Geoffrey Rush
Movie Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) is easily one of the best Hollywood blockbusters of the last twenty years. That film by director Gore Verbinski mixed a fun and sprawling plot with incredibly entertaining and surprisingly three-dimensional characters. It is an immensely re-watchable movie with its quick-witted dialogue and memorable action set pieces. It was a huge sur...[Read More]
Movie Review: Minions
This just in, in case you hadn’t heard, kids like movies too. After the success of Despicable Me (2010) and its sequel, Despicable Me II (2012), it was inevitable that we would see more little yellow fellows doing hilarious things while making the oddest of sounds. Since no summer movie season would be complete without several films made especially for children, we’re treated to the third entry in...[Read More]
Movie Review: The Book Thief
The narrator of The Book Thief is – fittingly – Death. He tells us the story of a young girl coming of age in Nazi Germany, a girl who steals books before she knows how to read. It’s the story of how, through the devotion and bravery of her foster parents and her life-changing friendship with the Jewish refugee hiding in the basement, she finds meaning and hope in the power of words. Unfortu...[Read More]
Movie Review: Green Lantern
Of all the DC characters featured in movies, I’m very surprised that Jonah Hex got a movie adaptation before Green Lantern did especially given Green Lantern’s rich history. Director Martin Campbell (Goldeneye and Casino Royale) has finally corrected that problem and I’m happy to report his Green Lantern is way better than Jonah Hex (yes, I realize that isn’t saying much). Seriously though, Green ...[Read More]
Movie Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Some of you may have abandoned the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise after walking out of At World’s End going, “So…what just happened?” Wanting to create a nice, little epic trilogy, the series got out of hand by throwing everything at the screen all at once, wanting to wrap up the love story of William Turner and Elizabeth Swann, the vengeance of Davy Jones, and…well, the tales of about other 9...[Read More]