Gemini Man is a movie that I will forever remember I saw in theaters. Director Ang Lee has made a true technical marvel that pushes the boundaries of cinema. The film also happens to be a pretty entertaining spy-vs-spy thriller with a stellar performance from Will Smith. This isn’t a movie everyone is going get on board with, but it is one that had me from the opening frame. Lee shot Gemini…
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For over fifteen years, Will Smith was the man. He was an actor who’s movies made tons of money and were well-received critically, along with getting some play from the Oscars. He also had a personality unlike anyone else in Hollywood and was always the coolest person in the room. But over the last decade, Smith has hit a rough patch, a very brutal rough patch at that. I don’t know what happened, but Smith’s choice in…
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Joker has been a character on the silver screen for over fifty years, dating back to 1966 where the character was played by Cesar Romero in the Adam West-starring Batman. Since then, we’ve had four other interpretations of the character. We had Jack Nicholson’s clown mobster in Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman, Mark Hamill’s legendary voice-work on Batman: The Animated Series and the subsequent movies tied to that show, Heath Ledger’s award-winning interpretation that is arguably one…
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October might be my favorite movie month of the year. It’s right in the middle of the fall festival circuit, Oscar season is in full motion, and the month is loaded with interesting titles, from family films to Oscar hopefuls. This month is loaded with potentially great movies. The directors and actors that are on display this month are some of the best. We got satirical comedies, indie drams, a controversial comic book film, and…
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Renée Zellweger had one of the most prolific 2000’s of any actress. She was nominated for three Oscars and won one in 2004 for Best Supporting Actress for Cold Mountain. Along with her nominated films, Zellweger starred in critical and box office hits, ranging from smaller dramas like White Oleander to animated kids hits like Shark Tale and Bee Movie. Yet the 2010’s have been the opposite for Zellweger. With only five films and…
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In the opening scene of Lorene Scafaria’s Hustlers, we are introduced to Destiny (Constance Wu), a new stripper at a high-level strip club in New York City. For being in a loud and colorful strip club with a lot of commotion going on, this is a relatively quiet scene, as we watch as Destiny’s conservative attitude and way of dancing doesn’t get her a lot of clients, therefore not getting her a lot…
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It’s that time of year again: it’s Oscar season! This is my favorite time of the year for movies. It is when we get the best of the best from the worlds greatest actors and filmmakers. It is also fun to watch which movies come out of nowhere and surprise us and which Oscar hopefuls fall right on their face. With the Telluride Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, and Toronto International Film Festival all premiering…
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It was reported yesterday that John Woo’s 1997 action classic Face/Off is getting a remake at Paramount Studios. Face/Off is truly a classic 90’s action flick in which John Travolta plays FBI agent Sean Archer who takes the face of criminal mastermind Castor Troy (one of the greatest character names in all of cinema), played by Nicolas Cage, in order to infiltrate his gang and foil Troy’s terrorist plot. But the plan goes awry when Troy assumes the…
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In the summer of 1989 in the small Maine town called Derry, Bill, Ben, Beverly, Richie, Mike, Eddie, and Stanley, also known as the Losers Club, banded together to destroy a shape-shifting monster that disguises itself as a clown named Pennywise and preys on the children of Derry by turning into their worst nightmares. After defeating Pennywise, the Losers believe it is gone forever and make a pact that if it were…
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September is one of the more interesting months of the cinematic year. It is the month when the major fall film festivals, like Toronto, Telluride, and Venice, kick-off, officially ushering Oscar season, as well getting some fun genre films, like pre-Halloween horror flicks. In terms of quality, however, the films can be great, awards-worthy films or can be complete disasters. It’s never a boring month and this September looks quite interesting. We got a few…
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