One of the rumors that followed the release of Skyfall was that this would be Daniel Craig’s last Bond film, rumors likely started because Bond is seriously injured in the newest of the 50-year old series. The injury throws his reflexes off, slightly diminishes his strength, and even leaves a little psychological damage. However, by…
For many years/films I completely disliked Will Ferrell on screen because it seemed that he played every role with the same over-the-top hyper-enthusiasm (see: Old School, Semi Pro, Step Brothers, Wedding Crashers, Talladega Nights, most SNL appearances). But when Jon Favreau directed him in Elf, Ferrell showed that – with the right director – there was…
Abraham Lincoln has been the focus of more book and movie titles than any other American president in history, and deservedly so even if you take away the tragic assassination. To sit in the chair that decides the future of an entire nation, knowing that half of that nation will not just hate you but…
Flight: Do a Barrel Roll! (Review) (via The Cinematic Katzenjammer) . Read my review posted on a fabulous website for movies, games, and more. A pilot, a drug addict, and a cancer patient walk into a stairwell. No, that’s not the beginning of a bad joke, but it is the beginning of a moment at…
If I told you that Sam (Jared Gilman), a man in uniform, was in love with Suzy (Kara Haywood), a woman who lived in a lighthouse on the edge of a New England island, and they were going to run away together until a hurricane approached, you would say, “Don’t we have enough crappy Nicolas…
Breakthroughs in technology are usually exploited in two places: commercials and porn. Combine the two, and you get a bastardized version of the Mob. When time travel is both created and then outlawed by the year 2073, the Mob in the future uses it to transport their intended murder victims into the past where a…
Zero Dark Thirty opens with actual audio of people trapped in the World Trade Center after the planes struck on September 11, 2001. Then we see words that have caused some controversy: Based on first-hand accounts of actual events. To some people, this is a proclamation that Zero Dark Thirty is virtually a documentary or…
Too many films are set in Philadelphia and Boston, usually for the wrong reason. Both cities have passion and character, but they also have fairly noticeable speech patterns. I suspect some actors want to play characters from those cities only to make the audience say, “Wow, what a great (Boston or Philadelphia) accent!” After about…
“Everything will be all right in the end. So if it is not all right, it is not yet the end.” – Sonny. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (TBEMH) is one of those occasional films that remind us that you can have a very enjoyable movie without CGI, guns, explosions, and gratuitous (but fun) sex. It’s about…
Kiki’s Delivery Service: Magic Can’t Save the Story (Review) (via The Cinematic Katzenjammer) “A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.” Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki, Rated: G, 103 minutes There are two things that I love…
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