For quite a long time, the United States Government has waged a “war” on drugs that’s been full of political posturing, rhetoric and nearly fruitless effort. For all of the money spent, lives lost and destroyed, not much has changed in terms of the demand for illegal narcotics. Traffic, aContinue Reading
Jet Li, along with Jackie Chan, is probably responsible for the death of the American action hero genre. While the latest movies with Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger flounder at the box office, Jet Li and Jackie Chan continue to succeed. While Li and Chan’s movies might not be anyContinue Reading
When The Talented Mr. Ripley was released in late 1999, there was a lot of hype surrounding it. Matt Damon was hot at the box office thanks to Good Will Hunting. Gwyneth Paltrow had received the “Best Actress” Academy Award for Shakespeare in Love. Newcomer Jude Law was hailed asContinue Reading
Stephen King’s novels have a roller-coaster like history in terms of movie adaptations. For every Misery, there is an Apt Pupil and a Maximum Overdrive. That’s not to say that every Stephen King story is a masterpiece but it is a reminder that just because his name is associated with something doesn’t necessarily meanContinue Reading
Lincoln Rhyme (Denzel Washington) was a New York cop until a tragic accident paralyzed him from the shoulders down. Aside from the index finger on his left hand, he’s completely motionless. Before the accident, he was one of New York’s finest forensic experts and, on the side, a best-selling author.Continue Reading
What does a man who has everything do for fun? He steals high-priced works of art for his own amusement. Pierce Brosnan plays Thomas Crown, a businessman that buys and sells companies with little regard for anything other than making money who also possesses a love of art that heContinue Reading
Tim Burton has directed some of my favorite films, including Ed Wood and Big Fish. Even if a project he’s worked on doesn’t quite work, like Mars Attacks! or Batman, the resulting film still is interesting to look at from a cinematic point-of-view and always full of his unique stylisticContinue Reading