This weekend I completed my stalled reviewing of the Matrix Trilogy. The gap of time between one and two measured in weeks, if not months. The gap between two and three only a few days. If you’ve seen them you’ll not be surprised.
Turns out that the second and third movies improved with the gap. Directors [...]
Not exactly spoilers ahead. But kinda.
Just thinking about how much I was disappointed by Hellboy II makes me feel like a traitor. The most brutal part of my unorganized negative commentary review would be this analysis: any randomly chosen four minute segment made sense and was good; any randomly chosen eight minute one was not.
Of [...]
The stars aligned so I watched “Blade Runner” on HD-DVD last night. I started that at ten and ended after midnight. These HD movies shine. It’s like going back to the theatre to watch the thing–maybe even better.
What struck me aside from the clarity was the scale. Everything in a shot was heaped on. I [...]
It’s hard to figure out how Clive Owen got billing above Paul Giamatti in “Shoot Em Up”. The trailer made it pretty clear to me that Paul is the main character and Clive just happens to be along because ever bad guy needs a good guy to toe up to. I think this is really [...]