John D. McDonald was one of the finest popular novelists of the English language. Period. The man should be taught to anyone who wants to write, and his work should still be sold in grocery stores and airp...
As long as I've been writing about movies online, Ridley Scott has had the itch to make a big dystopian science-fiction movie again. For a while, he was developing a script called "Metropolis" that wasn't a rema...
Another highlight from this year's Butt-Numb-A-Thon (aside from the previously reviewed "Avatar" and "Kick-Ass") was the world premiere screening of Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island." &n...
Okay, now I'm conflicted.
I'm sure I've mentioned it here a few times already, but I can always say it again: I love Travis McGee. I wish I was Travis McGee. He is, hands down, my favorite literar...
I think it's safe to say that Clint Eastwood has secured his legacy as a filmmaker.
Even if he'd quit directing after he totally crushed it with "Unforgiven," he would have made the case for himself as a world-clas...
"The Great Gatsby" may well be the most artificial-looking film I've ever seen, even in this condensed two minute form.
That's not a criticism, necessarily, because it looks like that's exactly what Baz L...
I know Warner Bros. isn't literally rebooting "The Matrix," but you know that there's some part of them that curses the fact that the franchise sort of bottomed out, because they thought they were going to be milking ...
Will Smith and Quentin Tarantino? Sounds like someone got their chocolate in my peanut butter and I am DIGGING it.
This is not, evidently, a done deal, and I would imagine Will Smith is not cheap, even if he ...
By now, I've learned to have faith regarding Quentin Tarantino and his casting. I may not love the choice of Jamie Foxx for Django, the lead in his upcoming movie "Django Unchained," but I understand t...
Ah, Christopher Nolan.
For a lot of years, I did not have any sort of relationship with Warner Bros. publicity, and when I did finally start talking to them, one of the first guys I dealt with was Don Buckley, a...
