Little can be said about Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace that hasn’t already been echoed since its debut in 1999. Given all of the money and power at Lucas’ disposal, there is no question that the 3D conversion was meticulous. Yet it hardly stands out.
When the action ramps up, Safe House is at its best, providing ample energy, a plethora of gunplay and a number of gritty combat sequences. When pausing to forward the plot, spew exposition or focus on perfunctory romances, it grinds to a halt.
How you react to something completely unimaginable happening? Would you break down, become nihilistic, carry on as normal or believe in the strength of the human spirit? Perfect Sense aims to answer that question.
The Unauthorized Nicholas Sparks Movie could work as an alternate title for Michael Sucsy’s The Vow. The film doesn’t tackle any new ground or even begin to touch excellence, but it’s an enjoyable enough effort to get its point across despite the syrupy melodra.
Once upon a time there was once a filmmaker who wowed critics and pleased audiences the world over, reinvented the movie industry and grew rich off the success. But slowly his powers started to wane and he became at best a source of ridicule, at worse the man who made fanboys furious.
The newest batch of stills from Timur Bekmambetov’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter should make it clear it’s probably the Lincoln film with vampires in it. This early scene finds Lincoln in Louisiana, on a mission to save friend William Johnson (Anthony Mackie) from a band of thirsty bloodsuckers.
Sullivan Stapleton has been cast as Themistocles in the upcoming 300 prequel 300: Battle of Artemisia, which will be based on Frank Miller’s Xerxes.
