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Tags: action
Spiderman 3 is the first big blockbuster of the summer, guaranteed to have an enormous opening, and in a word, disappointing. Spiderman has been one of the more carefully managed of the new super hero franchises and the first two films are as thoughtful and careful with the mythology and the characters as they are [Read More …] 
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End is a feast for the eye. It is a heavily layered action-adventure film complete with a cadre of tie-ins that will make Disney boatloads of money. The film labors a bit under the swelling cast, as most sequels do, but familiar faces from the previous films help to [Read More …] 
Live Free or Die Hard reminds the audience of why Die Hard was a genre defining action film and a remarkable resilient franchise. It doesn’t try to hard to invent new plot devices it simply goes with a tried and true formula and puts together the pieces beautifully. More so than its predecessor Live Free [Read More …] 
The Bourne Ultimatum picks up where The Bourne Supremacy left off, literally minutes later, capping off a spy trilogy that has really raised the bar for genre. As the latest Bond film can attest Jason Bourne has redefined the assassin/spy for the new generation since his emergence in The Bourne Identity in 2002. The three [Read More …] 
Grindhouse is the new double feature from too cool directors Robert Rodriguez, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Spy Kids, and Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill. The film evokes the 1970s B pics and runs like something to see on a sultry summer afternoon. So perhaps the film isn’t hitting in theaters right [Read More …] |
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