Category: Movies

It is turn of the century in Belle Epoque Paris and a scandalous romp is underfoot. The sensational tale begins as the ravishing Lea (Michelle Pfeiffer) contemplates retirement from her renowned stature as Paris’s most envied seductress to the rich and famous. Her plans are cut short when she is approached by a former courtesan…

This is a drama that weighs on you like a ton of bricks as generations are affected by those before them — the things they know; the things they don’t know and what they’ll soon learn. Blue Valentine director Derek Cianfrance exhibits his talent to tackle a sweeping narrative that runs all of two hours and 20 minutes, and…

It was recently announced Stephanie Sigman (Miss Bala) had been added to the cast of the upcoming James Bond movie, Spectre. Casting reports referred to Sigman as the first Mexican “Bond girl”, a character named Estrella, but a story at Tax Analysts brings word the casting was part of a much bigger story. Once emails leaked out of Sony last…

Columbia Pictures’ Gridiron Gang tells the gritty and powerfully emotional story of juvenile detention camp probation officer Sean Porter (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson), who, along with another officer, Malcolm Moore (Xzibit), turns a group of hard core teenage felons into a high school football team in four weeks. Confronted with gang rivalries and bitter hatred between his…

The Rock, will portray Alec Sects, commander of the world’s most sophisticated spy vehicle, the G-8155 Interceptor. In addition, Universal Pictures has brought four of the most talented professionals in the entertainment industry together – Chuck Gordon and Adrian Askarieh as producers and Michael Brandt and Derek Hass as writers. Brandt and Hass most recently…

SYNOPSIS: Happy Feet is a comedy adventure set in the land of the Emperor Penguins in the heart of Antarctica. These penguins sing, each needing their own special song to attract a soul mate. Unfortunately, our hero Mumble (Elijah Wood), son of Memphis (Hugh Jackman) and Norma Jean (Nicole Kidman), is the worst singer in the world……

The talent involved suggests you’re probably going to get something funnier than The Incredible Burt Wonderstone ends up being. Alternatively the film’s awful marketing campaign, would suggest the opposite. In the end I guess it’s a wash as it’s hardly the disaster I expected it to be, but not exactly a show-stopper. Burt Wonderstone plays nicely for its…

I almost made the mistake of starting this review with all the worthless information we’re fed at the beginning of the film. Truth is, while After Earth establishes a timeline one thousand years after humans abandoned Earth for a planet called Nova Prime, the details established during the film’s opening minutes are relatively insignificant. Then again, so…

A dramatic comedy by award-winning playwright Adam Rapp, Winter Passing charts the fractious reunion of an estranged father and daughter. Struggling twenty-something actress Reese Holden (Zooey Deschanel) has been promised a small fortune for publication of love letters written by her legendary, but reclusive father, novelist Don Holden (Ed Harris), to his late wife, also…

The Lone Ranger is deathly dull, which is quite a shame as it not only has a decent conceit for a Western, but also has an obvious appreciation for the history of the Western and films in general. The main problem arises in the tonal imbalance resulting in a bloated effort that wants to not only…