The Proposal
You may have noticed that Romantic Comedy is not my particular genre, so I don’t know that I’m the best person to review this. Still, I’ve seen it; I have thoughts. Perhaps that’s enough.
Author: AJ
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
I have to admit I was leary going into Half Blood Prince. Order of the Phoenix was by far my least favorite of the series because of David Yates direction and his
Johnny Depp’s Great Escape
Plunging deep into his roles—from the self-created to the painstakingly re-created —Johnny Depp can drive himself to the edge of the psyche. His decompression is as extreme: a 45-acre private Bahamian island, where he can snorkel among the barracuda. The author joins the 46-year-old star and friends on Depp’s 156-foot yacht, which flies the Jolly Roger, for a stay in this singular paradise. The notoriously private actor invited Vanity Fair along on a sailing trip to his Caribbean isle. “You’ve got all-access,” Johnny Depp declared. “Ask me about anything you want.” Photograph by François-Marie Banier. A few feet away, the […]
The Missing
I’m not gonna lie, I don’t remember a thing about this movie. I remember being curious to see it. I know that I like Cate Blanchett a lot. And then when I go back to move all of my reviews over to my new blog, there’s The Missing in my list with a 2 star rating no review.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
I had high hopes for Transformers 2, I’ll admit. The trailer promised sharp, breath taking action, a little humor, robot fights, guy and girl running hand in hand, a bit of a deeper mythology and the expectation of a happy ending.
I think it was probably too much to expect any sort of deeper mythology, but with a good writer it could have
A Nice Quiet Chat with Christian Bale
He slips into the room without fanfare. He walks slowly, on his heels, toward the terrace. When I stand, he points at me, or my table, or my general area still without turning to look at me, his eyes fixed on the terrace in front of him – and in his low English accent asks, “We doin’ this here or what?” Christian Bale detests interviews, on the predictable grounds that his offscreen life is nobody’s business, but also because he thinks the whole enterprise of movie-star “journalism” is corrosive to acting and storytelling. This opener “here or what?” is less […]
Terminator Salvation
The interesting thing about Terminator Salvation is that it really wasn’t John Connor’s movie. Christian Bale was a great John Connor. He was strong and focused and interesting. There was
Star Trek
I saw Star Trek this weekend. Loved it. I actually haven’t liked a movie that much in a long time. I just walked out of it feeling happy and whole and refreshed. Probably didn’t hurt that I
X-Men Origins – Wolverine
I admit I went into Wolverine without a lot of expectations. Despite Hugh Jackman’s interviews about how they chose the director because Gavin Hood would handle the characterization well. I haven’t seen any of Hood’s other work so I don’t know if is inability to actually live up to all the talk because he really doesn’t handle
Boldly Go!
You’re a talented man on the rise. Intelligent, deeply committed to your craft. You devote serious hours and effort to some lofty goal or project or, say, movie role opposite a then-starlet named Lindsay Lohan. The universe responds with a collective “Meh.” Chris Pine has been there. He’s endured so much rejection and outright dismissal over the years that it’s hard to know what has shaped him more–the jobs scored or the knocks along the way. On the bumpy road to where he is now—a 32-year-old action star headlining two of Hollywood’s biggest franchises, Star Trek and Jack Ryan—he could have quit many […]