Cloverfield
Cloverfield. Got your attention already, eh? Ok we have a kick ass trailer, a big mystery about "the monster", months and month of speculation and viral marketing (
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
When most people hear "Sweeny Todd" they know very little: Some know it was a Broadway play/musical, and maybe they remember in the film "Jersey Girl", the little girl performed a...
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
They've made a lot of good decisions with The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Let's hope they're around long enough to see them through.
Charlie Wilson's War
It's fashionable today to talk about how "we" created the Taliban--our own present-day Frankenstein-Monster come back to haunt us. It's less common to hear people discuss the context...
A Christmas Story
The Christmas movie can get away with sappiness in a way that most other family-friendly movies can't. It's okay to have peace-on-earth and goodwill to all men as your message if you also have a Chris...
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
It's hard to judge Alien vs. Predator - Requiem. On one hand the human characters are forgettable, the plot fairly absurd, and the movie, as a horror show simply a kinetic gore-fest. On the other hand...
I Am Legend
After nearly a decade, numerous rewrites, directors, and lead actors later I Am Legend hits the big screen for moviegoers this December, yet it fails to become a legend at all.Based on the book b...
Beowulf
There is more Beowulf than you might think. There are no fewer than four movies in IMDB with exact-matches to Beowulf in their title. That's not including The 13th Warrior that mi...
The Golden Compass
Canada is forward thinking: their politics are more progressive, their environmental discipline is more advanced, and their movie sneak previews are a week ahead.In the UK, the book wa...
No Country For Old Men
The title comes from WB Yeats Sailing to Byzantium (a poem about growing old). It's a bit of the ultra violence based on...