Cowboys & Aliens (Multiple Reviews)
Michael Ward’s Review (*½) When you offer audiences a movie entitled Cowboys and Aliens, then it should not come as any surprise that viewers will likely expect something grandiose and over-the-top...
View ArticleTrailer: “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”
This is reportedly truncated from the 8-9 minute preview that critics, press, and select screening audiences saw last week. To me, this looks mighty impressive and the Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross score...
View ArticleWeekend Openings (September 30-October 2)
As we wave goodbye to September, the awards season just keeps heating up. A lot of interesting releases this weekend, both wide and limited, some of which could be serious Oscar contenders: First up...
View ArticleDream House (**)
Rarely does a decent film sabotage itself at the climax as badly as ‘Dream House’ does. What starts out as a decent enough psychological thriller with an A-list cast and production team winds up...
View ArticleThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (***½)
David Fincher takes a well known property and easily makes it his own with the remake (or second book adaptation if you will) of ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’. We all knew that this flick was...
View ArticleThe Adventures of Tintin (***)
Part of me wishes so hard that Steven Spielberg had opted to film ‘The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn’ as a live action feature instead of motion capture. My reasoning is this…if it...
View ArticleThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (**)
Maybe it was impossible to actually justify the talent and resources involved in this project. Maybe there was just no way that any faithful adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s depressingly overrated novel...
View ArticleThe Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (***½)
Before we ask whether or not The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo should have been remade or not, we must first acknowledge that anymore, this is the way things are simply going to be. In the case of...
View ArticleThe Adventures Of Tintin (***)
Within minutes, a smile crept across my face while I watched Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures Of Tintin. After being dazzled by impressive opening titles, just a few minutes later, I started to see...
View ArticleFirst Teaser Poster for Skyfall!
I grew up in a household that loved the James Bond films. Bond week on television was as close a thing to religion as my father/grandfather/uncle instilled in me, and the flicks will always hold a...
View ArticleFirst Teaser Trailer for Skyfall drops!
James Bond is back, ladies and gentlemen, and today we have the debut of the Teaser Trailer for his latest adventure ‘Skyfall’. Once again starring Daniel Craig as 007, this one looks to be another...
View ArticleHere’s our first look at the new Q in ‘Skyfall’!
When it was announced that the character of Q would be returning to the James Bond franchise, I don’t think anyone especially minded (certainly not myself). Things were a bit more split though when Ben...
View ArticleBoyle Pays Tribute to British Film in Olympics Opener
“Hilariously quirky,” claimed The New York Times. “A terrific night, a glorious ceremony, a rousing history lesson and far and away the best film that Danny Boyle never made,” said Guardian film critic...
View ArticleFull Trailer for ‘Skyfall’
Many of us have been looking for a big film to begin eagerly anticipating now that ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ is over and done with. Personally, now I’ve got it with the latest James Bond flick ‘Skyfall’....
View Article‘The Girl Who Played With Fire’ won’t be released in 2013
It had always seemed like a long shot to me that we’d be seeing ‘The Girl Who Played With Fire’ at any point next year, especially if Sony wanted David Fincher to come back to direct. As things stayed...
View Article‘Skyfall’ Gets a New Domestic Poster
Academy Award winning director Sam Mendes (American Beauty) will deliver the latest Bond flick, Skyfall, to us this November 9th. I don’t know about you, but I am anxiously awaiting the third film in...
View ArticleListen to Adele’s Bond theme ‘Skyfall’
Adele, the British chanteuse whose lovely voice and incredible songwriting talent won her 6 Grammys this past February seemed like a no-brainer to contribute a song to the Bond franchise at some point...
View ArticleDaniel Craig Joins Clooney’s ‘The Monuments Men’ All-Star Cast
George Clooney’s fourth directorial effort, The Monuments Men, has added Daniel Craig to its all-star cast that already includes Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Hugh...
View ArticleSkyfall (***½)
Since Daniel Craig took on the iconic role of the world’s most famous spy back in 2006 there have been some notable ups and downs. Casino Royale, to my mind at least, is one of the best Bond films of...
View ArticleBond Week Circuit 3: Bond Actors
In the history of the James Bond film franchise (1962 to present date), there have been 22 “official” James Bond films (Eon Productions series ran by Harry Saltzman and Albert R. “Cubby” Broccoli),...
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