Movies don’t get more high concept than Cowboys & Aliens. Like Snakes on a Plane, Jon Favreau’s new film delivers precisely what it promises. Therein lies the problem.
Tag: Harrison Ford
Jon Favreau Has Fun Interviewing Harrison Ford for Cowboys & Aliens!
You know those generic interviews you get for almost every movie that actually gets released? Well, Jon Favreau decided that it might be fun to conduct those interviews and make them a little bit less generic. The result is a series of two-to-three minute interviews with Cowboys & Aliens star Harrison Ford that are anything […]
New Cowboys & Aliens Trailer – Exactly What It Says on the Tin!
There’s a new trailer for Jon ‘Iron Man’ Favreau’s Cowboys & Aliens. It gives us a bit more of an idea of the plot and a better feel for Favreau’s defiantly uncampy approach. I like it. I like it a lot.
Cowboys & Aliens Super Bowl Spot!
Online via Twitter via Jon Favreau. Thanks, Jon! It looks great!
Morning Glory Is A Fun, Fluffy Workplace Comedy!
I’m guessing that Morning Glory won’t figure too highly on the Tomatometer – it’s not particularly substantial, despite trailers that suggested it might a slightly less deranged Network for morning shows in the 21st century [with a dash of romance thrown in]. What it is, is a light, fluffy comedy that deals with a workaholic […]
MOVIES: Extraordinary Measures is Good – Not Extraordinary!
CBS Films makes its debut with Extraordinary Measures, a fact-based [if compressed and composited]tale that follows a family where two of the three children have Pompe Disease [a rare form of Muscular Dystrophy] and a curmudgeonly scientist who is persuaded to move from pure research to developing a treatment for the disease.
MOVIE ESSAY: Raider of the Lost 80s – by Scott Essman
When RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK was released in 1981, it did the unthinkable – the movie superseded the previous works that creator-producer George Lucas and director Steven Spielberg had each done individually in genre filmmaking. And that said a lot, with Lucas on the heels of the first two STAR WARS films, and Spielberg […]
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – Indy Can Still Take Us on a Wild Ride!
Indiana Jones is back – and it’s a Very Good Thing! Indy has faced many obstacles in his life, but never before has he been considered a potential threat to national security! And let me tell you, it really bugs his @$$! The problem arises because of a [former] friend who helps a covert Soviet […]