Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom By 1984, it was obvious that things were long overdue for a sequel to the groundbreaking action adventure opus that was Raiders Of The Lost Ark. With Steven Spielberg back in the director’s chair, George Lucas tagging along again as producer, and Harrison Ford being the most essential […]
Inglorious Basterds Tarantino’s World War II opus asks a fascinating and penetrating question: What if the Allies had taken it to the Nazis using the most ruthless, cold-blooded, and certainly unethical measures possible? The answer is provided in the form of Brad Pitt’s Lt. Aldo Raine and his gang in the jolly way they roll […]
Inland Empire This film can be looked at as David Lynch’s ultimate epic unfiltered presentation of his genius with no compromises, or the point where he finally crosses the line into muddled cinematic self indulgence. Really, it’s a little of both. For the first 45 minutes, the plot is almost linear, showcasing Laura Dern as […]
Insignificance Sometimes the most fascinating thing about celebrity is not so much what the actual person is like in real life, but rather instead the PERCEPTION of said celebrity from the point of view of the general public, based in many ways upon the image that they have of the celeb from their acting roles […]
Insomnia In all of his storied career, it’s a real shame that Robin Williams didn’t take on more sinister, evil, villainous roles, preferring instead for the most part to stick to his typecasting as a goofy, overgrown manchild in a series of saccharine sweet, cutesy poo comedies (none more horribly so than Jack), but when […]
Interview With The Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles The vampire movie subgenre has always been supplemented by that of the vampire novels, going all the way back to Bram Stoker’s seminal work of the story Dracula, which not only invented vampire literature but also laid out much of the hard groundwork for the various pieces of […]
Iron Man 2 In making a sequel to the wildly successful Iron Man, director / co-star Jon Favreau made sure to retain a number of elements from the original, most notably Robert Downey Jr. bringing ample amounts of swagger and angst as billionaire businessman Tony Stark. Downey rarely can do a role where he doesn’t […]
Island Of Dr. Moreau The depiction in cinema of the descent of a society into all out absolute anarchy within the confines of a motion picture is not the easiest thing to do most of the time, simply because so many movie sets are so tightly scripted and controlled that the urge to allow anything […]
It (1990) Stephen King’s track record in Hollywood if nothing else is one of great consistency when it comes to getting his stories optioned and made into theatrical films, so much so that a number of these films have even entered into the cycle of having remakes done with one of the more recent ones […]