Every film fan has their “thing” that gets them into theaters.  For some, it may be particular actors (like Tom Cruise or Robert Pattison (why?)).  Others may track particular genres. I’ve even met a few who will go based on [...]

Ernest Hemingway said, “Every true story ends in death.” 40.The Last Samurai-Katsumoto’s Death “If The Emperor wishes my death, he has but to ask. “ The Last Samurai did have the potential to be a poor mans “Dances With Wolves”, [...]

Title: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Director: Peter Jackson Writer: Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellan, Richard Armitage, Ken Stott, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Aidan Turner. Graham McTavish Rating: PG-13 Runtime: [...]

Yes, we are enjoying my FAVORITE top ten list today.  I’m not claiming these to be the most relevant or even most elegantly contrived and delivered films, but they are the ones that I enjoy the most.  There occasionally is [...]

 Heather’s Top Ten Greatest Movie Swords 10. ACHILLES SWORD Troy 9. SWORD OF THE DAYWALKER Blade 8. STING The Lord Of The Rings 7. NAMELESS ASSASSINS SWORD Hero 6. DRAGON HEAD KATANA Highlander 5. ATLANTIAN SWORD Conan The Barbarian 4. [...]

Last week, one of the big (non-Star Wars) news stories was the announcement that Duncan Jones will direct a big screen adaptation of World of Warcraft. Now, I know nothing about the game, but I know Jones. Moon remains one [...]

Film has a way of transporting us to a number of amazing places. We can visit Middle Earth in The Lord of the Rings trilogy or whatever the hell is in Edward Norton’s head in Fight Club. One of the [...]

10. THE PRINCESS BRIDE The Princess Bride is structured around the idea that love conquers all. But in this story of giants, coward princes, men with extra limbs, sword fights, torture, revenge, bandits, pirates, heroes and true love it’s told [...]

This list became so much fun to do and there was so many excellent suggestions from readers and friends that I couldn’t limit the list entirely to ten, so I said forget about it, and made it fifteen.  Great fights [...]

Once upon a time, movies tended to top out at about 2 hours.  To have a film that went longer than that meant that it better be really fucking epic – as in Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago, Spartacus, or [...]