The A-Team was a popular (at its peak, it attracted around 40 million viewers) television show in the 1980s that revolved around four men who were constantly on the run from the government for a crime they didn’t commit. Enter its contemporary re-imagining, named (get this) “The A-Team”. It stars Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Sharlto [...]
There are few modern directors with as keen an eye to staging action sequences or better yet, human drama, than Ridley Scott. The mans pedrigee encompasses such fantastic films as “Blade Runner”, “Black Hawk Down”, “Alien”, and “Kingdom of Heaven”. As these films prove, he is a master at telling a story with interesting, fleshed-out [...]
Two years ago, Robert Downey Jr. surprised us all. Turning a great performance in the first “Iron Man”, he turned a sub-par comic book hero into a vibrant, interesting movie character that ultimately, greatly boosted the quality of that film. Well, two years after that, “Iron Man 2″ is out, and I must say: It’s [...]
Although I haven’t seen all too many German films from the last 10 years, every one that I’ve seen has thoroughly impressed me. “The Lives of Others” and “Downfall”, They just have really impressed me with their vision and with their scope. Enter the newest import from Germany, “North Face”. “North Face” came out in [...]
“Date Night” unites two of television’s funniest actors: Tina Fey and Steve Carrell. The stars of “30 Rock” and “The Office”, respectively, star together for the first time in this film and I must say it exceeded my expectations. The trailers looked like an unfunny version of Scorsese’s “After Hours” and although there are definitely [...]
I never particularly liked sword-and-sandals movies. Films like “Gladiator” and “Troy” just aren’t my kind of thing: The violence is rampant, the dialogue is blunt, and the characters are often dull and uninteresting. Louis Leterrier’s latest offering, “Clash of the Titans”, fits squarely into this particular category. I walked in with an open mind, ready [...]
Aside from “Kung Fu Panda” and the first two “Shrek” films, DreamWorks Animation hasn’t really produced any good films. They’re often over-stuffed with pop-culture references and just seem sort of…lifeless. (Examples: “Madagascar”, “Bee Movie”, “Monsters vs. Aliens”) Which is why I was somewhat hesitant to see “How to Train Your Dragon”. The movie does differ [...]
Good horror films are a rare commodity these days, good horror remakes even more so. That said, “The Crazies” is an entertaining, suspenseful film that will often catch you off-guard, just because of how well-made it is. It’s never particularly scary, at least in this reviewer’s opinion. I got slightly irritated at the film’s over-reliance [...]
‘Alice in Wonderland’, for all the hype, the marketing, the trailers, and the buzz, is shockingly…average? Normal? An obvious attempt to spurn yet another Disney franchise? And perhaps most offensive of all…boring? I wish I could praise Tim Burton’s latest fantasy, but it’s just so bland that I can’t really bring myself to do it. [...]
The finest of American directors, Martin Scorsese, directs the new thriller ‘Shutter Island’, and it’s the finest film in several months. Leonardo DiCaprio plays a U.S. marshal, Teddy Daniels. Daniels is sent to investigate the disappearance of a patient on an island solely for holding the criminally insane. However, when a hurricane hits the island [...]