Argo, Psychopaths: Let’s Fake a Movie!
By coincidence, the titles of both movies this week refer to movies within the movies. Neither Argo nor Seven Psychopaths is really about the...
Chasing Cars
OK, this one’s easy. Disney is looking for its own car-chase movie to rival The Fast & The Furious while that series is on...
Try and Fail
Nelson Mandela reportedly said that if an actor ever were to portray him on screen, he'd want it to be Morgan Freeman. Well, with...
The Top 10
This past year, I spent more time in multiplexes than anyone who doesn’t work for a movie theater, and I didn’t get sick. Vaccinations...
The Other Elizabeth
In 1998, an Indian director and his Australian leading lady collaborated on Elizabeth, a chilling historical drama that brought their largely unknown names to...
Oscar Worthy?
When two British vets of nature documentaries, one of whom was the executive producer on the landmark films The Blue Planet and Planet Earth,...
Resident Evil: Afterlife Bores
The fourth Resident Evil game was a thrilling reinvention of the series, ditching zombies for more unusual monsters. It also was a fast-paced story...
Playing the Heavy
Fat men sometimes serve as tragic figures in movies. Notorious is a tragedy, but the main character's fatness isn't what marks him for doom...
Presto!
Back in 2013, Now You See Me was seen by audiences as a nice surprise and by critics as largely flashy but empty sleight...
John Wick: Last Man Standing
How many ways can you shoot a man in the face? John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum has the answer: Three, just like the...
