Originally written and posted on May 21, 2009. Terminator Salvation I have fond memories of Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Even though Iron Man has recently supplanted it as the film by which I measure summer blockbusters, it is without question one of the best movies I have ever seen. This isn’t the place to explain [...]
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Originally written and posted on February 4, 2009. Taken Liam Neeson is unstoppable in Taken, perhaps even a bit too badass for the story to handle. He darts around Paris busting up prostitution rings, mowing down enough people to populate a small village during every violent encounter. He hardly ever takes a hit, and when [...]
Originally written and posted on March 4, 2009. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li Nerds like to think they’re making headway in the film industry, especially since the comic book adaptation genre has finally “come of age” in July 2008 thanks to The Dark Knight. While that may be so (even if I personally still [...]
Originally written and posted on April 24, 2009. State of Play Fans of BBC television series’ have a justified right to be afraid of American adaptations of their intellectual properties, whether it be on the silver or the small screen. After all, I largely find that the Brits have an exceptional eye for detail and [...]
Originally written and posted on November 12, 2008. Role Models To be a successful comedy in this day and age requires a few key things. First, there’s the obligatory romantic drama that has to resolve if it’s a central aspect of the film from minute one, or magically develops and resolves itself because these clichés [...]