Superman Returns The Superman Movie Franchise that starred Christopher Reeve was a groundbreaking phenomenon that set an impossibly high bar for a type of film during an era in which there was nothing else like it (and long before they became a fast food flavored, no big deal type of âeventâ film like they are […]
Superman: The Movie And to think that there was a time when comic book movies werenât a staple of our modern cinematic landscape. When all cinemas were filled with were so called âseriousâ films competing for our dollars instead of CGI filled superhero fests loaded with big name actors and any number of spectacular storylines. […]
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street In Tim Burtonâs adaptation of Stephen Sondheimâs musical, there is certainly a lot to savor here: The costumes, set designs, cinematography, and overall LOOK and feel of the piece are top-notch, and then there is Johnny Deppâs performance as the title character. Having reportedly never sang publicly […]
Syriana Traffic screenwriter Stephen Gaghanâs directorial debut turns out to be a slow, horribly paced, extended diatribe against capitalism, American Neo-conservatives, and big oil corporations (which even left-wing pariah Bill OâReilly has taken a stand against in recent years) in general. I shouldnât have been surprised to see Steven Soderberghâs name listed as a producer, […]
Sympathy For The Devil Revolutionary politics, whether it be The Bolsheviks in the 1910s or the more recent âQâ movement, have always differed in terms of exactly âwhat they wantâ but the goals have always been the same: to overthrow the current governmental system to install what they feel is a âbetter wayâ. In no […]
Take The Lead Basically a version of Stand And Deliver for the Dancing With The Stars crowd, this film can also be shown as what happens with Antonio Banderas when he winds up cast in a role that is perfect for him. As the real-life Pierre Dulaine, an upper-class dance teacher who volunteers to teach […]
Taken Sometimes an action movie needs to go out and make no pretentions about what it is, and strive to be more like their main characters, which is lean, mean and efficient. Thus is the case with this 2008 release, a film that from the getgo doesnât screw around: It introduces its lead in the […]
Tales From The Crypt: Demon Knight Starting in 1989, the Tales From The Crypt series on HBO was one of the greatest breakthrough TV series in cable history, smashing the boundaries imposed by the alphabet soup networks to give us something that they never could: A TV horror anthology based upon the old, controversial EC […]
Tangled If thereâs one thing that Disney has gotten right over all these years when it comes to their animated movies, itâs their depiction of female characters. From Snow White to Cinderella to Ariel to Belle to Jessica Rabbit, the Disney animators have crafted some absolutely BEAUTIFUL âdream womenâ and brought them to life in […]
Taps Sometimes, you might come upon a movie with a completely outlandish and wholly unrealistic premise because the process of telling the actual story itself results in opening an entire Pandoraâs Box of morality questions and societal probabilties related either directly or indirectly to that very story. While rare, this type of movie does come […]