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Walking out of Live Free or Die Hard, my first thought was, ‘Man, we could really use another Die Hard right about now.’ Some of you may not have been alive at the time, but the original Die Hard was a landmark because of how it went against the grain of the… Continue reading
I'm A Cyborg, But That's OK is playing as part of the New York Asian Film Festival. You can see the movie on Sunday, June 24 at 6:20pm at the IFC Center, or Saturday, June 30 at 8:15pm at the IFC Center. Click here to buy tickets. Every filmmaker eventually… Continue reading
Before seeing A Mighty Heart I made a mistake – I thought I knew what to expect from Michael Winterbottom’s new film. I knew that Winterbottom is driven to jump genres, and I assumed that A Mighty Heart was exactly what it was being sold as: a weepy… Continue reading
It’s easy to find commentary about the one-note nature of summer films. Doesn’t take a think tank to understand that May through July are given over to sixteen year old boys, with the occasional nod to 30-year old boys through a film like Ocean’s Thirteen.… Continue reading
There is no movie here. The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer does many things most movies do in that it features a variety of characters striving to attain a variety of objectives, many of which are in direct opposition to one another. This is called… Continue reading
So this is the Fantastic Four in 2007. Body by CGI. Direction by Kodak. Fantasticar by Dodge. Yeah, it's got a Hemi.* Stan Lee and Jack Kirby launched a new era of comic book superheroes with this team. They were real(ish) people with relationships and… Continue reading
What do you want from a movie featuring Danny Ocean and friends? Are you looking for a clockwork heist, or a light glimpse into the cult of personality that surrounds Clooney, Pitt, et al? Stung by the dismissal of Ocean’s Twelve, Soderbergh and company have… Continue reading
The second half of this review is loaded with spoilers. Please avoid scrolling to the end if you haven't seen the movie. The final grade for this film is an 8. Eli Roth faced a dilemma when making Hostel Part II: we were in on it already. What made the first… Continue reading
The original Ocean’s 11 featured a bunch of entertainers trying to be actors. The new Ocean’s series has featured a bunch of actors trying to be entertainers, and it took them until the third one to get it right. Ocean’s 13 isn’t worried about the heist or… Continue reading
If there is any justice on this whirling glob of dirt and water, there will be a major rediscovery of Daryl Dukes's Payday, in which world-class hellraiser Rip Torn gives the performance of his career as country-and-western warbler Maury Dann. Currently… Continue reading
PUBLISHER: Putnam Adult PAGES: 356 BUY IT FROM AMAZON: CLICK HERE! AUTHOR'S WEBSITE: www.BarryEisler.com (Be sure to read his fantastic political blog, THE HEART OF THE MATTER while you're there) In the first several pages, something magical happens in… Continue reading
PUBLISHER: EccoPAGES: 272BUY IT FROM AMAZON: CLICK HERE!AUTHOR'S WEBSITE: Larry Doyle, Writer-American I love teen movies*. I really do. I remember Molly Ringwald as being an early crush when I was a little boy and I thought it was the coolest thing ever that… Continue reading
