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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10 August 2010
Seriously? This is the first time I’d honestly not expect you to be reading the witty flavorful intro text before one of my reviews. Get down there and absorb the good vibes. I do this for educational purposes, and this is one experience you definitely won’t forget. Oh yeah, and …
15 June 2010
It wouldn’t be a summer movie slate without somebody wielding a sword. Sure it looks equal parts Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and King Arthur, but Neil Marshall’s latest hopes to reinstate the swords and sandals epic as a viable summer tent-pole. Does it have what it takes to …
6 May 2010
Tony Stark has been having a bit of a day. In the aftermath of his announcement to the world that he is, in fact, Iron Man, he’s got a Russian scientist recreating his chest plate, a government poised on forcibly removing him from his suit, a company in disarray, and …
14 April 2010
Not many people saw this coming. After the film adaptation of Mark Millar’s violent and vulgar comic book Kick-Ass was turned down by all the major studios, Matthew Vaughn decided to make the movie independently. Then it premiered at Comic-Con to near universal acclaim. “Sure it would play well there” …
