At about the ten-minute mark of Primer, Shane Carruth’s directorial debut, we have a shot of our fledgling engineers/super best friends talking over their work as the camera lingers from the outside through windows in the garage door like some ineffectual voyeur. The camera, and we, are ineffectual in the sense that for the most…
Directed by Zack Snyder Written by David S. Goyer Starring Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Russell Crowe, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Antje Traue, Laurence Fishburne, Ayelet Zurer, Christopher Meloni, Richard Schiff, and Harry Lennix PG-13, 143 minutes Man of Steel is the second best Superman movie ever made, but that claim comes along with…
Directed by David Twohy Written by David Twohy, Oliver Butcher, and Stephen Cornwell Starring Vin Diesel, Katee Sackhoff, Matt Nable, Jordi Molla, Dave Bautista, Bokeem Woodbine, Raoul Trujillo and Karl Urban R, 119 minutes Riddick, the third film in the titular character’s saga, is proof positive that The Last Crusade syndrome is still in full…
Directed by J.J. Abrams Written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof Starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Benedict Cumberbatch, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Alice Eve, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Bruce Greenwoosd, and Peter Weller PG-13, 132 minutes The Star Trek franchise has seen its ups and downs on a regular basis. A…
*Minor spoilers abound, this movie did come at over ten years ago so I feel okay touching on them. You have been warned. In my opinion, Vampires have never been as interesting as when they’re squaring off against Wesley Snipes. Being the first Marvel character to hit the big screen in a serious fashion despite…
Directed by Marc Forster Written by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Drew Goddard, and Damon Lindelof Starring Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, James Badge Dale, Daniella Kertesz, Fana Mokoena and David Morse PG-13, 116 minutes I had a conversation with someone once who claimed the zombie narrative was dead despite its current re-emergence into the pop culture lexicon….
Written & Directed by Juan Diego Solanas Starring Jim Sturgess, Kirsten Dunst, Timothy Spall, Jayne Heitmeyer, and Blu Mankuma PG-13, 107 minutes Bad science fiction and fantasy has a way of sticking with you. Not bad in the sense that what’s being depicted couldn’t possibly happen, as anything can be credibly realized cinematically. Nor in…
One of my favorite movies is the 1985 dark comedy about bureaucracy gone wild, Brazil. In what other movie could you see a character be literally buried by paperwork? The director, Terry Gilliam (the only American born member of the Monty Python comedy troupe, he has since renounced his American citizenship) has always been a…
I read an article prior to the beginning of last years summer movie season that basically said all summers after that one could be considered redundant. With that year’s offerings of the Spider-Man reboot and the culmination of Marvel Studios’ ambitious Avengers plans as well as Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy, how could any subsequent…
I am unabashed Will Smith fan. Always have been. In fact, I even owned all of his rap CD’s back in the day, including his Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff ones. In short, if it’s got that Big Willie Style, I am there. That mindset spread into this summer as well with After Earth,…
Directed by Edgar Wright Written by Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman, Eddie Marsan, Rosamund Pike, and Pierce Brosnan R, 109 minutes It’s always interesting when two movies that cover very similar terrain are released in close proximity to one another. Sure, people always spew about the…
Directed by Jeff Wadlow Screenplay by Jeff Wadlow based on the comic series “Kick-Ass 2” and “Hit-Girl” by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. Starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloe Grace Moretz, Chritopher Mintz-Plasse, Jim Carrey, Clarke Duke, Donald Faison, Claudia Lee, Morris Chestnut, Lindy Booth, Lindsey Fonseca and John Leguizamo R, 103 minutes Something feels a…
