The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Criterion Collection
May 4, 2009
For years now, the Academy Award has eluded David Fincher despite the consistently good work that he has produced. Films like Seven (1995) and Fight Club (1999) were too extreme for the play-it-safe Academy voters and The Game (1997) and Panic Room (2002)...
Burn After Reading
December 19, 2008
As they did with Fargo (1996), the Coen brothers followed up the Academy Award-winning crime thriller No Country For Old Men (2007) with a comedy, in this case Burn After Reading (2008), a farce set in Washington, D.C. The Coens have adhered to the pattern...
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe: Extended Edition
December 21, 2006
Taking a page out of Peter Jackson’s book, the filmmakers behind the hugely successful Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005) have revisited their film with an extended edition that beefs up the film’s running time to 150...
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
April 4, 2006
Carefully marketed to be the next franchisable fantasy film alongside The Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Harry Potter series, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) defeated Peter Jackson’s over-hyped juggernaut, King...
Broken Flowers
March 14, 2006
Bill Murray re-teams with his Coffee & Cigarettes director Jim Jarmusch in a story about a lonely batchelor who seeks out his old flames in an attempt to uncover if he really has a son. There are two kinds of people: people who worship Jarmusch’s...
Broken Flowers
February 27, 2006
Ever since Night on Earth (1991), filmmaker Jim Jarmusch has worked with recognizable movie stars in what could be interpreted as a bid for mainstream acceptance or, more probably, a way to get his films financed and distributed in a progressively difficult...
Constantine: Deluxe Edition
December 3, 2005
Constantine (2005) marks the feature film debut of music video director Francis Lawrence who, judging by the look of this movie, would like to follow in the footsteps of David Fincher. For his first time out, Lawrence takes on the daunting task of adapting...