Goodness, talk about a safe year for the Academy Awards. Anyone who looked at the Oscar nominees prior to the ceremony could easily pick practically all the winners, making the telecast so utterly predictable that I did not even bother to tune in. As a matter of fact, I haven’t tuned in for four years, […]
Talks of a Judge Dredd reboot occurred for years in the shadow of the poorly-received Sylvester Stallone version, which is fun on its own merits but awful as a Dredd adaptation. At last a faithful big-screen version of the graphic novel series arrived in the form of 2012’s Dredd, which was masterminded by a creative […]
Before I start, I must stress that I haven’t seen every release this year, and there are a few Academy Award contenders that are simply not available to me at this time. So bear in mind, I have not yet had the chance to watch films like 12 Years a Slave, The Wolf of Wall […]
The decision to split J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit into two motion pictures was met with enough scorn and internet criticism, but the news that it was going to be a trilogy provoked outright anger on internet message boards. The Hobbit is a short book, and many see the trilogy approach as nothing but an attempt […]
Although it was a massive box office success, grossing almost $700 million at the worldwide box office, the first Hunger Games was nevertheless a gamble on the part of Lionsgate, who only budgeted the movie at under $80 million as opposed to something more extravagant. While the finished product had some merit, the money and […]
Yes, you read the title correctly: Frank Capra’s untouchable 1946 classic It’s a Wonderful Life is getting a sequel. Lead actor James Stewart is dead, Capra is dead, and the majority of the other cast members are deceased, yet the movie is getting a sequel. And not just a television movie like Home Alone 4, […]
Below is a list of movie franchises that for one reason or another can and should be revived or reborn. Escape from New York/Escape from L.A. Kurt Russell has said that out of all the characters he has played in his career, Snake Plissken is his favourite, and it’s easy to see why. He’s a […]
Online, everyone is a critic. There are hundreds of critics whose reviews are promoted on Rotten Tomatoes, and there are countless blogs out there maintained by budding amateur critics who hope they’ll one day get paid for their writing talents and see their words on a DVD or Blu-ray case. In an age where everyone […]
The 3-D gimmick gets a really bad wrap these days. Around the time of Avatar, people were warming up to it, but, within 12 months, studios had turned audiences against the extra dimensional effect. Now box office figures show that people are avoiding movies altogether if they can’t see them a 2-D showing, as 3-D […]
3-D gets a bad wrap in this day and age. When Avatar came around, people embraced 3-D whole-heartedly, but eventually the gimmick wore off due to some terrible 3-D presentations and the heightened surcharge. Here’s a selection of the most egregious uses of the format that I’ve seen. 1. Clash of the Titans (2010) I […]
