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John Lennon’s Childhood Told by the Weinsteins
John Lennon, who once said he wasn’t one for autobiography, will be the subject of a new film. The rights to “Nowhere Boy,” a feature-length biopic of sorts based on the childhood of the seminal...
Mar 17, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong“Watchmen” Falls Short
Despite taking the top spot at the box office with $55.7 million, Zack Snyder’s Watchmen fell well short expectations opening weekend. Based on the critically acclaimed and wildly popular graphic...
Mar 9, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongSlumdog Millionaire (2008)
The general consensus is that Englishman Danny Boyle’s ( Trainspotting , Millions ) venture into Bollywood results in a stirring tale of adventure, romance, and redemption. These themes are...
Jan 30, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Director David Fincher’s ( Fight Club, Se7en ) latest offering, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, curiously reminds me of Kevin Costner’s monumentally mediocre Waterworld (1995). Let me first make...
Jan 10, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongKolya (1996)
The basic premise of Jan Sverak’s Kolya may conjure notions of banal, feathery frivolty for many film patrons: An aging, lonely, womanizing Czech has his world turned upside down when a young Russian...
Nov 25, 2008 / Eric M. ArmstrongSchultze Gets the Blues (2005)
I have never felt such compassion for a portly, German, retired salt-miner that plays a mean polka piano-accordion. Of course I’ve never encountered such an individual until Schultze Gets the Blues ,...
Sep 1, 2008 / Eric M. ArmstrongDeath Race (2008)
Mario Kart anyone?! Director Paul W.S. Anderson loosely revisits Roger Corman’s classic “Death Race 2000” (1975) with a fast-paced, brainless thriller full of all sorts of convenient distractions....
Aug 30, 2008 / Eric M. ArmstrongStep Brothers (2008)
This movie has only one, long, running joke; and really, that’s all it needs. Brennan Huff (Ferrell) and Dale Doback (Reilly) struggle to adjust to their new step-brother status when Brennan’s mother...
Aug 15, 2008 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe Dark Knight (2008)
“Why so serious?”, the marquee line growled by Heath Ledger’s Joker in “The Dark Knight” seems to be a popular question among those especially critical of Christopher Nolan’s ultra-dark follow-up to...
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