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Despite playing not a small part in the almighty success of The Avengers back in 2012, there seems to be a recurring opinion among film audiences that Captain America is the most boring of Marvel’s superhero bunch. Lacking the distinctive powers of his teammates and dressed up in the American flag, it’s not difficult to […]
Oldboy
the year: 2013
the directing: Spike Lee
the writing: Mark Protosevich
the acting: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley
Is it commonplace nowadays to go into a film knowing you’re not going to like it? Park Chan-wook’s South Korean original set the bar so incredibly high the only way left was down. Fortunately, or […]
Ender’s Game
the directing: Gavin Hood
the writing: Gavin Hood
the acting: Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld
I really held no interest for this film during its promotional stage. I haven’t read the book and it looked like Hollywood was just trying to cash in again. Then it came out and murmurs […]
How to start this? There was some thought of treating it like a stereotypical college essay, beginning with a word and quoting the definition.
timeless – “not affected by the passage of time or changes in fashion.”
But doing that seemed like the amateur move, so I thought better of it. There is this weird […]
the year: 2006
the directing: Zack Snyder
the writing: Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad & Michael B. Gordon
the acting: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham, Michael Fassbender
Can you believe it’s been eight years since this film’s come out? I was just starting high school… in case you were interested. 300 was […]
Twenty-four years ago The Hunt for Red October made its release, with the hopes of creating an established franchise, while boosting Alec Baldwin’s career that much further. Then came Harrison Ford with his gruff manliness, completing not one but two films within the Jack Ryan series (Ford’s career had already been boosted as far as […]
the year: 1987
the directing: Paul Verhoeven
the writing: Edward Neumeier & Michael Miner
the acting: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Kurtwood Smith
1980’s, what a fast time for film. Many of the best cult classics still alive and well saw their creation in that decade. I see now why RoboCop would be at […]
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