Category: cinema reviews
The term “cliffhanger” emerged between the early 1900s and 1937 in silent films, featuring (according to Wikipedia) “a main character in a precarious or difficult dilemma, or confronted with a shocking revelation at the end…
“What’s the most resilient parasite? An Idea. A single idea from the human mind can build cities. An idea can transform the world and rewrite all the rules.” What is Christopher Nolan REALLY trying to…
Right now, Inception and The Book of Eli are battling in my mind for best film of the year. We’ve already visited the post-apocalyptic vision by screenwriter Gary Whitta and the directors Hughes with a…
SALT is an enjoyable film, and though not on par with recent Bourne and Bond entries, it is a tight – if not plausible – thriller on par with the equally plot-holed but gripping TAKEN,…
In 1984, a scary movie debuted called A Nightmare on Elm Street, birthing a scarred maniac who would lead a genre with a killer franchise for years to come. A lesser known thriller starring Dennis…
My wife and I took a road trip from Seattle to Colorado and up into Wyoming to attend a conference and see Yellowstone National Park. With a rented Mustang convertible and over 9 hours of…
“Sometimes you get to a point in life where you only love a few things, maybe even just one.” Those haunting words in The Hurt Locker sum up a spellbinding, seat-gripping drama of life that…
“You can solve the riddle of your heart.” – Nick Fury We’ve discussed Iron Man 2‘s three major themes, and looked at the legacy of Howard Stark in previous posts, but I didn’t want to miss…
All I can give you is my knowledge. – Howard Stark From the opening, smirking speech Tony delivers at the beginning of Iron Man 2 to old newsreel footage of the impetuous Stark’s very 50s father,…