As far as sequels go, "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F" is not one of those that surpasses the original. But, it does regain the charm of the original film.
"Flora and Son" is another winner from director John Carney, who tells stories about music's power to connect and heal better than any other filmmaker.
A new trailer for the forthcoming Apple Original Films "Flora and Son" has just been released, check it out right here on CInemaNerdz.
Robert Zemeckis' "Pinocchio" is a slick and soulless telling of the beloved story, and one of the most forgettable of Disney's recent remakes.
Over half a century has passed since the events portrayed in the outstanding courtroom drama from Netflix, The Trial of the Chicago 7, took place and, given the current politically charged times, our relationship with authority and authoritarian rule hasn’t gotten any less prickly. When first envisioned, the protest accompanying the Democratic National Convention in 1968, was intended to be a peac...[Read More]
Joseph Gordon-Levitt has come to embody the everyman for modern audiences. As the hopeless romantic in (500) Days of Summer (2009), the cancer patient in 50/50 (2011), or the naïve cop in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), his subtle charm and likable demeanor have fallen in line with the iconic average Joes of yesteryear. In the past decade alone, he’s gone from child star to indie A-lister (Brick [20...[Read More]
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For is the long awaited sequel to Sin City (2005), a film which grossed over $158 million worldwide and became a fan favorite in no small part due to a visual style that bleeds neo-noir like Frank Miller’s artwork itself. Some have said that it is among the most faithful comic book adaptations ever made. Having the original author and the artist of the comic aboard as the ...[Read More]
The film opens with a slow-motion reminder of the bodies piled as carrion in the dark final days of the American Civil War; it will be the only moment of strict battlefield action as Steven Spielberg’s intimate, swelling epic Lincoln draws away from the heavily documented toll of the conflict (already given a definitive account by Ken Burns) and chooses to reveal an imposing figure rescued from hi...[Read More]
Don’t go into Looper expecting to see a thinking person’s time travel movie. If so, you’ll be disappointed. But if you like your science fiction packed with suspense and action, then you’ll love Looper. Featuring excellent performances by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Pierce Gagnon, and especially Bruce Willis and Emily Blunt. Writer/director Rian Johnson delivers an intelligent, m...[Read More]
I’ve been eagerly anticipating The Dark Knight Rises (and secretly dreading it) ever since the release of Batman Begins. The anticipation came from wanting to see what Christopher Nolan did next and the dread came from knowing this was it. Well, the time has come for the final installment in Nolan’s treatment of the Batman universe, and without spoiling anything, this Bat-geek loved it. The Dark K...[Read More]
Now that The Avengers has been released – it’s awesome, go see it if you haven’t – and the summer movie season has officially begun, the new trailers will be coming in fast and furious. Attached to Marvel’s comic book opus are the final trailers for the other big superhero films of the summer: The Dark Knight Rises and The Amazing Spider-Man. With two such high-profile trailers b...[Read More]
Another week, another column-sized dose of trashing a trailer. On the docket this time is the first teaser for writer/director Rian Johnson’s upcoming sci-fi action film Looper. Premise: In the future, time travel will be invented, but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When mobsters in 2072 want to get rid of someone, they send the victim back to 2042, where hired gu...[Read More]