The Town is a movie where you immediately are enthralled. Your senses and self awareness are sucked into a vacuum that belongs to Ben Affleck and the thrill ride that he has put on the screen for you to enjoy. No, for you to invest in. Because invested you become. Boy, do you. You care [...]
Takers is one of those rare movies: pretty trite, but takes itself seriously enough so that the audience jumps into the car and goes along for the ride. There are obvious references to a plethora of films. These include True Romance, Heat, The Italian Job, Out of Sight, and Point Break among others. The fact [...]
Golden Moments: Finally! The Right People Won. The reason this year was so enjoyable was because for once, the right people won the major categories, with one exception. I’ll get to that in a bit. In the first award of the night, Christoph Waltz took home the supporting actor trophy and gave a speech that [...]
I have to admit that I was a little worried when Shutter Island was delayed. It was supposed to open back in October last year and then the major studio behind it, Paramount, pushed it back a few months due to financial reasons for the promotion. When a film is delayed either in production, or [...]
When the hype started to build up around Dear John several months back, many industry insiders predicted it would outdo that other very famous Nicholas Sparks adaptation, The Notebook (it doesn’t even come close). Plus, the casting made headlines when it was announced current every-girl heartthrob Channing Tatum (Stop-Loss) as the lead, along with up [...]
I’ve been a huge admirer of Jeff Bridges for years now. Very few actors in Hollywood have as diverse of a work history as him. Bridges has never shied away from independent films, and also has never vied like crazy for commercial results. He has played a ship captain, a psychotic kidnapper, a gymnastics coach, [...]