In his last two films, The Life Aquatic and The Darjeeling Limited, Wes Anderson swung far too close to the twin weaknesses of his films-- Aquatic felt so mannered and fussy as to barely be real at all, while Darjeeling got wrapped up in its tri...
Martin Scorsese knows something about surprise endings which twist meisters like M. Night Shyamalan seem to have forgotten. The twist doesn’t matter if you haven’t already told a good story. By the time Shutter Island gets to its twist, it...
Is every extraordinary true story worth adapting
to film? It seems as though we’ve heard everything before, especially
when it comes to down-on-their-luck athletes defying the odds. Well,
Michael Oher’s story is pretty much just that, s...
When asked about the challenges of turning such an iconic story into a movie, Alice in Wonderland
director Tim Burton responded this way: “I didn’t feel like there was a
definitive version to me that we were fighting against.” He’s right. As...
When asked about the challenges of turning such an iconic story into a movie, Alice in Wonderland
director Tim Burton responded this way: “I didn’t feel like there was a
definitive version to me that we were fighting against.” He’s right. As...
If there’s any reason to watch Edge of Darkness, it’s Mel Gibson, returning to acting in a starring role for the first time since 2002’s Signs.
A lot’s happened to him since then, and because it’s been so long since
we’ve really seen him, the ye...
