John Carter of Mars (2012)

John Carter of Mars (2012) – (All the advertisements and publicity are referring to this movie as John Carter [even imdb!] but the title as shown onscreen during the movie is John Carter of Mars, so that’s how I’m referring to it.) The trailers to this film have been playing up “before Avatar, before Star … Continue reading

If I had my own damn Award Show…

Well, the Oscars are coming up in a couple days. I’ll get my picks and predictions and whatnot posted Sunday morning and then try to do some sort of real-time reaction thing like I tried doing with the Emmys a while back… In the meantime I figured I’d chime in with what I actually thought … Continue reading

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) – Gary Oldman is an actor who can go wildly over-the-top. That’s not a bad thing. Some of his larger-than-life characters have been the best things in movies like Léon or Air Force One. His sneering Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy or his Old World emo vampire in Bram … Continue reading

Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Sherlock Holmes (2009) — So this movie won’t go down in the annals of film history as a cinematic masterwork or anything but it managed to satisfy what I expect of a Sherlock Holmes movie as well as what I expect of a Guy Ritchie movie (minus the Brit-rock soundtrack, due to the Victorian setting).  … Continue reading