James Bond is a character that has been defined and redefined by every actor to portray him. Sean Connery first made the character a suave but brutal secret agent who would kill a man just…
James Bond is a character that has been defined and redefined by every actor to portray him. Sean Connery first made the character a suave but brutal secret agent who would kill a man just…
For a short period of time in 2005, insiders and hardcore fans were expecting the production of a big budget Halo movie. This prospect alone could have began another multi-million dollar summer movie franchise. The announcement of Peter…
I can count the number of sporting events I watch in a given year on two hands. This is primarily because I grew up in Wisconsin and the only major sports team that has made…
“You are what you do. A man is defined by his actions, not his memory.” — Kuato, Total Recall (1990) Director Len Wiseman’s variant of the science fiction action film, Total Recall, has reinforced the importance of…
Let me start off by saying that if you choose to watch John Frankenheimer’s epic Formula One drama, you probably will not find the same level of visceral thrill that I found when I watched…
In his dazzling, Oscar winning performance as the Joker, the late Heath Ledger tells the wounded Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) that he is not a villain with elaborate, pre-established schemes but, rather, “an agent of…
Batman Begins (2005) changed the game for superhero movies and summer action franchises by delivering on several big promises. It was the first real superhero reboot, disavowing all the other movies that came before it…
If you were only to see the promotional poster for Goon, you would notice two things—Seann William Scott as a hockey player and as a goon. You’d probably make the assumption that Scott was reprising his role…
Insomnia is perhaps the most overlooked and underestimated film in Christopher Nolan’s filmography due to its remake status. Adding to this, it features two of cinema’s most obnoxiously manic performers of the past twenty years:…
Before Christopher Nolan revitalized the Batman franchise and essentially changed the archetype for all other superhero films, he was already redefining crime dramas with the cult classic Memento. The premise, like many other Nolan films, borders…
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