High Noon Originally written and conceived as an attack on McCarthyism and the Communist witch hunts of the 1950s, Fred Zinnemann’s classic Western today stands ironically as the story of one lone man with integrity as he not only faces four deadly outlaws looking to kill him, but also the apathy and cowardice of the […]
Highlander Sometimes a most unusual situation arises when it comes to a movie concept that potentially can be expanded into a franchise, which is, what if the original movie is so good AND manages to wrap up all possible story threads by the end, that any possibility for a sequel within that film’s universe is […]
Highlander: Endgame As for being the film that officially sees the “passing of the torch” from Christopher Lambert to Adrian Paul, this film has its moments: Lambert’s legendary Connor MacLeod is portrayed as a broken man, emotionally devastated by the loss of several loved ones over the ages, and not much willing to go on […]
A History Of Violence While not necessarily on the level of some of Cronenberg’s Grand Masterpieces of horror, this certainly ranks as a step up in maturity and storytelling for the auteur. Actually, with its brisk 95-minute running time, it really is one of the rare films that leave you wanting MORE. I wanted more […]
Hitman Adapting a video game into a movie is rarely a good idea, as the types that whittle away hours of their lives trying to conquer the latest Playstation release are not accustomed to appreciating little subtleties like story, character development, and sensible plots (the Resident Evil movies are examples of this), and thus the […]
Holcroft Covenant It can be sad to see when something such as this with a pretty solid story (based on the novel by Bourne Series scribe Robert Ludlum) and interesting premise can be undone by VERY bad production values that reduce it to grade-b territory, perhaps because this was an exclusively European production shot and […]
Hollywood Knights Essentially an R-rated version of American Graffiti with a dash of Porky’s, director Floyd Mutrux tries a little too hard in the opening minutes to force this film’s brand of humor on the audience. Everything seems a bit rushed, as if we’re following these characters without having been properly introduced to them. After […]
Hollywoodland Easily the biggest mistake director Allen Coulter made here was that he did NOT take a page from the book of Orson Welles when he made Citizen Kane: Whereas Welles made the character of the reporter covering the story of Kane into an almost faceless entity, here Coulter tries way too hard to make […]