Two actors, two faces and a two sided story. I smell an Oscar nod for Gosling…I see audience rejection of the film.
It’s October. A time when Ghoulies, Ghosties and Long-Legged Beasties roam the earth. But if you start seeing the ghost of a World War II Japanese kamikaze fighter pilot, you’re probably Enoch Brae, the central character of Restless. And that’s not a bad place to be. Enoch is an odd kid. If your name is Enoch [...]
“Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots” get their day on the big screen in Real Steel, a movie that transcends the one-joke premise and is instead a heartwarming, fist-pumping mechanized fairy tale of a father and son coming together amid some of the baddest technology you’ll ever wish was really available. Not to bad for a [...]
How do you feel about Valentine’s Day? Are you one of those romantics who buys into it wholeheartedly, anticipating the day so you can lavish your loved one with affection and attention? Maybe you just enjoy getting caught-up in the kitsch of candy hearts, roses and chocolates? Or are you one of the others, who thinks [...]
Do you remember when Martin Lawrence was funny? Neither do I. Do you remember when he was talented? Trick question. Do you remember when Jamie Foxx had a supremely promising career track? Yes, I do. And that’s why the news of Foxx and Lawrence being paired together in the comedy vehicle Sheneneh and Wanda is [...]
Academy award winning actor Jamie Foxx is the latest to join the expanding cast of the newest Todd Phillips comedy Due Date. He adds onto the list that already includes Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifianakis, and Michelle Monaghan. Foxx will be playing Downey Jr’s friend who dated his wife awhile back but secretly still keeps [...]
There are movies out there that rely heavily on the weight and power of it’s leads. The director only needs to do a serviceable job while the actor (or actress) powers the screen with her talent. As much as I love To Kill A Mockingbird, it’s a prime example of a film being completely carried [...]
The Soloist has everything it needs to be decent. A true story about a homeless musician and his relationship with an L.A. Times reporter, it’s the basic underdog-gets-a-break routine. We’ve all seen it before, most of us will keep paying to see it again. It’s the second most overused plot in Hollywood, just behind the [...]