The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn (Review)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis and Daniel Craig
DVD Releases: October 24, 2011
Rio (Review)
Director: Carlos Saldanha
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway and George Lopez Continue reading “DVD Releases: October 24, 2011”
US Box Office: October 21 – 23, 2011
1. Paranormal Activity 3 – $54M
2. Real Steel – $11.3M
3. Footloose – $10.8M Continue reading “US Box Office: October 21 – 23, 2011”
Cinema Releases: October 21, 2011
Contagion
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Kate Winslet, Matt Damon and Gwyneth Paltrow Continue reading “Cinema Releases: October 21, 2011”
Review: The Help (2011)
Based on Kathryn Stockett’s phenomenally successful and influential novel of the same name, The Help centers on Aibileen Clark: (Viola Davis), a devoted housekeeper in 1960′s Mississipi, who, after being approached to help local writer Eugenia ‘Skeeter’ Phelan (Emma Stone) write her first novel, recounts her life as a black servant in a time of extreme racial discrimination, bigotry and classism.
Moving, compelling and insightful, The Help is a highly commendable cinematic triumph, hitting the nail firmly on the head in almost every field: from well-honed cinematography to a beautifully serene score. Tate Taylor, who also penned the screenplay, has managed to do something of a rarity Continue reading “Review: The Help (2011)”
Review: We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011)
We Need To Talk About Kevin tells the robust tale of Eva (Tilda Swinton), an uninhibited travel writer and her husband Franklin (John C Reilly) who after an unexpected pregnancy raise the troubled Kevin (Ezra Miller): a force of nature that destroys their life for no clear reason.
After an introductory scene that offers a glimpse into Eva’s buoyant early life while simultaneously setting an ominous mood (even hinting at the bloodbath that will plague Eva for the rest of her life), the film settles down into two Continue reading “Review: We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011)”
US Box Office: October 14 – 16, 2011
1. Real Steel – $16.3M
2. Footloose – $16.1M
3. The Thing – $8.7M Continue reading “US Box Office: October 14 – 16, 2011”
Cinema Releases: October 14, 2011
Real Steel (Review)
Director: Shawn Levy
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly and Dakota Goyo Continue reading “Cinema Releases: October 14, 2011”
Review: The Three Musketeers (2011)
The Three Musketeers is an altogether cumbersome modern-day interpretation of Alexandre Dumas’ novel of the same name engineered by director Paul W.S. Anderson.
D’Artagnan (Logan Lerman), an implusive young adventurer, travels to Paris where he joins forces with the renowned Three Musketeers – Athos (Matthew Macfadyen), Aramis (Luke Evans) and Porthos (Ray Stevenson) – to prevent a deplorable cardinal (Christoph Waltz) and his enticing spy (Milla Continue reading “Review: The Three Musketeers (2011)”
Cinema Releases: October 12, 2011
The Three Musketeers (Review)
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Starring: Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen and Ray Stevenson
Empty Screens 