From Ra’s al Ghul in “The Dark Knight” trilogy to Bryan Mills in the soon-to-be trilogy “Taken,” Hollywood has pretty much typecast Liam Neeson as a one-man wrecking crew.
The last movie I watched about Nazi Germany was “Inglourious Basterds” — and unfortunately, I preferred Quentin Tarantino’s fictitious World War II account to George Clooney’s story based on actual events.
I should’ve known that seeing a movie called ‘Labor Day’ at the end of January was asking for trouble; and yet I still subjected myself to the film’s utter nonsense.
Before the start of the film, director Howard Goldberg warned us and said it was a mind-bending comedy.
This past week, I had the pleasure of viewing a prescreening of “About Time.” Written and directed by Richard Curtis, who has also brought us “Notting Hill” and “Love Actually,” the movie tugs at our heartstrings once again.
With the opening lyrics of “Getaway,” the first track on Pearl Jam’s 10th studio album, “Lightning Bolt,” lead singer Eddie Vedder propels the ‘90s grunge band back into the contemporary music scene. The album is a nice smorgasbord of alternative rock that accentuates Vedder’s diverse stylistic capabilities, aiming to appeal to a wide array of listeners.
With his recent on-screen successes, Joseph Gordon-Levitt has decided to try his luck behind the camera with an offbeat love story, “Don Jon.” In addition to writing the screenplay, he stars in the film alongside Scarlett Johansson and seasoned veterans Julianne Moore and Tony Danza.
January is deemed by most to be the worst month for cinema, and Tommy Wirkola’s dark fantasy-thriller Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters doesn’t help the month’s case.
