What would happen if some of the most interesting literary characters of the 19th Century united to form a sort of pre-Justice League crime-fighting unit? The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, a film loosely based on the graphic novel of the same name, gives us the answer: there would be aContinue Reading
It’s 1904 and playwright J.M. Barrie (Johnny Depp) has just watched his latest play bomb. Suffering from writer’s block, he retreats to the park to try to get some work done. He happens across Sylvia Llewellyn-Davies (Kate Winslet) and her four boys playing in the park. Barrie becomes enamored withContinue Reading
Harry Potter is back in this somewhat darker entry in the series about the young wizard who is destined to confront the evil Lord Voldemort. A murderer named Sirius Black (Gary Oldman) has escaped from Azkaban Prison and is apparently searching for Harry Potter in order to kill him. Black,Continue Reading
Comic book writer Frank Miller had such a bad experience with Hollywood in 1990 when producers butchered his script for RoboCop 2 that he swore he’d never work with movies again. However, Robert Rodriguez did a short film based on one of Miller’s “Sin City” stories that so impressed MillerContinue Reading
Will Bloom (Billy Crudup) is embarrassed by his father. Edward Bloom (Albert Finney) has to be the center of attention at all times. Even at his son’s wedding, Ed Bloom has a crowd around him as he again tells the story of how he caught the “biggest fish in theContinue Reading
Roberto Benigni, who was so good in Life is Beautiful, has provided the world with the perfect example of how a concept that might sound good in theory can go horribly wrong in reality. Benigni, who’s also known for his uncontrollable enthusiasm at the 1999 Academy Award ceremony, decided itContinue Reading
While sitting in the theater, watching Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets, I felt like a kid again. Admittedly, I’ve gotten into the Harry Potter thing a little late, but I can see why it’s such a phenomenon. This time out, Harry and his friends confront a secret fromContinue Reading