On the surface its hard to conceive of why. Still, theres something sad about the most wonderful time of the year. Or maybe people just dont like their families. But Id venture that more than anything its the quiet. Christmas is the only day on the Judeo-Christian calendar where the world comes to a halt. The restaurants arent open, the T.V. Theres truly some melancholy there hiding behind the year....
We continue our hunt for quality bargain basement Christmas films! The Santa Incident is not one! The Santa Incidentcontains all of the necessary ingredients for a Christmas classic. People who dont believe in Santa? Doubters being won over by Santas jolly benevolence? Cute but mildly irritating kids? Over-worked single mother struggling to bring up her kids? Shes an actual nurse, which certainly helps with the nursing element. I think I just threw up in my mouth a little....
You have been warned. Scroll below the spoiler squirrel at your own risk… So withone final warning for major, major plotspoilers,here goes. Ryan Lambie:The first 40 minutes or so, I thought it barely put a foot wrong. The pace of it was lovely. I liked the way it made Stormtroopers seem ruthless and evil again. Torching a village… minimal use of Max Von Sydow, but good use, I thought. John Moore:Yeah....
2to the Southern Fried Spaghetti found inDjango Unchained. Many of his films have featured Western elements before now. And it is on that wavelength that it carries itself with a gait and patience that might surprise audiences. And it leaves a hell of an aftertaste worth savoring. Yet, the effects of the fighting permeate every frame. The Hateful Eightis both Tarantinos largest and smallest film to date. But the story is much more intimate than its grand presentation might suggest....
Every year, its the same thing: Science fiction films dont win Oscars. Genre flicks dont play with the Academy. Yet paying movie fans are still unhappy that their favorite movies rarely make the cut. It lost most of the others to Danny BoylesSlumdog Millionaire, that years big winner at the Oscars. He didnt get that elusive nomination forInceptiona few years later either. Millers return to theMad Maxfranchise is a great story unto itself....
Shes also about to get kicked out of her apartment to boot. At least Poehler has a cute romantic subplot when Maura flirts with Ike Barinholtzs Jack. Its even worse when hearing profanity awkwardly being spewed from the mouth of no less than Dianne Wiest. Sistersopens on Friday, Dec. 18. Rating: 2.5 out of 5
Jenny was scared of The Care Bears Movie as a child. Here’s what happened when we made her rewatch it… This article originally ran onDen of Geek UK. The last time I watchedThe Care Bears Movieit terrified me. Having said that, I was about five. They go round claiming to care about everyone, even people who are really show at cashpoints. There was a TV series too, but the plot of that mostly consisted of a missing birthday cake....
One man on why Star Wars means so much to him, and why it continues to matter… This article originally appeared onDen of Geek UK. Its a surreal and exhilarating time to be aStar Warsfan. He also made it quite clear that Anakin Skywalker did not like sand, not one tiny bit. But for some of us the reasoning was quite different. and the emotions and serenity it can instil do have their parallels....
The Harry Potter spin-off, Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them, has its first trailer. But what did we learn? As detailed inEntertainment WeeklysNovember cover feature on the film, MACUSA is surreptitiously based inside New Yorks Woolwich Building. That would make it all the more important for them to stay out of sight. As Tina reports, a man arrived in New York with a case full of magical creatures. The trailer also holds a very brief glimpse of another new character, Graves, played by Colin Farrell....
Here’s our review for the Fargo Season 2 finale, “Palindrome.” Did the final installment live up to the hype? Kirsten Dunst does her best work of the season here, all but locking up her Emmy. Hes given the Henry HillGoodfellasending, a boring, uneventful fate crueler than death. His storyline reinforces the post-modern themes of corporatization in a bittersweet conclusion to the seasons most interesting arc. And then the episode abruptly concludes, just like the CoensNo Country For Old Men....
Our hunt for overlooked Christmas films? Well, we thought it was a Home Alone film we didn’t know about. Turned out it wasn’t… Martin is a busy number-cruncher feeling out of touch with his wife and three children. The film comes to us courtesy of faith-based film company EchoLight Studios, run by Republican politician Rick Santorum. As such, the film conveys its message with all the subtlety of a brick through the window....
Steven Spielberg’s Munich uncovered the complexity of fighting terrorism. Munichisnt a film youd have expected Steven Spielberg to make. No, the most surprising thing aboutMunichis how complex it is. Avner and team kill their targets, but the dead are replaced by even worse. Munichdoesnt attempt to simplify its central conflict or depict either side in its war as righteous. The film caused controversy like no Spielberg movie before or since....
Childhood’s End is an impressive adaptation of a work once thought unadaptable. Here is our spoiler-free review. ThisChildhoods Endreview is based on the complete mini-series. It contains no spoilers. In fact, the event series probably contains some of the best visual work Syfy has ever produced. Especially the miniseries final episode, which delivers the most ambitious visual effects Ive ever seen on TV. Dare I say that this doesnt really look like what youd expect from Syfy?...
