The name DJ Caruso may not be familiar to most moviegoers. He's been in the director's seat for a couple of movies that, despite starring the likes of Angelina Jolie, Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, and Val Kilmer, have not been seen by large audiences.
Let's do the time warp, again!
Back in 1987, the animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles debuted on television. The series ran for ten seasons and firmly planted the four Turtle brothers in pop culture for all time.
I have been a huge fan of Mark Wahlberg ever since he starred in 1996's Fear, where he starred as the unhinged boyfriend of Reese Witherspoon. I have always wanted to see him in a straight-out action picture. We have come close with films like 1999's The Corruptor, 2001's Planet of the Apes, and 2003's The Italian Job. But all those films never really let Wahlberg be an action hero.
How many times have we seen the plot where someone goes back in time to save a loved one from dying? What makes each of them stand out? What makes them a good one opposed to a bad one?
In the latest of this genre, Sandra Bullock stars as Linda Hanson, a housewife who seems to be living a standard week out of sync.
When I saw Beyond the Gates, it was called Shooting Dogs and that title for me was unforgettable. Why, you might ask? Because of what it means in the context of the film.
First of all, let me tell you what the film is about, then I will explain.
Brash, bold, bloody, and beheading was the Spartan way of warfare. Well, according to the film 300.
Based on the graphic novel by the infamous Frank Miller, 300 tells the story of the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC, where King Leonidas of Sparta (Gerard Butler) lead a brave battalion of 300 Spartans against a Persian Army that numbered over a hundred thousand.
It's been several years since David Fincher grossed and creeped us out with Se7en and exemplified unreliable narration and left us asking "did you see that frame" in regards to Fight Club.
David Fincher is one of those directors that, if you are a movie fan, you always want to see his latest project.
There have been many films about redemption and how one character has to sacrifice so much to find that grace we all desperately seek. Black Snake Moan is sort of about that, except two people turn to each other to find that hidden grace.
Black Snake Moan stars Samuel L. Jackson as Lazurus, a troubled bluesman who is suffering from a loss of faith.
FilmExchange 2007 Review: Wrath of Gods
Posted by: Paul Little • February 27, 2007 @ 4:42am
Wrath of Gods is a very interesting take on the "behind the scenes" documentary. Director Jon Gustafsson, hired for a bit part in Sturla Gunnarsson's film Beowulf & Grendel but who is also a filmmaker himself, decided to let his own camera roll from the moment the crew arrived in Iceland and document the entire process.
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