— by ADAM POYNTER — I will start off by saying the concept for “The Switch” seemed a bit formulaic at first. With recent romantic comedies failing at the box office and also in the movie-goers’ eyes to impress on any level of originality or authenticity, the directing team of J[...]
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Under Review: ‘Charlie St. Cloud’
— by ADAM POYNTER — Stepping away from the genre that made him famous, Zac Efron decided not to do another movie connected to musicals or dancing. So he turned down the main role in the “Footloose” remake to do something new and different. “Charlie St. Cloud” — based off th[...]
Three Featurettes from ‘The Expendables’
— by ADAM POYNTER — Not for a long time, if ever has there been a collection of A-List action stars together in one film as there is for “The Expendables.” Written, directed and also starring is Sylvester Stallone (one busy guy). Releasing a series of separate behind-the-scenes[...]
Under Review: ‘Despicable Me’
— by ADAM POYNTER — Co-directed by Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin — two new-comers to directing who both have a background in story and animation — “Despicable Me” is one of the few animated movies being widely released this year that isn’t by a major studio like “Pix[...]
Under Review: ‘The Last Airbender’
— by ADAM POYNTER — M. Night Shyamalan (director of “The Sixth Sense,” “Signs” and, more recently, “The Happening”) is back with another movie that he wrote, produced and directed. With the past few films he made being publicly and critically panned, his new movie “The Last[...]
Under Review: ‘Knight and Day’
— by ADAM POYNTER — Summer must be here, because it’s all spies, car chases and adventure. Roaring back to the screen in the new action comedy “Knight and Day” is director James Mangold — who has co-written and directed films such as “3:10 to Yuma,” “Walk the Line,” [...]
Under Review: ‘Jonah Hex’
— by ADAM POYNTER — I will start my review by stating the most obvious point: this film is only 80 minutes long. At only 1 hour and 20 minutes, everything in the film was rushed and nothing delved into deeper because of a lack of time. Due to that fact, I’ll try to make […][...]
Legendary Pays High Six Figures for Travis Beacham Sci-Fi Script
— by ADAM POYNTER — Legendary Pictures — the company that brought us such hits as “Batman Begins,” “300,” “The Dark Knight,” “Watchmen” and “The Hangover” — is now up for a little extraterrestrial visitation. Legenda[...]
Under Review: ‘Get Him to the Greek’
— by ADAM POYNTER — Springing to life from the brilliant minds of Judd Apatow, Jason Segel and Nicolas Stoller comes the new comedy “Get Him to the Greek.” It is produced by Apatow (“40 Year Old Virgin,” “Knocked Up,” “Superbad,” “Forgetting [...]
Under Review: ‘Splice’
— by ADAM POYNTER — Definition: SPLICE — to unite or join together different parts. Genetics: to join different segments of DNA together to create a new entity. That is exactly what happens in the new film “Splice” from Vincenzo Natali (director of 1997’s “Cube”) who [...]
Under Review: ‘Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time’
— by ADAM POYNTER — “The Prince of Persia” is a popular video game series that started in 1989. It was spawned as a basic 2D game and has gone through many improvements in graphics and different storylines since then — 14 to date actually. So it was inevitable that this[...]
New Version of ‘Judge Dredd’ Coming
— by ADAM POYNTER — When you hear the term “Judge Dredd,” most of us of us think about the dark and yet laughable 1995 film starring Sylvester Stallone, Diane Lane and Rob Schneider. The public and critics alike agreed that film was just plain bad, even the star of the film Sylvester[...]