After being absent for the third film in the popular werewolf/vampire franchise, sultry lead Kate Beckinsale returned and flexed her box office muscles (among doing other things with her body) propelling “Underworld: Awakening” to the number one spot.
September 11, 2001 marked one of the darkest, scariest, and most uncertain times in the lives of many Americans, and with Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Stephen Daldry touches upon such confusion with a powerful story and top-notch performances.
What?! You thought they were going to stop making “Resident Evil” films? You thought wrong; Milla Jovovich is back for a fifth time as the badass Alice in Resident Evil: Retribution. And her world has a narrator: Patrick Stewart.
It’s been a season defined by unpredictability. As such, we’re predicting some surprises Tuesday morning. Read on for our complete 2012 Oscar nomination predictions. And check back Tuesday morning for reactions, snubs, and winner predictions.
Although the films took a break from the misadventures of Kate “Does-the-Leather-Have-to-Be-That-Pain-Inducing” Beckinsale as Selene and her vampire/werewolf boyfriend Michael Corvin (Scott Speedman), the leading lady is back in Underworld: Awakening, though I wouldn’t say she is better than ever.
It’s that hawk-eyed attention to skin color that’s supposed to make Red Tails stand out. It dramatizes the story of the Tuskegee airmen, the first African-American pilots to see active combat in World War II, and the inequality that would confront them daily. Although based on a true story, it plays like a retelling of every World War II movie ever made.
Is there any form of combat that better captures the imagination than aerial dogfighting? Equal parts thrilling and elegant, it combines the majesty of the open skies with a break-neck pace. It’s a tough thing to capture on film, since aircraft imitating a deadly encounter is both expensive and dangerous. That hasn’t stopped filmmakers from trying, with some paying tribute to the aerial aces of old and others dreaming of what battles for the sky could look like in the future. So, to get your engines roaring for Friday’s WWII air force extravaganza, Red Tails, we here at Player Affinity are going to celebrate some of the best dogfighting scenes on film, in a trip through history that starts in the days of the Wright brothers, and goes all the way to the far-flung future. Selections include Flyboys, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Pearl Harbour, You Only Live Twice, Top Gun, Independence Day, and The Empire Strikes Back.
