– by BEN FOWLER – A moderately-successful film followed by the (now) third most successful film of all time — sounds like a threequel would be a sure thing, no? Not in the Caped Crusader’s case it appeared. After 2008’s uber smash-hit “The Dark Knight,” director...
Posts Tagged ‘Gary Oldman’
January 17th, 2010 - 8:51 pm § in Reviews
Under Review: ‘The Book of Eli’
– by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI – Post-apocalyptic films commonly use a bleak representation of the world to illustrate a political message. Besides an occasional “Oh, God” blurted out by one of its leads, it’s rare for a director to look at a nuclear wasteland through a...
January 14th, 2010 - 1:13 pm § in Clips
Eleven Clips from ‘The Book of Eli’
– by ROBERT DeFEIS – Those of you reading this have probably already seen the trailer and, if you have any doubts about this being a fantastic film, these clips should put any of those thoughts into hibernation and will most likely get you to the theater this Friday to see the film. I am...
January 13th, 2010 - 1:53 am § in Features
Behind the Stunts in ‘The Book of Eli’
– by CAM SMITH – Thus far, the Hughes Brothers (Albert and Allen for the curious) are three-for-three in regards to their fictional film work — I’ve yet to see their “American Pimp” documentary — with “Menace 2 Society,” “Dead Presidents” and “From Hell” all...
December 25th, 2009 - 8:04 am § in Clips
Six Clips From ‘Disney’s A Christmas Carol’
– by CAM SMITH – It’s been almost 10 years since Robert Zemeckis directed a film with flesh-and-blood actors in front the camera and I don’t really see this as a particularly stellar accomplishment. His first two experimentations with motion-capture animation — “The Polar...
December 2nd, 2009 - 11:39 am § in Posters & Trailers
Poster Peek: ‘The Book of Eli’
– by ALEXA MILAN – January is usually a pretty unexciting time for new movies, but hopefully the latest film from Albert and Allen Hughes will be an exception. “The Book of Eli” is set in a post-apocalyptic America, a bleak and violent society where the world as people once knew it...
November 20th, 2009 - 9:09 pm § in Reviews
Under Review: ‘Planet 51′
– by JOEL CRARY – Compared to “Wall-E,” the Pixar animated film about a robot who journeys into outer space and finds out more about humanity’s place in the grand scheme of things, “Planet 51″ is pretty inert. It’s a film about first contact...
November 14th, 2009 - 3:33 pm § in Clips
Ten Clips From ‘Planet 51′
– by SEAN GERSKI – When the Academy Awards nominations are announced on Feb. 2, 2010, there will be great anticipation over which animated movies made the cut for the Animated Feature Film category. In some years, it is hard to justify even three films receiving nominations...
November 8th, 2009 - 9:24 pm § in Clips
A Clip From ‘Planet 51′
– by JOSUE SANCHEZ – There is a lot to be said about the clip for the movie “Planet 51” shown below. To me, it is smart to not just show a montage of different clips from a movie, but to provide a two-minute clip of perhaps a key moment instead. In this case, that’s...
September 28th, 2009 - 7:32 pm § in Posters & Trailers
Trailer Talk: ‘The Book of Eli’
– by ROB COX – The Hughes Brothers haven’t directed a movie since 2001’s “From Hell,” a film I liked a lot. Their latest release, “The Book of Eli,” stars Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman. I’ve never been a huge fan of Washington, though I’m usually game ...
September 17th, 2009 - 12:00 pm § in Posters & Trailers
Trailer Talk: ‘Disney’s A Christmas Carol’
– by JON MARTINCIC – Robert Zemeckis is doing “A Christmas Carol.” Need I say more? It’s an animated version of the Charles Dickens classic tale and from the looks of the trailer, it’s done very well. Zemeckis — whose resume includes the “Back to the Future” trilogy...
