With two films coming out in the same holiday season, 2011 is a busy year for Steven Spielberg. After the joyful adventure romp that was Tintin, are audiences ready for a more emotional journey?
War Horse Review
By Ryan Hamelin
Movie Grade: A
The first thing that becomes apparent as John Williams’ instantly classic …
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Its been a while since we last took a ride with Ethan Hunt, leader of the Impossible Mission Taskforce. Its also been awhile since Tom Cruise had much in the way of action hero clout. With Brad Bird‘s first live action feature film, do we have the finest Mission Impossible …
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For many, David Fincher‘s remake of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is their most anticipated film of the year. That’s why it’s not surprising that The New Yorker chose to publish their review early. Due to backlash from that review, and a strengthening of movie critic embargoes, I’m only …
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When adventure calls… you get, a kid with a red tuft of hair? Apparently Tintin, a character created by the late Herge, is an icon in those mystical lands across the ocean, a la Europe. In America, however, he’s never really caught on, and so the studio decided to debut …
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Robert Downey Jr. is a man with quite a full plate. Now with two working franchises going simultaneously (he’s got The Avengers this summer and Iron Man 3 the following year just for starters) the man is in high demand. With that in mind, it’s surprising that Warnerbros. managed to …
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I’m sure you’ve heard about the NC-17 indie drama coming out this season… No? Well it stars Michael Fassbender and seems to have the whole independent community buzzing like bees. Fox Searchlight has decided to release the film with its brutal NC-17 rating intact. But is that the whole story, …
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14 July 2011
It’s been a long road to get here, but after 7 blockbuster installments, Harry Potter‘s tale has reached its conclusion. Directors Chris Colombus, Alfonso Cuaron, Mike Newell, and David Yates have each put their stamp on the saga, and there will always be debate over whose vision was the most …
20 November 2010
Six films. The highest grossing franchise in the history of film. The same core cast for every film. One decade. None of this has a precedent. It will probably never happen again. It is only as it comes to a close that we can look back at the monumental triumph …
3 March 2010
It’s been awhile since the last jaw dropping feature from the twisted mind of Tim Burton. Part of that appeared to have been the result of storytelling fatigue, and many wondered if he had finally run out of the kind of visionary ideas which had supported his early triumphs. Alice …
