Of all next-generation video game talk going around, the only question on my mind is, when will the Mad Max game come out? Well, to be fair, that and along with Kingdom Hearts III, but that game seems to be going the way of the fourth Mad Max movie in just never quite coming out…
After the cultural phenomenon that was The Sixth Sense garnered over $600 million in worldwide box office revenue and a plethora of Academy Award nominations (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay, to name a few), M. Night Shyamalan found himself in a position to make practically anything he wanted. So,…
The Marvel Cinematic Universe gravy train keeps chugging along and shows no signs of slowing down. 2013 seems poised to be a landmark year in their springboard for the future as well, with Iron Man 3 this year’s top global film so far (with 1.2 Billion dollars in receipts), Thor: The Dark World on the…
Threequelitis is a common phenomenon in film trilogies. After the initial spark of inspiration culminates in a rousing success, the filmmakers look to capitalize on that with a film that builds on what made its predecessor good and the result is something that is on the same level of quality if not better (provided of…
With his previous film Unbreakable, M. Night Shyamalan took the superhero film and whittled it down to its most restrained. The result was a moody drama that audiences didn’t flock to with as much gusto as the filmmakers pop culture phenomenon that was The Sixth Sense. For his next feature, Shyamalan went back to the…
Mad Max left off with out hero driving into the wasteland, a broken-down “shell of a man.” In this follow up, called The Road Warrior (released in Australia simply as Mad Max 2), things start up fast and never seem to slow down. The experience of watching this film is applicable to being inside a…
Directed by Joseph Kosinski Written by Joseph Kosinski, Karl Gajdusek and Michael Arndt Starring Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Melissa Leo and Morgan Freeman PG-13, 124 minutes Oblivion wears its inspirations on its sleeve but leaves its heart on ice. It takes its sweet time building to something grand in scale but…
Directed by Shane Black Written by Shane Black and Drew Pearce Starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, John Favreau, James Badge Dale, Ty Simpkins, Stephanie Szostak, William Sadler, Miguel Ferrer, and Ben Kingsley PG-13, 130 minutes Iron Man 3 arrived in theaters in a rather peculiar position. Coming hot…
I like The Village. There, I said it. I like it despite the fact it’s become quite the punching bag over the years given its statement on the trajectory of M. Night Shyamalan’s career as the movie that began his downward descent. It has its problems, sure, but I find a lot to like in…
My first entry in this column was the Spielberg film A.I., a movie I utterly despised as a nine-year old child but grew to admire and ultimately like following recent subsequent viewings. The year following A.I. Spielberg unleashed the Tom Cruise sci-fi actioner Minority Report, a movie that a mild-mannered ten year-old kid walked into…
In celebration of next year’s Mad Max videogame and the hopeful release of Mad Max: Fury Road, I will be taking a look back at one of my favorite cinematic trilogies of all time. The film that started it all, Mad Max, is not indicative of what the franchise is known for when people think…
Directed by Gore Verbinski Written by Justin Haythe, Ted Elliot, and Terry Rossio Starring Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, Tom Wilkinson, William Fichtner, Ruth Wilson, Barry Pepper, Helena Bonham Carter and James Badge Dale PG-13, 149 minutes The western has been sanded, dusted, and re-imagined several times over. It’s a necessity that has led to its…
