Ryan Gosling, most famous for starring in The Notebook, stars as Dan Dunne, an inner-city junior high school teacher whose drug habits are uncovered by one of his students, thirteen-year-old Drey (Shareeka Epps).
There's a problem if your name is Oliver Stone: when your name is attached to a movie, people expect certain things. Controversy, for one. There is nothing controversial about this movie, but Paramount would have you believe otherwise, if only to create buzz and make more money.
There is nothing wrong with World Trade Center, but there's nothing great about it either.
Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Posted by: Dean Kish • July 7, 2006 @ 11:59am
Ah, yes, the almighty trilogy. In some ways, it is Hollywood's own "Dead Man's Chest", especially when it comes to a trilogy's middle film. There have been brilliant middles and weak middle films.
Hollywood's new idea of filming two sequels back-to-back was first started with the Back to the Future trilogy back in 1989. It makes a lot of sense from a business perspective.
I remember that water fountain scene so vividly from the 1987 comedy, The Secret of My Succe$s, starring Michael J. Fox. In a lot of ways while watching The Devil Wears Prada I found myself reflecting back to that film.
Why?
Well, this film's plot follows Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway), a freshly-graduated and naive young woman who comes to the big city to find a job.
Back in 1978, one film promised that audiences would believe that in fact a man could fly. That man was Christopher Reeve and he was Superman.
I have seen the new Superman: his name is Christopher Reeve. It's actually a young man named Brandon Routh, who looks like Reeve's younger brother, or son.
I am not a comic book geek, so I saw very little to complain about in Superman Returns.
The last time we saw Superman, he had saved Metropolis and the world by thwarting criminal mastermind Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey) and sending him to prison. It's been five years since that occurred and the world is a much different place.
Welcome to the 2006 version of It's a Wonderful Life.
Adam Sandler's character, an overworked architect, is trying to balance his career, his marriage, and his children. Sound familiar? In a scene many parents will be able to identify with, he can't figure out all the remotes in his house. So, off to the store to buy a universal remote.
How we all yearn to control our lives more. Stop to enjoy the beautiful moments, skip the uncomfortable situations, and advance past the work day so we can get some quality time with the people we love.
As many pop-singers and philosophers have uttered, "Life's a journey, not a destination".
They say you never know someone until you travel with them.
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