After Michael Bay gave us HIS interpretation of Pearl Harbor back in 2001, I guess it was only a matter of time before another big-time Hollywood disaster director would take on Midway with all subtlety of a nuclear explosion. That man is Roland Emmerich, who gave us Independence Day and 2012. * Here’s a twist:…
Based on Jonathan Lethem’s novel, Edward Norton takes a crack at both adapting the screenplay AND directing this old fashioned 50’s detective noir with private dicks, crooked politician’s, damsels in distress, a mystery to be solved, twists & turns, and all with a smokey blues riff. * Downtown NYC in the 50’s and private detective…
Just like in the last Halloween movie, this film takes a backwards step in it’s franchise and tries to re-invent itself by dismissing the other films and starting fresh from movie #2, Terminator 2: Judgment Day. So forget what you saw in the OTHER movies, and pay attention to this one! * Sarah Conner won. Yaay!…
What do Charlie Chaplin, Mel Brooks, and Taika Waititi have in common? Answer: they’ve all written, starred, produced, and directed in films that made fun of Adolf Hitler. Adapted from Christine Leunen’s book, Caging Skies, Waititi has pulled quadruple-duty in his latest movie. * As odd as the premise starts out, we have 10-year-old Johannes…
He’s back! After a string of truly awful movies (Harlem Nights, Pluto Nash, Holy Man, A Thousand Words, Norbit) Eddie Murphy took a much needed break from his questionable film career and finally zeroed in on a script that looked like it might resurrect his once dominant movie career. Did it work? * Based on…
Body cams on cops. Sound like a good idea, right? But what would happen if a cop captured on their body cam something they really shouldn’t have? You get Training Day, Serpico, CopLand, and The Fugitive all rolled into one and shot on location in the Big Easy – New Orleans. * Gung-ho rookie cops;…
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Dr. Strange, Spider-man, General Zod, and X-Men’s Beast walk into a bar and… oh, ya heard that one, huh? Never mind. In a sorta-kinda true story, we meet the trifecta of powerful men that ruled the electric waves: Westinghouse, Edison, and Tesla. * First, a backstory: this movie…
