I had ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
Freddy Krueger (Jackie Earle Haley) needs a manicure. The movie: A Nightmare on Elm Street Directed by: Samuel Bayer Written by: Wesley Strick and Eric Heisserer The O.G. who created the movie: Wes Craven Famous people you will recognize: Jackie Earle Haley and Emmett Cullen –er – I mean Kellan Lutz People who are kind...
‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’ Defines Real Street Artists
Famed street artist Banksy remains hidden as in ‘Gift Shop’ The movie: Exit Through the Gift Shop Directed by: Banksy People in the documentary that hipsters will probably know: Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Thierry Guetta, Rhys Ifans (narrator), Space Invader The story: Thierry Guetta, a quirky little Frenchman who looks like Ron Jeremy, is a “filmmaker.”...
A Campy ‘Clash of the Titans’ for the 21st Century
Sam Worthington wields his sword Clash of the Titans. Photo credit: Jay Maidment The Movie: Clash of the Titans Directed by: Louis Leterrier Written by: Travis Beacham, Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi Based on the movie from: 1981 Famous people you might recognize: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes Tom Ford’s homeboy is in it:...
The feminine grit of ‘The Runaways’
Kristen Stewart (left) and Dakota Fanning find their inner-glam rock rebels as Joan Jett and Cherie Currie The movie: The Runaways Written and directed by: Floria Sigismondi Famous people you should recognize in the movie: Kristen Stewart (as Joan Jett), Dakota Fanning (as Cherie Currie), Michael Shannon (as Kim Fowley) A ‘Runaway’ under Arrested Development:...
Not everyone will fall in love with ‘Rome’
Duhamel rings a Bell in ‘When in Rome’ The story: When in Rome (not to be confused with the Olsen twin movie by the same title) is your basic story about an art gallery workaholic (Kristen Bell) who dives into a love-granting fountain in Rome to fetch some coins while in a drunken “I am...
Stay off the ‘Edge of Darkness’
The story: Detective Thomas Craven (Mel Gibson) investigates the death of his beloved daughter Emma (Bojana Novakovic) after she gets violently killed – a gun shot that he thought was meant for him. Turns out he gets a lot more than he bargained for: government conspiracy, unethical business practices, shady guys with greasy hair and...
‘Sherlock Holmes’ is a dandy action flick
Sherlock Holmes and Watson – the most handsomely dressed detectives ever. Besides the basic pop cultural idioms and deer stalker caps, the extent of my knowledge about Sherlock Holmes does not go beyond the video game I used to play on Sega Genesis. Guy Ritchie’s take on the famous uber-smart detective is an attempt to...
‘Up in the Air’ is pretty darn good
Ryan (George Clooney, left) shows Natalie (Anna Kendrick) the ropes when it comes to giving people the ax. There seems to be all this Academy Award hoopla surrounding Up in the Air. It’s been said that it’s the best movie of the year (mainly by the National Board of Review) and that it’s brilliant, fantastic,...
‘New Moon’ lives up to the book it was named after
The day that The Twilight Saga: New Moon came out in theaters is going to be known as the day that the loudest, collective tween squeal was heard around the world. In the second installment of the lovelorn book-to-movie vampire franchise, Bella (Kristen Stewart) is faced with a loss and a gain. Her vampire boyfriend...
Keep the bad accents out of ‘The Box’
James Marsden (left) and Cameron Diaz in ‘The Box’ Many quizzical brow furrows invaded my face during Richard Kelly’s latest sci-fi/thriller/drama/mystery (and if you include Cameron Diaz’s accent, you can call it a comedy) creation titled The Box. Based on Richard Matheson’s short story, Buttons, Buttons, we are introduced to an All-American couple Norma and...
I’m dying to go to ‘Zombieland’!
The new zombie action heroes: Eisenberg (left) and Harrelson Once in a while, there’s a film that reinvents the zombie genre. Zombieland isn’t that film – but that doesn’t mean it didn’t succeed in the whole “running away from mindless flesh hungry monsters” shtick. In fact, it succeeded and then some. The film decides to...
‘G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra’: Not as bad as you think
From the moment this movie was announced, it seemed to have a death wish. People were in an uproar about the casting, fanboys got their underoos in a bunch just because that’s what they do best and the “hush hush” storyline about Cobra Commander made the whole world furiously curious. To make matters worse, there...
