The next time you are in your local theater, stop, take a look around. Pay attention to the posters that are currently displayed and how nearly every one of them are sequels, prequels, reincarnations or re-boots. Director Gary Ross (The Hunger Games, Seabiscuit) has always been a dependable director, turning the usual into the unexpected. […]
Ten years after The Fifth Element, fantasy film director Luc Besson puts together the most expensive French flick in history. Compared to his ‘97 Bruce Willis sci-fi flick, which had 188 visual effects shots, this one has 2734. It’s another case of technology overriding anything else on screen. Lead actor DeHaan (coming off another failed
I was put off by Home right from the beginning by the “language” invented for the aliens from another planet, called the Boov. It slaughters the English language by messing with the grammar, e.g., “I needs help. You are arresting (arrested). Can I come into the out?” I’ll be interested to hear what children actually