If you have any doubts about whether or not there is such a thing as “global warming”, I urge you to see An Inconvenient Truth, the new documentary by director Davis Guggenheim. You may not agree with the politics of Al Gore, but it’s hard to look at the factsContinue Reading
“Fear became the ultimate tool of this government,” says V (Hugo Weaving), the hero of V for Vendetta, as he speaks of the England of the near-future. America has been reduced to a shadow of its former self and England is ruled by a fascist like state that has removedContinue Reading
After starring in several outstanding animated short films, Wallace and Gromit finally get the feature film treatment in Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. For those that don’t know, Wallace (Peter Sallis) is a cheese-addicted inventor and Gromit is his dog. Gromit is actually the smarter and moreContinue Reading
Jack (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Ennis (Heath Ledger) are two young men who take a rather thankless job herding sheep through Wyoming during the summer of 1963. The job requires them to be out in the wilderness making sure as many sheep as possible make it through the summer without gettingContinue Reading
One of last year’s big surprises come Academy Award time was the nomination of Catalina Sandino Moreno for the Best Actress statue for her work in Maria Full of Grace, a small film that made less than $7,000,000 in the United States. Although she did not win the award, herContinue Reading
The last time Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese paired-up, it was for the disastrous Gangs of New York, a movie that had no clue as to what, exactly, it wanted to be. It tried to be everything and wound up a giant, bloated mess of a movie. The Aviator, whileContinue Reading
As I bought some goodies at the concession stand before seeing Batman Begins, the clerk asked me if I was a fan of the Batman comics or the movies. When I replied “the comics,” he asked if that was Frank Miller’s version of Batman or before. I said, “Much earlier,Continue Reading