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Tim Burton and Johnny Depp go together like black and blue, or like fire and ash. Amidst the chaos, there is a unique unison between the two conflicting forces.

If you get a chance to see this near-masterpiece, please don’t let the NC-17 rating give you a second moment’s thought (unless you’re under 17 of course).

After movies like Garfield and Underdog trampled over the memories of the original stories, I feared that a big-budget, CGI-animated film about the lovable chipmunks will turn out the same way.

The big question is: Is I Am Legend good enough to stand on it’s own? The answer is yes.

Will Smith stars in the third try at a big screen adaptation of Richard Matheson’s famous novel. This time, at least they got to use the right title.

Atonement is a beautiful disaster.

This article was written by guest author Anthony Coe.

You would think that after four of anything, it would get old and stale. The fourth movie in the Die Hard series Live Free or Die Hard delivers from the first minute and doesn’t rely on old tag lines. Okay so there is one “Yippee-Kah-Yay”. But by [...]

Autobots, roll out.

Back in 1993 when I was just a young pup, a movie buff in the making if you will, my mom took me to our local cineplex in mid-June to see what would become the most awesome event movie of its time. It was a film that stretch the realm of my imagination and gave me the belief that filmmakers could make absolutely anything come to life. I was engrossed in it. I wanted to see it again, and again, and again. In that moment, my young life was changed by a cinematic adventure like nothing I had ever seen before. That film was Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park. Now some 14 years later, as I sit down to review Transformers, another epic summer blockbuster from Director Michael Bay, I cannot help but think, “Wow, this is what summer movies are all about.”

This article was written by guest author Noel Petok.
This movie has it all: controversy, powerful acting, nudity, and deaths that will have you wincing in pain. After a viewing of American History X, other than marveling over the powerhouse storyline, all you will be thinking is “What a performance,” by actor Edward Norton. To say [...]

In this summer of sequels we have learned many things. One thing in particular is the fact that you don’t necessarily have to make a good movie in order to make a lot of money. Case in point, Spider-Man 3; a steaming pile of suck that broke box office records like they were going out of style. Since Spider-Man’s notorious release and subsequent “success”, we have seen a host of other mediocre sequels, including Shrek 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. It has been Hollywood’s way of training us to not get our hopes up, but to buy our tickets anyway. With that in mind, enter Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer into the mix.

Wake up and find out what the hell yesterday was about. I’m not too keen on tommorow, and today’s slipping by.

Spider-Man 3 was a huge disappointment; Shrek the Third was just okay; and now, finally we have Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End in our grasp and it has to have us wondering that maybe we should have started our summer here in the first place…

Over two previous films, Shrek has had to learn to live with being the King. With the first Shrek film in 2001, the big green ogre became the King of all the animated creatures in Hollywood’s forest as he was thrust into the lives of millions of children across America and the world. Now with Shrek the Third, Shrek is forced to take on the role of being King of Far, Far Away… His toughest challenge yet.

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo may not be Danny Boyle. As well, his film 28 Weeks Later may not be to horror fans what Boyle’s 28 Days Later was, but it will sure scare us just as well…

“With great power comes great responsibility.”

That was the tagline for the first Spider-Man film all the way back in 2002. That film, with its cinematic realization of one of the most popular comic book heroes ever recorded, created what has become one of the most successful movie franchises in the history of film. Director Sam Raimi and the folks at Columbia pictures have built a behemoth of a series so powerful that no matter what sort of movie they make, people will come out to see it. That is great power. Power to rule over the millions of moviegoers, to take there hard earned cash on sheer size and spectacle alone. But with that great power also comes a responsibility, a responsibility to stay true to what has brought the Spider-Man franchise to its current position, sitting atop the highest perch of the cinematic world. And what have they done with such great power? Sadly, they have created what could be the more frustrating and disappointing cinematic experience to come out of Hollywood in the last decade.

There is something inherently humorous about movies that come from a production company that is the brain-child of the guy who brought us World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). But to his credit, Vince McMahon has made a science out of pleasing the easily entertained mass populous of America, so why not do it with films? In the last few years this brand of entertainment has delivered such jaw dropping action classics as See No Evil and The Marine. I mean, how can you possibly top those two flicks?

We’ve all had a moment when we’ve been “hooked on a feeling,” shredding away on our own invisible guitar to an old Led Zeppelin track. The complete and utter freedom accompanied by doing something completely uninhibited. And whether it is dancing naked, singing in the shower and yes, even playing the air guitar; it is always an unbelievably uplifting feeling to let the music grab you and move you in ways that you wouldn’t normally move in front of others. But what if you could do that sort of thing in public? What if you could immerse yourself in a persona that is nothing short of insane and achieve rock star status? If you can see yourself in that world, then you are a prime candidate for the US Air Guitar Championships, the driving force behind the ferociously entertaining documentary Air Guitar Nation.

Sir Anthony Hopkins is one hell of an actor. He scared the dickens out of people as Hannibal Lecter, he was on an epic scale in Titus and most recently he delighted us as a sweet old loon in The World’s Fastest Indian. he is quite possibly one of the greatest actors of the most recent generations. Thus, he should have a clause in his contract that states that his talents are not to be misused in any way; then at least schlock like Fracture wouldn’t even get made.

“From the guys who watched every action movie ever made, and brought you Shaun of the Dead.”

That tagline alone is enough to get the cult-like audience who swarmed Shaun of the Dead into a frenzy. In 2004, British director Edgar Wright bursted onto the American scene with his zombie horror spoof, coming out of nowhere and establishing himself as one hell of a comedic presence in Hollywood. This weekend he will attempt to fight off the sophomore slump with his second comedic feature, buddy cop satire Hot Fuzz.