After attending Disney’s excellent D23 presentation of upcoming films, Saving Mr. Banks quickly became one of the few films that I really looked forward to seeing. It has all the elements that I love in movies – heart, comedy, colorful cinematography and it is about the creative process. That twenty-minute preview and surprise ending with […]
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Chris Nolan Trailer: Interstellar!
Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, like Inception, has been behind a veil of secrecy that is not lifted by the release of the trailer. Instead, we get a mood piece with narration by Matthew McConaughey pondering on when the moments when humanity is at its finest. It’s intriguing, beguiling and does what a teaser should do – […]
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is one trip too many to Middle Earth, Michelle’s Review!
Ok, after five trips into middle earth, I’ve officially crossed over from being completely ambivalent about the world that JRR Jackson, I mean Director Peter Jackson created to pretty much hating it. I’ve seen film padding before, but Jackson’s nearly 3-hour The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is a textbook example of the old adage […]
Yes! The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is Terrific!
It’s no Return of the King, but The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is a better movie than An Unexpected Journey in virtually every respect.
Out of the Furnace is Implacable!
You know the saying ‘revenge is a dish best served cold’? Out of the Furnace may just be the most implacable movie take on that that I’ve ever seen.
Frozen is a Heartwarming Gem!
How odd is it that, for the third straight time, Disney Animation has released a better film than Pixar? In fact, Disney’s Frozen – a very loose retelling of Hans Cristian Andersen’s The Snow Queen – is easily the best animated film of the year.
Homefront: Darker Than The Usual Jason Statham Movie!
Jason Statham has become the king of the mid-range budget action flicks. He’s a better actor than Arnold and a better fighter than Sly (or, at least, capable of executing more complex choreography). With every movie, he shows a few more colors as his range continues to expand – a nastier edge here; a bit […]
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – She Burns Brightly But Cannot See!
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire adapts the second book in the Hunger Games Trilogy into a fast-paced, character driven film with action and suspense to spare. Being taken from the second book in the trilogy, however, it ends at what would – in any other movie series – seem like a very odd place.
Hunger Games: Catching Fire fails to Sizzle. Michelle’s Review!
Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Director Francis Lawrence, heard my plea of no shaky cam in the sequel. I get on my knees and scream to the heavens, “For the love of god!” The first film literally made me sick on three separate occasions and I wasn’t able to make it through until it hit glorious […]
Thor: The Dark World, Michelle’s Review!
It is nice watching a Superhero franchise where I don’t know much about the hero. Yeah I’m an old school Marvel Fan Girl – can’t stand the Marvel Now stuff, but I never got into Thor. The only thing I know about this character is the mythology they have built in the films. I thought […]
About Time Adroitly Mixes Time Travel and Romance!
Richard Curtis is responsible for such films as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually – romantic dramedies that detail burgeoning relationships that work, as often as not, because the people in them are flawed. For About Time, Curtis adds a very limited form of time travel to the mix in a […]