The Thing Reviewed: Sequel Or Remake?
With technology - and big budget dollars - stunning and artistic filmwork is easier in the 21st Century, and with another culture looking at this old classic there are some interesting elements added...
View ArticleForget Twilight, This Is The Greatest Vampire Film Of All-Time
Has it been 80 years since Bela Lugosi's hypnotic voice set the mood for the classic horror film that ushered in a wave of vampirism? A genre that has exploded in popularity as the 21st Century goes...
View ArticleMission Impossible 4: The Classic Spy Thriller That Out-Bonds Bond
Since they blow the Kremlin up in the trailer it's not a spoiler to say that the movie version of a 9/11 moment for Russia is a great premise for filmgoers yearning for the 60's plot that Mad...
View ArticleThe Girl With The Dragon Tattoo: Like Se7en In Slo-Mo
With The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo director David Fincher has created something vastly different from Panic Room and The Social Network, perhaps more like his murder classic Se7en, only drawn out in...
View ArticleDark Shadows Reviewed: Burton's Sacrificed Artistry For Financial Success
Watch the trailer to The Dark Knight Rises and then watch Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows trailer(s) and you will have an idea about how this version of the vampiric TV program has morphed into a...
View ArticleMen In Black III: Will Smith Establishes Himself As The Man
The art of the sequel has resulted in films that sometimes surpass the originals and with Sci-Fi so in vogue these days, more technology means potentially better follow-up movies. Men In Black III is...
View ArticleThe Amazing Spiderman: It's Spidey Through The Looking Glass
Ten years after the original Spiderman launched in 2002 with Tobey Maguire Columbia Pictures/ Sony Entertainment spends $220 million or so on this third sequel, perhaps to bring a new face to the...
View ArticleMagic Mike Reviewed: Bikini Beach Meets Dirty Dancing
In 1964 Director William Asher unleashed Bikini Beach upon the world allowing Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Don Rickles and…little Stevie Wonder to brighten up the summertime. With Boris...
View ArticleThe Dark Knight Rises Reviewed: The Legend Ends, But Not As We'd Hoped
Director Christopher Nolan is an authority on expansive visuals, just check out the trailer to Batman Begins on YouTube for a refresher course. And though this picks up where The Dark Knight left off,...
View ArticleThe Dark Knight, James Holmes & Why The Second Amendment Is Obsolete
On Tuesday, July 17, 2012, I viewed the new Batman film, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES at the Loews Cinema on Tremont St. in Boston. At no time did I feel unsafe in the theater... I've been reviewing films for...
View ArticleTotal Recall: Farrell Shines As Biel & Beckinsale Flop
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s original Total Recall, as directed by Paul Verhoeven, is a cult classic with a strong cast and colorful, if sometimes cheeky sets. The new Total Recall is from another...
View ArticlePremium Rush Reviewed: A Ride From Hell
In 1992's Warner Brothers film Under Siege, famous WB animated characters are referenced when the evil William Strannix (played by Tommy Lee Jones) calls himself the "Roadrunner" and his stolen...
View ArticleFlight: Taking Drugs And Flying Planes
Flight is a terrific piece of filmmaking and a morality play from one of the masters of the craft. Robert Zemeckis puts everything on the table here, including originality, something one doesn’t see in...
View ArticleSome Girls: Live in Texas '78 - Rock N' Roll At Its Finest
Back in the early 1970s, finding the double disc of Rubber Dubber's "The Rolling Stones European Tour Live 1970" was a special treat, especially when a live version of the unreleased "Brown Sugar" was...
View ArticleHitchcock: Hopkins Misses The Mark As Mirren Saves The Day
Anthony Hopkins in Hitchcock (the film) is an improvement over Toby Jones portrayal of Hitch in the TV movie "The Girl", both playing "the Master of Suspense" - the 60 year old "most famous director...
View ArticleAfter Earth: Will & Jaden Smith's Sci-Fi Double Act Isn't As Bad As The...
OK, the reviews are already in and the critics (except for me) seem to really and truly hate this movie. In fact, one such individual was leaving the theater yelling that he hates M. Night Shyamalan...
View ArticleBehind The Candelabra: Soderbergh's Liberace Biopic Fails To Reach It's...
This is the story of Liberace by one of the urchins the great showman let into his life. Everybody needs loving, but to have that much wealth, that much fame, that much power and be so unable to...
View ArticleThe Beach Boys: Good Vibrations Tour Given New Life By Brilliant DVD
The Beach Boys are one of the most fun pop groups in music history and Eagle Rock Entertainment puts together some of the best packages in 2013, so the release of The Beach Boys:Good Vibrations Tour on...
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