Ladies and gentlemen, a film franchise has been saved. And perhaps more importantly, some of our childhoods. Even with all the hype and the trepidation and the expectations, this new chapter in the Star Wars saga, The Force Awakens, is a return to the tone and feel of the Original Three, most especially Star Wars,…
DetailsJ.J. Abrams’ homage to the first Star Wars film – the one that took our collective breath away, the one that defined our childhoods – takes “fan service” to new heights, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Charting a very similar course – plot-wise, character-wise, milieu-wise – as the 1977 film (aka A New Hope), it will be…
DetailsAssured, brash, loud and very, very funny, The Big Short makes thrilling entertainment out of indescribably complicated financial shenanigans using any means necessary – such as offering up Margot Robbie in a bubble-bath, by having a voice-over announce chirpily, “To explain it to you, here’s Margot Robbie in a bubble bath.” It’s that kind of irreverence that…
DetailsOh, there is so much to say about this film. In fact, that’s pretty much what’s wrong with it. For those of us that read the book upon which it is based, there is the usual problems with the film being sub-par by comparison. But there are other problems, most of which derive from the…
DetailsNothing says “Happy Holidays” like a horror film, right?! Damn right! And when it comes from the delightfully twisted mind of writer/director Michael Dougherty, well, you’re in for some fun. Dougherty is the genius behind the film Trick r Treat, and the co-writing of X-Men 2, and the upcoming X-Men Apocalypse. Before that, he did…
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