Watch American Gangster without preconceived idea of what this movie should be. It is is crime drama but not the kind most of us are expecting. While much is going on, the story is easy to follow. There is some action, but this isn't an action movie by Michael Bay. We follow Denzel's character, Frank Lucas, as he begins to establish his crime … [Read more...]

Lawrence Kasden delivers his first and best movie in the reworking of DOUBLE INDEMNITY. It does borrow from previous noir thrillers. Even so, it is a great movie on its own. William Hurt is fantastic in this movie. He had great roles in the '80s films, but his movie career lost momentum after that. Perhaps it's difficult for a great actor like … [Read more...]

Shyamalan has proved to us earlier that he can be as good as the best with masterpieces of cinema with The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable. He has yet to replicate the feel and the success of his earlier works. He has made mediocre movies since. Signs and Village were good movies, but with Lady in the Water and now The Happening, he has touched a … [Read more...]

What makes this film so wonderful to watch is not simply the acting, or the terror it instills, or even the plot itself. It is the way in which the writer/director M. Night Shyamalan takes his vision from the start to finish. As a result, we are treated to emotion raning from fear, sadness, joy, confusion, to humor, each one a compliment to the … [Read more...]

Since not every film can be a great masterpiece, it only stands to reason that there are some which, as good as they are, will never be mentioned in the same breath as The Godfather. Blow happens to be one of those films. In today's market, where films are literally churned out with more attention paid to marketability than merit, it is no surprise … [Read more...]

I would say that the movie is really a gem of an art piece. The use of excellent imagery coupled with pretty out-of-the-place background score tells us about the uniqueness of this movie. Stanley Kubrick has really applied a lot of thought into this. The director wants the audience to feel something as bad not because he is showing it as bad but … [Read more...]

There are many stories about success based on hard-work and perseverance. There have also been many stories about success based on crime and abandonment of the law. Both of these scenarios can make for great movies -- but when a movie like 21 comes out, it's both great AND fresh. 21 is a movie about success based on locking in on a hole in the … [Read more...]

Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer have dived yet again into their secret book to pull out a map that leads to treasures of vast fortune. No, not a legendary city of gold, but the riches that come from storming the box office. National Treasure: Book of Secrets is everything a big budget adventure sequel should be. A bigger story and better action help … [Read more...]