This ain't no Frankenstein that Mary Shelley envisioned. »»
Best trailer campaign I've seen in quite a while gets some nice Super Bowl coverage. »»
One of my most anticipated releases of the year gets a full trailer! »»
The Kids Are All Right leads all nominees. »»
Columbia Pictures wastes little time in getting audiences amped up for spring 2011. »»
Philip K. Dick: a master writer of science fiction. John Woo: a master filmmaker of Hong Kong Action. Ben Affleck: an underrated actor that a lot of people hate for some reason, but I really like. It would seem like an easy assumption that the combination of these three good things would equal a good movie. But we all know what happens when one assumes. »»
Along with the film’s title being misleading, the trailer was misleading as well. It made the movie out to be a funny and touching coming of age story that also dealt with racism towards Muslims. Honestly, I was excited to see this movie. I wanted to see how Alan Ball, the writer of one of my personal Top 10 Films of all time and my favorite show of all time, would deal with all of these very relevant issues Towelhead, the sex movie with the racist title, was a big disappointment. »»
There's always a passing of the guard in nearly every facet of entertainment, some more profound than others. Dwayne Johnson seemingly took the torch of "muscled action hero" from Arnold Schwarzenegger with an oft-forgotten pass by in The Rundown. The Dark Knight featured Heath Ledger taking the torch from Brandon Lee as the "talented young actor who died young right before an iconic role and lives on in t-shirts" part. It just happened that The Dark Knight was the best film of the year and maybe the best of the decade. »»
"It's not about the money. It's about sending a message." (The Joker, after he found out how much money The Dark Knight made in theaters) »»
Well, he's sure no Two-Face in this film! »»
Ever since Paycheck, Aaron Eckhart's career has been going the opposite the direction than his co-star Ben Affleck. At the time Affleck was coming off a series of hits that had directly preceded Gigli, his colossal bomb that he starred alongside Jennifer Lopez. Paycheck was his last gasp at being the A-list actor who could still rule the box office. Eckhart was the generic evil corporate head who Affleck had to defeat to win the day, another top actor in a generic bad guy. »»
