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New Classics: The Best Films Since 1983
So most of you by now have seen the New Classics movie list at Entertainment Weekly. Needless to say, I have my own opinions on the matter. I’ve been mulling these over for some time now, and I can’t...
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Films to Look Forward To As Oscar Season Approaches
We’re getting to that point in the year where the quality of film (hopefully) steps up, and we start seeing some greatness projected onto our cinematic screens. Which films should you keep an eye out...
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DVD Releases: Hancock, The Rocker, The Mummy 3
Hancock (coming November 25th): Considering that I think Very Bad Things is one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen, The Rundown consists of 104 minutes I’ll never get back, and The Kingdom is a...
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Ranking The Best and Worst Films Based on TV Shows
With Land of the Lost coming out this Friday– and early critical buzz seeming lukewarm at best– it reminded me of all of the other misguided film adaptations of old television shows there have been....
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Netflix Recommendation: Enemy of the State (Scott, 1998)
After spending six paragraphs letting everyone know how distracting I think Tony Scott’s visual style is from the stories he is attempting to tell, here is a film where his style perfectly fits the...
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The Karate Kid: It’s the Best… Around!
I wasn’t looking forward to this. At all. I thought the original was great and didn’t need a remake. I thought Jackie Chan hadn’t been in a good movie in forever. I thought Jaden Smith was wooden and...
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Men In Black 3: This Satisfying Sequel Effectively Neuralizes Men In Black 2
When I heard they were making a Men In Black sequel to be released a decade after the last one, I was nervous. When I heard the budget was well over what the last film made domestically, I was very...
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After Earth: This Simple Sci-Fi Story Has Plenty of Merit
It’s strange to feel the need to defend a film on the day of its release, but After Earth, the newest M. Night Shyamalan film starring Will and Jaden Smith, has been more viciously attacked the last...
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