Trailer: Oliver Stone’s “W.”

This trailer popped up on Youtube yesterday and I think I’m intrigued. While this film will undoubtedly be far from the best film of the 21st century, it will certainly be interesting to see what Oliver Stone has to say. Good for Cromwell for not doing a Carvey impression, and Thandie Newton looks terrifyingly realistic [...]

Review: The Dark Knight

It’s an awfully good year to be a comic book fan in the movie theater. That being said, it’s just been a great year for moviegoers in general. The biggest film of the year, Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” was released last week to record box office numbers. Not only is it deserving of those [...]

“Watchmen” Trailer is better than most movies

Watch, immediately.

Review: The Wackness

In recent years, the Sundance Film Festival has been known as the essential prognosticator of the following year’s great independent movies to come. The festival has brought us great cinema such as “American Splendor,” “Once,” “Little Miss Sunshine,” and “The Station Agent.” That latter film won the Audience Award in the Dramatic category as did [...]

“The Dark Knight” has arrived!

Here it is… the weekend we’ve all been waiting for. Get ready for the biggest movie OF THE YEAR with this little video.

Review: Hellboy II: The Golden Army

In 2004, the relatively unknown filmmaker Guillermo del Toro released a film adaptation of Mike Mignola’s underground comic “Hellboy.” The film received a majority of good reviews and the general consensus was that it was a very fun albeit somewhat forgettable movie featuring a career performance by its lead actor Ron Perlman. In 2006 the [...]

Review: Hancock

My fellow Americans: You may find yourselves at your local megaplex, going to see the newest Will Smith 4th-of-July blockbuster extravaganza. For some reason, this Smith guy has a monopoly on the celebration of our independence and this seems to motivate the entire population of Earth to arrive in droves to see ANY movie he’s [...]

Review: The Visitor

Five years ago, character actor Thomas McCarthy came out with his directorial debut, “The Station Agent.” The film, a character tragicomedy starring Peter Dinklage as a lonely dwarf who lives alone in a train station, was one of the best of the year and quickly became one of this critic’s favorite films of all time. [...]

Review: WALL•E

The American Film Institute recently presented the top ten films in ten genres. One of these genres was the Animated film category, and it ranged from new films such as “Finding Nemo” and “Shrek” to classics like “Bambi” and “Snow White.” It’s a shame that the AFI did not wait until next year for this [...]

Retrospective: The Cinema of Fred Zinnemann

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Time has not been kind to the once revered classic Hollywood director Fred Zinnemann. During the height of his career he was a filmmaking giant – with the likes of Hitchcock, Huston, and Kazan. Forty years later, those directors are now icons of cinema, while Zinnemann has unfortunately been forgotten. The director of Academy [...]