Original US release date: December 12, 2003 Production budget: $17,461,000 Worldwide gross: $31,466,789 Based on Tracy Chevalier's novel of the same name, Girl with a Pearl Earring had a rather tumultuous journey to the big screen - far more tumultuous than is typical for low-budget independent Oscar bait such as this. Originally, Mike Newell was slated... Continue Reading →
We weren't ready. Here we are. We have arrived at one of the most anticipated films of all-time, if not the single most-anticipated. Ten years ago, the Marvel Cinematic Universe began with Iron Man. Over the course of the next four years, Marvel Studios built to what, at the time, we thought was their end game - The... Continue Reading →
I was beginning to think I wasn't going to be able to find a way to catch Wes Anderson's latest film Isle of Dogs until my local theater went and surprised me by getting it over the weekend. Truth be told, I've never been a huge Wes Anderson fan. I don't outright dislike his work, but I'm... Continue Reading →
I've sometimes lamented about how tough comedies can be for me to review. The mileage for senses of humor varies wildly and what's funny for one person is rarely the same as what's funny for the next. It helps when the comedy in question has more going on than simply an effort to get laughs... Continue Reading →
You may have expected to see this review drop, already, but I put it off for a couple of days until I could get to an IMAX theater. It felt necessary. Aside from standing out for its powerful visuals, Ghost in the Shell - like so many other films in recent months - has been... Continue Reading →
You may remember that I'm not a big fan of Illumination Entertainment's films, so far, and I especially didn't care for their shameless Toy Story clone (rip-off), The Secret Life of Pets. The lack of originality in that film was borderline insulting and, combined with the lackluster Despicable Me series, didn't fill me with much hope... Continue Reading →
If you haven't figured it out by now, I'm a bit of a comic book fanatic. I especially have a permanent place in my heart for Marvel. I grew up specifically on Hulk, Spider-Man, and the Fantastic Four. Comics had as large a role as anything or anyone in making me the person I am, today. And,... Continue Reading →
Oh, the woes of misleading marketing. To be fair, though, I'm not sure how Hail, Caesar! should have been marketed. It's a tough nut to crack. What the Coen Brothers gave us, this time out, is an incredibly self-aware and self-referential picture (nowadays, this is called "meta") about Hollywood filmmaking during the early days of the... Continue Reading →
The Movie March! 