DIRECTOR: George Clooney NOW FOR THE REVIEW… Even natural born charmers like George Clooney can have bad days; case in point, his latest directorial outing The Monuments Men, which was surprisingly removed from the current Oscar race at the last minute. However,...
DIRECTORS: Phil Lord, Chris Miller NOW FOR THE REVIEW… The only question – hell, the only WORD – you’re left with after watching The LEGO Movie is: “How?” How is it possible that this movie is so good? How can anyone be this creative and smart with such a basic and...
DIRECTOR: Ralph Fiennes NOW FOR THE REVIEW… Although awareness of it has been in the consciousness of Charles Dickens fanatics for years, only now has the controversial affair between the author and Ellen “Nelly” Ternan been brought to national attention with the...
DIRECTOR: José Padilha NOW FOR THE REVIEW… There are three reasons why the original 1987 Robocop, while no cinematic masterpiece, still remains a cult classic with audiences. The first is its violence: its gore and unflinching approach to bloodshed is certainly over...
DIRECTOR: Jean-Marc Vallée NOW FOR THE REVIEW… Hard to imagine that Matthew McConaughey once headlined spoon-fed bullcrap like How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days and Failure To Launch, isn’t it? Now, the Texan actor has rocketed into the stratosphere with acclaimed...
DIRECTOR: Peter Berg NOW FOR THE REVIEW… About ten minutes into Lone Survivor, you’re left absolutely flabbergasted. Not because anything of note happens during this opening other than character introductions and basic exposition; but because there is nothing in the...
DIRECTOR: Rob Minkoff NOW FOR THE REVIEW… There is no point in comparing DreamWorks Animation’s Mr. Peabody & Sherman to its earlier incarnation as a regular segment on 60s cartoon The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, for two very good reasons. One, we could be wrong...
DIRECTOR: Kenneth Branagh NOW FOR THE REVIEW… After reaching for the skies – literally – with his last directorial effort Thor, Kenneth Branagh is back on the ground with an action-thriller reboot that doesn’t stand out next to all the other action-thriller films...
DIRECTOR: John Wells NOW FOR THE REVIEW… Theatre and film are two very different entities. While the former must rely heavily on dialogue and performances to move the story forward, the latter has to expand to different fields such as cinematography, editing and other...
DIRECTOR: Martin Scorsese NOW FOR THE REVIEW… Someone very recently made an interesting point about how, in this day and age, the biggest villains in cinema are not alien invaders, not rogue secret agents, not even terrorist cells. They’re bankers, stockbrokers,...