With so much controversy, an echo of a horror legend, and an Oscar winning actress, why is Birth so boring?
Birth stars Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman as Anna, a wealthy socialite who loses her husband quite suddenly on a tepid fall day.
Did we really know the whole legend of the late great Ray Charles? If director Taylor Hackford and screenwriter James L. White have anything to say, we really didn't.
Proof of Life director Taylor Hackford's latest film Ray chronicles the trials, tribulations, and life-altering moments of the late entertainer.
I've never met Ray Charles and never seen him perform, but he must have been a lot like Jamie Foxx. Mister Foxx becomes Ray Charles in the biopic Ray.
I'm not the biggest fan of the director â€" Taylor Hackford can be a bit of a hack. Item â€" Proof of Life with Russell Crowe and Meg Ryan.
Where does the barrier between grisly and mainstream films begin?
In the new film, Saw, that very aspect is explored so much that for more than half the film you aren't sure what you are witnessing.
Saw's premise begins something like this:
Please excuse the enthusiasm that will inevitably bubble over throughout this review, as I am about to give my first "horror" five-star rating.
Review: Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Posted by: Mark McLeod • October 29, 2004 @ 11:59am
Japanese animation comes in many flavors: manga, anime, and now in recent years computer-generated. However, when looked back upon, there are a few distinct legendary animated films to come from the land of the Rising Sun. Akira, probably the best known anime of all time, and Ghost in the Shell, a film which has spawned numerous comic book series and television adaptations.
Anna (Nicole Kidman) and Sean are a happy couple. Anna has a good job at a New York City marketing firm and Sean is happy and enjoys spending most of his spare time jogging in Central Park. One winter's day, he collapses suddenly and without reason, and once the medical reports come in he has passed on, leaving Anna a widow in her mid thirties/early forties.
Sarah Michelle Gellar stars as Karen, a foreign exchange student working at a Tokyo medical clinic that provides palliative care for its patients.
One day, Karen hears that her co-worker Yoko hasn't shown up for work and is asked by her supervisor Alex (Ted Raimi) to cover for Yoko.
As far as Ben Affleck movies go, Surviving Christmas is pretty good.
VIFF: Long films, short films... why can't they all just get along?
Posted by: Mark McLeod • October 20, 2004 @ 12:00am
Short films are different than feature length movies in many ways. Throughout the year, the only real venue to see them is at various film festivals throughout the world or on specialty cable channels like Bravo or Showcase, who devote air time in between feature films and other television series to their airing.
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