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(Marco Chacon) 03/18/2010 4:53 PM EDT The Coen's, A Serious Man, packs a punch like a Kafka story – it is dark, the main character suffers, and there is no explanation or redemption. As it is well made, if that is your cup of tea, you will like it. The story takes place in the late 1960's where hapless professor, Larry Gopnik, finds his world falling apart. His wife annou... Read More |
 
(Nathan M Rose) 03/15/2010 1:31 PM EDT From the studio, director, and actor that gave your the Bourne series, comes their latest collaboration, Green Zone. Matt Damon and director, Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, United 93), re-team for their latest electrifying thriller in "Green Zone". The film is set in the chaotic early days of the I... Read More |
 
(Marco Chacon) 03/10/2010 10:42 PM EDT I have to admit I was a bit suspicious of this from the start. In fact, I do respect the making of The Passion of Christ. It's a powerful story, and Gibson's brand of historical accuracy takes some guts to pull off. It is also important to be able to separate motive and intent from art; analyzing things without authorial intent is a valid a... Read More |
 
(Marco Chacon) 03/08/2010 11:38 PM EDT Sunshine is a British science fiction film showing the sun is starting to die. A team of astronauts is sent with a massive bomb to try to reignite it. For a movie that focuses its energy on being smart, this sounds pretty dumb. How can any terrestrial bomb reignite a star? The answer is, "it can't", and the team knew... Read More |
(Nathan M Rose) 03/03/2010 7:53 AM EDT One of 2010's most anticipated films, Alice In Wonderland, arrives in theaters this Friday, March 5th. Directed by Tim Burton, this new Alice In Wonderland film has Alice returning to Wonderland as a 19-year-old, reuniting with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, a... Read More |
(Marco Chacon) 03/01/2010 9:32 AM EDT After it was established that Harry Potter was wildly popular, one would speculate someone was dispatched to the children's section of the bookstore to see what else they could option. Certainly, the formula is pretty well established: take a popular children's series and give it the deluxe CGI treatment and consider that your casting... Read More |
(Nathan M Rose) 02/15/2010 6:42 AM EDT Universal, the studio that created such horror classic's as the Mummy, the Wolfman, and Dracula are in remake mode again with 2010's "The Wolfman". "The Wolfman" brings the myth of a cursed man back to its iconic origins. Oscar® winner, Benicio Del Toro, stars as Lawrence Talbot, a haunted nobleman lured back to his family e... Read More |
(Nathan M Rose) 02/08/2010 8:46 AM EDT It is that time of year again when the studios drop all of their films that they feel will not make it during the competitive box office seasons of spring, summer or fall. However, once in a while a film comes along that catches everyone off guard and provides the movie-going experience that patrons expect, such is the case with&nbs... Read More |
(Marco Chacon) 01/17/2010 7:35 PM EDT I read The Road and determined from the reviews that the reasonably well made, fairly faithful movie version was simply not at the top of my to-do list. I think it was Slate's headline: 'Prepare to be bludgeoned' that made me go feel that way. When I saw part of the trailer for The Book of Eli that included a sudden Zatiochi-style blade... Read More |
(Marco Chacon) 12/19/2009 2:30 PM EDT It turns out you cannot count James Cameron out. It appeared kind of telling that the trailers for the movie had to tell you who this guy was and why we should care. The likely 20-something targets for the movie were maybe 10 when Titanic came out (2007), and think of Terminator as an ol... Read More |