Troy: Director’s Cut It’s been a long time since the heyday of the truly epic movie, films that spanned the length of being over 3 (or 4) hours in length and featured a multitude of big name actors playing a wide variety of characters. Films such as Gone With The Wind, Cleopatra, and Lawrence Of […]
True Romance It is hard to pinpoint just what exactly is the greatest ensemble cast piece of all time, as several would point out films such as It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World, The Longest Day, or even Pulp Fiction. The winner, in this reviewer’s humble opinion, would have to be this 1993 underrated […]
12 Angry Men With all the controversy over the acquittals in a number of high profile trials recently, it’s easy to forget that the burden rests on the prosecution in order to prove guilt BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT, and the reason certain people got off was more due to incompetence on the prosecutor’s part than […]
Twelve Monkeys Movies with multiple layers of meaning can be extremely hard to pull off historically, especially when you take into consideration the tolerance level of most viewers along with their attention spans, leading most to agree that it’s a rather futile effort. Keep it simple and one dimensional, and you’ve got yourself a winner, […]
28 Days Later Zombie films, despite being popular staples with amateur low-budget (and low-talent) filmmakers, are always a Catch-22 subgenre of horror since George Romero essentially said everything there is to say with his Living Dead films, but occasionally a fresh idea or two pops to the surface. Here, Danny Boyle makes his contagion a […]
24: Redemption Serving as a bridge between Seasons 6 and 7 of the acclaimed action TV series, this was actually thrown together ¾ of the way through the filming of Season 7, whose production was held up due to star Kiefer Sutherland’s legal problems as a way to satisfy the fans’ craving while waiting over […]
