Spike Jonez does not make run of the mill movies – he likes to explore new territories, or take old ones into new dimensions. her is no exception, taking the romantic drama and the exploration of artificial intelligence and bringing them together to form something new.
Tag: Scarlett Johansson
Don Jon: Losing One’s Self in Fantasy!
Don Jon is a bold first film by Joseph Gordon-Levitt – who also wrote and stars in it. Jon is a bartender who has a few basic things he likes – his body, his pad, his family, his church, his boys and his porn. He’s a player – so much so that his boys call […]
Avengers Movie Underway!
It has begun! Marvel Entertainment’s effort to replicate a world where several superheroes exist in the same continuum for the big screen has gotten underway. Led by writer/director Joss Whedon, Avengers began filming today – bringing together the stars of the Iron Man films, Captain America: First Avenger, Thor, and mixing in yet another version […]
Iron Man 2 Comes to DVD/Blu-ray This Fall!
Iron Man 2 may be a bit too scattered to be the sleek, character-driven entertainment that its predecessor was, but it’s still one of the best films of the summer and its audience will be eagerly awaiting its video release on September 28, 2010. IM2 will be released in Blu-ray, Blu-ray Combo-Pack, 2-disc and single-disc […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Iron Man 2 Hot for Summertime
With the current trend of Hollywood movies, sequels have to follow a unique blend of key ingredients in order to make it taste good. First, it has to keep the spirit of the first film alive and well. Next, it has to bigger, better, and stonger than the last. The sequel has to give us that sweet […]
MOVIE REVIEW: The Spirit Made My Toes Curl – But I Kinda Liked It!
In a summer during the early-to-mid sixties, I surreptitiously acquired a copy of a specific issue of Playboy – not for the pictures, though those were nice, but for an essay on The Great Comic Book Heroes, by Jules Feiffer. It was about comic characters from the Golden Age of Comics [approximately 1939-1946 – your […]
The Other Boleyn Girl: Period Piece Pomp & Soapy Sleaze!
While the political and historical ramifications are alluded to at end of the film, The Other Boleyn Girl is a lushly drawn period piece about two girls who are pimped out to the King of England by their father and uncle.