Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention, please? You’ve been patient. You’ve been diligent. You’ve been loyal. Now, for demonstrating such tremendous qualities, such incredible attributes, such unbelievable resolve, you shall be rewarded! Friends, bloggers, Earthlings, lend me your ears! The time has come, yet again, for you to get your proper dose of excitement,…
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan Written by M. Night Shyamalan and Gary Whitta Starring Jaden Smith, Will Smith, Sophie Okenodo, and Zoe Kravitz PG-13, 100 minutes The earlier work of M. Night Shyamalan had a profound effect on my movie-going tendencies. So much so that his recent cinematic contributions have been more disheartening to me…
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…
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…
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…
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…
