300: Rise of an Empire trailer: not directed by Zack Snyder…
…though the trailer is hoping you won’t notice that.
Gerard Butler
Chasing Mavericks review
This gentle father-son(ish) tale about an expert surfer and his teen apprentice is a rare “family” movie that isn’t preachy or insipid.
White House Down review: I’d rather be in Philadelphia
It lifts an embarrassing number of beats from Die Hard… but Channing Tatum is no Bruce Willis.
Olympus Has Fallen mini review
A vile propagandistic action flick that shamelessly indulges fears of terrorism while also failing on a basic narrative level.
why so many movies about folktales?
What is it about folktales that appeal to us? What elements of folktales do you particularly like or hate, especially as Hollywood deals them out?
Olympus Has Fallen (trailer)
It’s Die Hard in the White House. Without, apparently, the humor.
Movie 43 movie review
It is so cute what this flick thinks is “dangerous” and “offensive”!
Chasing Mavericks (trailer)
For some reason that I can’t figure out, I thought that this surfing movie was a documentary. Then I heard that Gerard Butler was in it, and I was like, Awwwright…
Playing for Keeps (trailer)
Crotchety washed-up sports pro learns the meaning of life. I hear his new agent is Jerry Maguire.
Coriolanus (trailer)
Yeah, baby! It’s Shakespeare with all the bloody violence and treachery. And the politics. *shudder*
