Well even after seeing The Golden Compass, I am still left to wonder what the big controversy is all about. I had never read the book series that New Line Cinema is hoping to be the next Harry Potter and if the film is an indication of what is to come. I am not …
It is easy to confuse the concepts of “virtual reality” and a “computerized model of reality (simulation).” The former is a self-contained Universe, replete with its “laws of physics” and “logic.” It can bear resemblance to the real world or not. It can be consistent or not. It can interact with the real world …
The Truman Show is a profoundly disturbing movie. On the surface, it deals with the worn out issue of the intermingling of life and the media. Examples for such incestuous relationships abound: Ronald Reagan, the cinematic president was also a presidential movie star. In another movie (The Philadelphia Experiment) a defrosted Rip Van Winkle …
Forget animated characters, Mike Myers is back in his first original role since Austin Powers and he doesn’t disappoint. The Love Guru is a thinly veiled homage to Deepak Chopra, focusing on the travails of one guru who has to break a curse, reunite a couple and get a hockey team to the Stanley …
Based on the novel written by Neil Gaiman and directed by Matthew Vaughn, Stardust features a star-studded cast including Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Sienna Miller, Ricky Gervais, Jason Flemyng, Peter O’Toole, with Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro. Stardust is set in England and goes to la-la-land, another magical world, as the story progresses. …
Many fans may have seen a version of Sweeney Todd in one of its many incarnations in theaters, often as a musical, and on television. Now it’s an exciting production that reunites Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. Some of the world’s most talented actors join them in what is sure to become a classic …
Watching movies can be one of the most comfortable experiences in the world. Imagine sitting comfortably in your couch next to someone you really love, both of you just enjoying a really good, Oscar type movie. You know… the ones where you just watched them and somehow you start to think you’re the main …
Over the years, Tahiti and Polynesia have provided novelists and moviemakers with colorful subject matter. Early travelers told of wanton women on tropical shores, and Fletcher Christian added drama to the plot by leading a mutiny against the tyrannical Captain Bligh. In 1934 American writers Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall brought out the …
It’s hard to think of a sadder commentary about Hollywood’s sequel fetish than the existence of Rush Hour 3. Dull, uninspired, and redundant, this third pointless movie in an action/comedy franchise that defines mediocrity doesn’t even try to disguise the fact that its existence is a money-grab. I wasn’t a fan of either previous …
While nobody can predict when death will pay them a visit and cut their life short, according to the movie P.S. I Love You, with some applied imagination and strategic planning in advance, you might be able to cheat the Grim Reaper just a little. Or in this case at least, from beyond the …