Cooperative movie productions have become fairly common in Hollywood. Studios pool their resources, minimize risk by sharing the production costs, even if it means sharing credits with your competitor. In business terms that is a major step, as anyone can [...]
With the name Steven Spielberg screaming at you first thing on the front of the Blu-Ray cover of "Super 8" you expect big things – naturally. I was really excited to give the film a look, as I had not been able to catch it in theaters. [...]
When I heard that Tsui Hark's latest film, "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame" came to Blu-Ray Disc, I simply had to have a copy to check out. Ever since I saw "A Chinese Ghost Story" in my youth, I've been a [...]
No one, I think, could have predicted how successful and beloved the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise would become when Disney first announce plans to turn the theme park ride into a full-fledged movie. And yet, here we are with the fourth [...]
Since the dawn of the digital age revolutionizing filmmaking, superhero movies have become a standard fare of the industry. Even the most obscure of characters have been turned into live action films, while some of the bigger names were, interestingly [...]
For the past decade, we have seen superhero movies a dime a dozen. With the digital revolution in filmmaking, at last, came the ability to put to film some of the stories that had previously been limited by the laws of physics, nature, if not the universe [...]
Paul W.S. Anderson is the director behind films such as "Event Horizon, " "Resident Evil, " "Death Race" and as such knows a thing or two about action films. In this film, "Soldier," he is teaming up with Kurt [...]
It went mostly unnoticed in theaters, presumable because the lack of big star power and a largely unfamiliar director simply made it very hard for the studio to get people into theater seats. It is too, bad, really, because "The Eagle" is a [...]
Clint Eastwood is a man of many talents and as an actor he has become absolutely iconoclastic in two very different genres. His action-thriller Dirty Harry character is still one of the toughest cops around, and his portrayal of the Man Without Name [...]
"Once Upon A Time In The West" is uniformly hailed as Sergio Leone's best film. While his entire body of work is and remains impressive, every renewed viewing of "Once Upon A Time In The West" creates an increased sense of [...]
