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 […]
The Island Sir Michael Caine is certainly one of the Grand Old Troopers of modern movie acting, having gone from role to role knowing the possibility of greatness was always at hand but (even while winning two Oscars in the process) sometimes happening upon a project where the end results were less than satisfactory which […]
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 […]
It’s A Mad Mad Mad Mad World Film Comedy has had quite a history when it comes to the epic, all-star ensemble projects in which a large cast of characters who (more often than not) engage in some sort of competition in order to achieve a desired goal, ranging in everything from The Cannonball Run […]
Jackal When is a remake not a remake? Well, even though such enterprises are (rightfully) shunned by those with discerning cinema tastes while the masses still continue to wolf it down their throats to this day, there is also the matter of having a new film be more of a “reboot” or really a modern […]
Jackass: The Movie With its formula of having its crew perpetuate self-abuse in the name of comedy plus playing malicious pranks on unsuspecting marks (which clearly inspired Borat), this 2002 release (based on the cult MTV reality show) cannot clearly be classified as a movie to be reviewed, but rather a series of ever-increasing comedy […]
Jackie Brown After capturing the attention of critics and audiences with 1992’s Reservoir Dogs and then (according to some people) completely changing the face of the film industry with 1994’s Pulp Fiction, there was little doubt that Quentin Tarantino’s eagerly awaited next film in 1997 had a hell of a lot to live up to, […]
Jailhouse Rock Considered one of, if not the best movie made by Elvis Presley in his rather undistinguished acting career (of which he made about 30 films), this 1957 musical also eerily paralleled The King’s own meteoric rise to the top as one of the most famous celebrities to ever live. Elvis plays a happy […]