Remakes have become a plague on American cinema. There are few times in history where a classic film has been remade with improvement. Steven Soderbergh had a good idea when he remade a Frank Sinatra/Dean Martin film that was not well received when originally debuted in 1960; “Oceans Eleven” 2001 however was a huge hit. […]
In many ways The 33 is a more powerful true story than IMAX seat gripper Everest. If the humanity and emotion gets somewhat lost in Baltasar Kormákur brilliant technical filmmaking on Everest, director Patricia Riggen understands that getting to know the 33 trapped Chilean miners is the entire story here.
This is the first film Oscar nominated, mega-action star, Will Smith had opened outside of a summer release or a holiday since he became the go to guy for blockbusters. It seems After Earth, co-starring his son Jaden, knocked him down a few more notches then we realized. If the release date of late February