Bourne Identity The spy movie genre had become somewhat mired due for the most part to the Bond Franchise, an ongoing mélange of a top secret agent happily doing his job for Queen and Country against the most notorious set of villains imaginable. Most real world scenarios though, would paint a different picture, that of […]
Bourne Supremacy When the time came for this 2004 sequel to the smash hit Bourne Identity, the changeups in command were certainly wide spread. Original director Doug Liman was let go for allowing the first film’s budget to spiral out of control and was replaced by relative newcomer Paul Greengrass, making his debut on an […]
Bram Stoker’s Dracula Coppola’s only true foray into the horror genre is a masterpiece and will stand the test of time as the definitive telling of the story. On the techncal side, everything, directing, cinematography, costumes, set design, FX, makeup, sound, is top of the line and as perfect as can be. Coppola manages to […]
Breakdown One of the most inherent and irrational fears of many people (especially Northern liberals) is that of the presumably All American yet still ominously looming in the backwoods Southern redneck, at times an unfair stereotype (since many country type people are actually very nice) but also a fear that is not always necessarily connected […]
Breakfast At Tiffany’s I will say this: Audrey Hepburn does a GREAT job at playing a devil-may-care free spirit, and the chemistry between her and George Peppard is pretty damm palpable. That being said, the film meanders TERRIBLY during its first hour, casually introducing supporting characters and situations with no real bearing to the main […]
Breakfast Club A true multi-character piece in every sense of the word, John Hughes’ seminal 1985 Grand Masterpiece did more than just become a successful teen movie, but through its incredible writing and acting, literally broke down barriers in the way that American high school students perceived themselves and others, so much so that as […]
Bride Of Chucky For the fourth chapter in the adventures of the killer dolly, the influence of Scream (released two years before) is evident in the self-referential tone, as director Ronny Yu places several quick nods in the first 30 seconds alone to Jason, Freddy, Leatherface, and Michael Myers, and a later kill is an […]
Bridge On The River Kwai In many ways a clear inspiration for Apocalypse Now, David Lean’s WWII epic from 1957 suffers from a bit of schizophrenic storytelling with its desire to split its primary scenes between its two lead actors with mixed results. On one hand, we have Alec Guinness, brilliant and peerless as a […]
Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia There can be little debate amongst movie buffs that two of the greatest mavericks in the history of cinema were director Sam Peckinpah and actor Warren Oates. Peckinpah was a notoriously hard driving individual who was not above physically assaulting either movie producers or studio executives, drank gallons […]