I grew up on Jackie Chan’s American buddy movies. They may run the gamut of terrible to mediocre but Rush Hour, Shanghai Knights, The Tuxedo and The Medallion will always hold a special place in my stupid little heart. I…
Movie Review: I.T.
Few things anger me more in movies than deliberately incompetent or stupid cops. Can’t figure out how to advance your thriller or horror film? Need to raise the stakes? Have the cops come in, bungle an investigation, and refuse to…
The Magnificent Six of 007: A Retrospective
James Bond is back at the box-office with Spectre, his 24th big-screen adventure. The world’s greatest secret agent has been thrilling audiences for 53 years and in that time has been brought to life by six different actors. During the promo tour…
Movie Review: ‘No Escape’
Paying the piper, karma, “what goes around comes around”: whichever you’d like to call it, John Erick Dowdle’s (As Above, So Below, Devil) No Escape tries to tap into our rich guilt–the shame that we’re profiting at the expense of…
Interview: Pierce Brosnan Talks About His New Movie, ‘The November Man’
Opening this last Wednesday, August 27, was actor and producer Pierce Brosnan’s action thriller, The November Man. Some of you weren’t even born when Pierce made his first appearance as James Bond in 1995’s GoldenEye. This time around he plays Peter…
Gaby’s Movie Review: The November Man
Pierce Brosnan is back. But is there reason to celebrate? Brosnan charmed us as 007 over a decade ago, and since then, we have seen him pop up in dramas here and there, and how could we forget his turn…
Ally’s Movie Review: A Long Way Down
Tacky is the only word that seems appropriate to describe this film: tacky and maybe a little foolish. Four strangers, Martin, Maureen, Jess and JJ meet on top of a tall building on New Year’s Eve all brought together by…