Sadly there is very little glory or pride to be found in Gavin O’Connor’s Pride and Glory. an attempt at a gritty New York City police crime drama involving a family with a deep history of service wearing the blue uniforms of NYPD’s Finest.
Director Roger Donaldson (No Way Out) brings the story of an actual bank robbery to the big screen, with major elements of truth involved that were covered up by British secrecy laws; and somehow it all works. Yet, the final impression of The Bank Job starring Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays…
Meet Borat. He come to America to study our culture. He is very funny guy although he not intend to be.
Casino Royale is the 21st film in the James Bond series (not counting the spoof version of the same title and 1983’s Never Say Never Again); and the first to star Daniel Craig as the British superspy, 007. Martin Campbell directs from a screenplay by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Paul Haggis that is very…
Good morning ladies and gentlemen and welcome aboard New Line Cinema’s non-stop adventure flight Snakes on a Plane, with flight crew of director David R. Ellis (Cellular, Final Destination 2) and screenwriters John Hefferman and Sebastian Gutierrez. Please remember to stow all logic and scientific knowledge of snakes in the overhead compartments, make sure your…
The roots of Accepted, the new comedy film directed by Steve Pink and starring Justin Long, Jonah Hill, Blake Lively, Maria Thayer and Lewis Black, can be found in Animal House, Revenge of the Nerds and a skit from Saturday Night Live on the subject of not getting into any college. That is exactly what…
The Devil Wears Prada, starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway, with Stanley Tucci and Emily Blount in strong supporting roles, is from an acclaimed novel by Lauren Weisberger which I have not read. The good news is that you do not have to have read the novel to enjoy this film that takes a great…
The Break-Up stars Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston as a Chicago couple who buy a condo together and then after their relationship breaks up, neither one wants to move out. An odd situation to say the least, and one that is ripe with comic potential, particularly when you have two actors who are so adept…
The controversy swirling around the film version of Dan Brown’s novel The Da Vinci Code is based on religious issues. If you choose to read the novel or view the film and focus solely on the religious aspects and their history, then you will probably be disappointed or upset by the movie. However, if you choose…
