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The Last time Jim Carrey and Joel Shumacher teamed up to make a movie, we got Batman Forever, the film that began the downward spiral of an entire franchise. That is, until the franchise was later reinvented by Christopher Nolan. The last time Jim Carrey ventured away from his trademarked brand of comedy, we saw [...]

Have you ever tried to take a joke that normally takes 5 minutes to tell and try to stretch it to 15 minutes? Aside from seeing it as a very difficult task, you begin to wonder why you are trying to do it in the first place. The same theory should apply to taking a [...]

Bookended by images of a bloodied child, Pan’s Labyrinth is a graphically violent film, pushing the limits of watchability, for example, during a needlessly protracted scene in which a character stitches up his own sliced-up face. Set during the Spanish Civil War, this “fairy tale for adults” (as people won’t stop calling it) earns [...]

While Alan Moore’s comic tales are deliberately unfilmable, which has been proven by the directors who tried, Frank Miller’s epics like 300 always seemed to have a cinematic feel to them. Robert Rodriguez did it with Sin City, perfectly transferring Miller’s aesthetics from paper to the screen. I’m really glad to say that Zach Snyder [...]

In recent years there has been something that has been conspicuously absent from the Hollywood horror factory. That missing element is genuine creepiness. Most of the horror films that reach our screens fall into one of two categories, first are the sanitized PG-13 rated affairs that survive on jump scares, the others fall into the [...]

What can I say? This is a dumb movie, funny, but dumb. If you like the television show, you are most likely going to like the movie. For the rest of the cinema going public, your threshold for dumb comedy, lack of plot, and sheer zaniness will have to be assessed prior to entering the [...]

A friend recently asked if I planned on seeing The Science of Sleep, and to his surprise I responded with an unenthusiastic, “eh, maybe.” I like Gondry as a director, I explained, but even more I enjoy Charlie Kaufman’s scripts; the issue for me therefore was, “can Gondry be trusted to make a movie [...]

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Robert De Niro is by all means a great actor. Does that mean he can be a good director? His second attempt at it is “The Good Shepherd”, a story about the origins of the CIA, an essay on how to be a textbook spy and a family drama all at once. Sounds intriguing enough [...]

This article was written by guest author Luis dos Santos.
Swedish director Anders Nilsson (Den Tredje v¥gen, Livvakterna) has a vast career in action and thriller movies, with most of his films targeted to the international market. He has directed 5 features films and about 80 commercials and has a vast curriculum in screenplay, cinematography and [...]

Seven Swords marks the first feature from writer/producer/director Tsui Hark since the massively disappointing (at least to me) Black Mask 2. This film is an epic tale of heroism, revenge, loyalty, and love in a gritty world where death may be just around the corner. It is a highly entertaining film that may not be [...]

I admit, classic cinema is something of a weak point for me. For all of the movies I have seen, the majority of them have been of a more modern vintage. Now, do not take this as meaning I do not like, or do not watch the films of years past, just not nearly as [...]

Will Ferrell waxes dramatic in this week’s DVD Pick of the Week.

Despite dropping 55% from last week, Ghost Rider continues to ride away with box office success!

Take one part bad director, one part bad screen writing and top it off with a random mix of campy dialogue and you might just have a recipe for Hollywood disaster. And while after you throw in some Nicholas Cage, Eva Mendes and some cool explosions, the final dish may not be fine dining but [...]

Did anyone else get the willies at the site of smiley, shade wearing, bald Jack Nicholson?

Zach Snyder’s epic film 300, based on the graphic novel by Sin City creator Frank Miller, is just around the corner. We give you all the necessary info to get you pumped and ready to go to battle!

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If Brian Gibson ruled the Oscars, this is who would win — or something like that.

Another year, another set of surprises and another completely unique bunch of movies and it all comes down to this. In all actuality, it will really come down to this moment on Sunday evening when the Best Director and Best Picture envelopes are opened and the winners are paraded up to the stage to show [...]

As they say, the most surprising moments on Oscar night lie within the Acting categories. I don’t really know who they are, but they must not have said that after seeing this year’s nominations. All throughout the Awards season, we have been treated to a cavalcade of Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren, Eddie Murphy and Jennifer [...]

Earlier today I laid down the groundwork for what may be my most prolific year of Oscar predictions. I feel confident in the sense that this year I have seen the highest number of nominated flicks in comparison with years past. Thus my opinions can be more solid, calculated predictions rather than a mess of [...]

While the basketball world eagerly awaits their March Madness, the cinematic world is on the brink of its own special month. Though it seems that the world is not fully cognizant of what is about to occur, being caught up in the anticipation of one lone film, I think that March, 2007 will produce [...]

The big night is mere days away. I guess it is about time that I formally enter my predictions into the pot. I am notorious for not being able to pick all that well, but I have a strong feeling about a few of these categories, even if some of my favorites failed to make [...]

This week sees the arrival of a couple of high profile releases, featuring stars from Billy Bob Thornton to Jim Carrey. There is a drama, a thriller, a comedy, a little something for everyone. Last week, Ghost Rider opened and cruised right on by the predicitions, will one of these new releases do the same [...]

Over the next two days you will see plenty of predictions about who will take home a little golden guy on Sunday night, but I thought I should throw up a disclaimer from the start. As a critic, it is difficult for me to make predictions without a bit of bias toward the films that [...]

The astronaut farmer in The Astronaut Farmer is not only a real farmer but his name is too — Charles Farmer, played by Billy Bob Thornton in this heart-warming inspirational film about determination and pursuing your dreams. Usually such inspirationally themed stories are centered on sports feats as with Invincible or Rudy, but rather than [...]

Tom Hanks has had an interesting career, not that I am an expert or even know all that much about it. However, if you look at the films that he has starred in, more often than not they are movies that are well worth your time. He is one of those actors that I find [...]

During my formative years, well before I got heavily into film watching, I was quick to voice my dislike of period dramas and costume dramas. It was exactly the films like Band of Angels that I did not care for. It was nothing I could put my finger on, and there was no logical explanation [...]

Nostalgic in the worst of possible ways, The US vs. John Lennon is yet another entry in the ongoing series of films that would function better as Wikipedia entries. Nothing more than a glorified VH1 special—the fact that it enjoyed a theatrical run is downright stupid—it’s a tired highlight reel of all the big [...]