Plot - Two archaeologists discover a common pictograph depicting a 'star map' present in various unconnected cultures in mankind's past, pointing to evidence of some kind of extraterrestrial on Earth. Several years later they are part of ...

They don’t often make them like this anymore. I’d done my best to avoid spoilers and tv spots about Prometheus but had my first sneak peak when I went to see Avengers in IMAX and saw the trailer in full ...

A runaway adolescent romance that's brilliant fun Mike D'Angelo, who saw Wes Anderson's new movie at Cannes, where it opened the festival, called it "easily the most Rushmore-y film he's made since," and gave it a 75, or "excellent" rating ...

Plot - We're back in Indonesia with Evans and Iko Uwais (or rather it's where we start), this time playing a young man called Yudo. As he has come of age, Yudo is set to leave his ...

Colin Firth is good. Very, very good. The movie was directed by Tom Ford and co-written by Ford and David Scearce, based on a novel by Christopher Isherwood. Ford takes loving care with long scenes of faces as the characters ...

Winner of the Grand Prix of the Jury at Cannes 2011. The film begins at dusk and finishes in the early hours of the morning. It seems to be presented in a real time, adding the power of the length ...

Ok lets start by saying that this film is the absolute mutts nuts, as a movie experience, summer blockbuster, kick-ass action film and comic book lovers dream film it is pretty much flawless. I've even tried to deliberately find fault ...

This film was written and directed by Koji Fukada and released in 2011. It stars Kanji Furutachi, Kumi Hyôdô, Tatsuya Kawamura, and Bryerly Long. The tale is complicated, and it left me in the dark; I have a general understanding ...

We're in Thailand and in a remote village Ting (played by Tony Jaa) is finishing his training by the local monk. Some thugs from Bangkok arrive in the village and attempt to buy an amulet from the ...

I went into this film knowing nothing about it apart from a simple synopsis that five (typically American attractive and older looking) teenagers/college 'kids' decide to go up to a cabin in the woods for a weekend ...

Co-written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, directed by Wright, and starring Pegg, this is one of the funniest movies I've seen. I compare it to the "Hot Shots" movies by Abrahms and Proft. Part slasher flick, part buddy movie, ...

Plot - Set in pre-1997, before the return of Hong Kong to China, three bothers (leaders of a gang) look to consolidate their power over the other triads via drug deals and blackmail. Unbeknownst to them, one ...

Synopsis - After a string of robberies in the district the new police chief is under pressure to reassure the public and put in measures to stop the crimes. He decides to stage a simulated exercise in ...

I recommend taking a look at the Wikipedia page. TL;DR: Waaaaay too long, but the music was magnificent. So was the theater. The movie is five and a half hours long, not counting 2 intermissions and a break for ...

Plot - In a post apocalyptic future where North America has been divided into 12 districts and the new nation renamed Panem, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) volunteers to participate in the sadistic Hunger Games to save her ...

This 1951 film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz has more promise than it fulfilled. The problem is the character of Noah Praetorius, too good to believable. The movie stars Cary Grant as the noble Noah, Jeanne Crain as his love ...

I’ve been thinking for a while about the strong enough sentence to open this review. Finally I have one. AVOID THIS MOVIE IF YOU HAVE EVER SEEN ANY FILM BEFORE. Otherwise, find something entertaining to do during screening, because this ...

For rough Polish rustics, a neighbor's property is fair game Wilhelm Sasnal is an acclaimed Polish painter and comic strip artist, who in collaboration with his wife Anka has now made a (77-min.) feature following up on several short ...

This all-black movie was produced in 1943, and it marks the changing of the guard in how blacks were portrayed in Hollywood movies. The movie is a hallmark of black performers: Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Lena Horne, Fats Waller, Cab Calloway, ...

One of Ben Gazzara's (1930 - 2012) best roles