Directed by Mike Newell, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time was publicized as the film that would finally gave us an exciting and decent video game adaptation. Unfortunately, it doesn’t live up to those expectations as it is simply a pure action fantasy movie that just drags on with a ridiculous story and uninteresting characters.
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Movie Review: Brothers (2009)
Brothers, directed by Jim Sheridan, is a remake from Susanne Bier’s 2004 Danish film. I haven’t seen the original and I will never understand why Hollywood always want to remake perfectly good movies but I was positively surprised by this modest war drama thanks to some truly terrific performance from the cast.
Movie News: Weekly Round-up
Movie News: Daredevil reboot on the way (Hero Complex) Red Skull confirmed as villain in Captain America (Collider) Sequel to Valentine’s Day already in the works… (First Showing) Mr. and Mrs. Jones prequel to Mr. and Mrs. Smith coming (Vulture) 24 movie in the works (Variety) Mission Impossible 4 with Tom Cruise (Deadline) Disney shortening [...]
Fall/Winter 2009 Movie Preview
I’m a little late for Fall since it’s already mid-October but let’s take a look at the top 10 movies coming the next few weeks that look the most intriguing after a fairly decent summer crop. It’s getting colder, darker, wetter and money is in short supply unless you are a bank executive. Which movies [...]
Brothers (December 2009)
BROTHERS tells the powerful story of two siblings, thirty-something Captain Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire) and younger brother Tommy Cahill (Jake Gyllenhaal), who are polar opposites. A Marine about to embark on his fourth tour of duty, Sam is a steadfast family man married to his high school sweetheart, the aptly named Grace (Natalie Portman), with [...]
Movie Review: Rendition (2007)
I just saw Rendition in theater Friday night. Good but unspectacular movie. As a whole it is neither exceptional nor bad. Just a little blah… In short, Rendition = BABEL. Same structure, same shortcomings, same result. It doesn’t help that it’s the 47th movie in the past 2 years whose subject relates to the Iraq War.
