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(Nathan M Rose) 02/08/2009 1:10 AM EDT For the past couple of decades, mutants have been the subject of great films and comic books. Starting earlier this decade, the "Push" started to create a real genre out of this type of anti-hero -- starting first with Bryan Singer's X-men Series and lately continued with NBC/Universal's television series, Heroes.Enter Push,... Read More |
(Marco Chacon) 01/26/2009 7:22 PM EDT The idea of vampires vs. werewolves isn't exactly new, but the Underworld franchise does the cinematic vision of it pretty well. The vampires dress in black leather, the Lycan(thropes) wolf-out and eat people, and the first movie was all gritty urban warfare. The third takes place in the distant past where, in events referred to in the ... Read More |
 
(Marco Chacon) 01/12/2009 7:26 PM EDT Eastwood, at 78, is a living-film legend. He personifies power, manliness, determination, and grit. He is a rare breed of star who proves as comfortable behind a camera as in front of it; and if the passage of time makes it likely that we really are seeing the last of his acting career, coming off Gran Torino, I think I can say we... Read More |
 
(Roger Longenbach) 12/29/2008 9:06 PM EDT This honestly is a hard movie to review. We can give away the plot, since it's based on a true story (they don't kill Hitler), so all that's left is the technical aspects of the film.Valkyrie has an amazing mix of very talented actors, that at times appeared to be a reunion from Pirates of the Caribbean. Bill Nighy (Davey Jones) plays G... Read More |
(Marco Chacon) 12/21/2008 12:42 PM EDT When making a remake there are usually a few options. From what I understand, Gus Van Sant's, Psycho, was almost shot-for-shot. We have also seen general updates (Ocean's 11 or The Italian Job) where a classic is re-imagined for a more modern context. We have seen The Hulk's 'reboot', where the opening of a franchise is simply giv... Read More |
(Marco Chacon) 12/04/2008 2:42 PM EDT Although you have to judge a movie by its pedigree, there also has to be a line at which you stop. Thrillers need to at least have moderately smart plots; action needs to actually be exciting, and so on. When going up against Transporter 3, I really was not sure where to draw the "base line". I was not that impressed with the fi... Read More |
(Marco Chacon) 12/01/2008 12:27 PM EDT Kid's movies walk a fine line; they have to keep children entertained, so they require a story that is very basic, drama that is extremely explicit and "universal" (and not 'adult'), and they must be exciting without being tragic or overly violent. They also have to keep the grown-ups engaged, so they have to have something to work "... Read More |
(Marco Chacon) 11/28/2008 10:22 AM EDT EON Productions is methodically remaking the Bond franchise. Starting with Casino Royale, they moved it more along the Bourne axis into gritty action and away from the suave super-spy that Roger Moore personified -- to the point where Moore, at 80, felt the new Bond franchise was over-violent ... and under-sexed. Like a living org... Read More |
(Roger Longenbach) 11/26/2008 11:47 AM EDT The void left by the postponement of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince allowed for Twilight to move up their release date by two weeks. It was more than just a timing difference or to move away from The Day the Earth Stood Still. Rather, I think it was a symbolic move, to show that Twilight was filling in for the serial movie genre... Read More |
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(Marco Chacon) 11/23/2008 9:24 PM EDT In judging a movie, you have to make allownaces for the type of movie it is. If it is derived from a much beloved book, that is one thing. If it's a high school flick, that is another. A vampire movie -- still more baggage! Twilight, coming from a populr book series by Stephanie Meyer, is all of these. Trying to judge ... Read More |