I haven’t seen Chan-wook Park’s original “Oldboy” in awhile, and looking at Spike Lee’s reboot, I think I need to see it again. This film looks out of control, at the very least atypical of Lee. In other words, I like it.
Studios executives sometimes seem as if they do things to deliberately alienate the audience (coincidentally, the very same people that they expect to pay to see their movies). For instance, Alan Moore, as the writer of “Watchmen,” quite possibly the most acclaimed comic ever, was never keen that his projects be adapted for feature films. […]
I am not sure about the “Oldboy” remake. I think Spike Lee is an interesting choice to helm an English-language remake of Chan-wook Park’s visceral film, but the poster seems to set the wrong tone. Josh Brolin, playing the role originated by Min-sik Choi, in the poster seems too aware, almost hyper-aware, in fact. Now, […]
““This Is The End” Is An Odd Duck. It’s Not Quite A Vanity Project, And There Are Even Hints Of A Good Idea Or Two Among The Occasional Demon Penis.” What to do…What to do. I originally set out this morning with the intention of seeing “The Lone Ranger,” because I couldn’t believe that it’s […]
Now this is what I call high concept! Five guys, after not seeing each other for a long while, come back together to complete a – for whatever reason – notorious pub crawl in a town that has been taken over by…wait for it…robots (I assume that we’re talking about an alien invasion scenario, with […]
I like this trailer. It’s an added bonus that the lead in “Drug War” is Louis Koo, of “Accident.” I have been watching a bit of South Korean and Chinese films lately, mainly because they’re – for the most part – new to me. An added bonus is that, since they aren’t made for a […]
I have no idea, though neither does Margaret Lyons over at Vulture.com. She says that Christian Bale is definitely NOT returning to the Batcave. Whatever anyone thinks about Bale – or his temperament – the man is Batman in the same way that Robert Downey, Jr. is Iron Man. But seeing that Downey has not signed up […]
“Paul Feig’s “The Heat” is often amusing, though it doesn’t work as a buddy movie because Sandra Bullock’s character is so bland that Melissa McCarthy has to do all the heavy lifting.” Part of me was wondering if the reason I didn’t enjoy “The Heat” as nearly as much as I would have liked to – there […]
Why? Why? Why? Is there some vocal majority out there clamoring for a remake of “Jacob’s Ladder” that I am unaware of? It’s not like Adrian’s Lyne’s film is the best psychological drama/horror film ever made (though admittedly it not the hugest sub-genre out there) though it is competent and atmospheric (and strangely downbeat, which fit […]
“Quite possibly the best spy thriller – that isn’t exactly a spy thriller – I have seen in years.” I recall trying to watch “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol” on Netflix a few months ago, and honestly I couldn’t sit through it. It’s not that it was a terrible film, it’s that it’s an incredibly predictable […]
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