Articles Posted July 2008
The Dark Knight
It feels completely counter-intuitive to care little about the special effects and action in The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan’s sequel to his 2005 Batman Begins. For a movie like this, you naturally expect to be engrossed by garish gadgetry, incredible stunts and seat-gripping adventure. The Dark Knight has all of this, don’t get me wrong, but even the most [...]
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Even though Hellboy (Ron Perlman) and girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair) have the complementary hot and hell dynamic going for them, I’m not sure anyone can pull off superhero bonding between a red-skinned, cat-loving demon and a snarky gal that can, literally, “get fired up.” Not even Guillermo del Toro. Yet despite the prominence the gifted director gives [...]
Hancock
With the battle for superhero supremacy at the box office this summer, there’s obviously going to be a film that brings up the rear. Midway through the season, we securely have that last place decided, and it is Will Smith’s Hancock. Despite Smith’s superhuman credentials, Hancock struggles to rise above messy special effects, an ill-suited director and [...]
War, Inc.
Nowadays it’s hard to find a film that offers anything one might consider refreshing when it comes to the Iraq War. So much has been done already – and done badly – that mere mention of the subject matter is apt to draw exhausted sighs. Naturally, I approached John Cusack’s War, Inc. with the some trepidation. Written, [...]
