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French producer Luc Besson (the Transporter trilogy) has made a name for himself (and others) pumping out high-octane, adrenaline-fueled schlock. Thrillers that only pause to deliver a well-timed one-liner, while a tough-as-nails hero (usually European) blasts away bad guys to save a fragile victim and complete his mission. His movies are made up of mostly standard stuff, [...]
Cast: Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins Michelle Pfeiffer as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard Helena Bonham Carter as Dr. Julia Hoffman Eva Green as Angelique Bouchard Jackie Earle Haley as Willie Loomis Jonny Lee Miller as Roger Collins Bella Heathcote as Victoria Winters / Josette DuPres Chloë Grace Moretz as Carolyn Stoddard Gulliver McGrath as David Collins [...]
If you were a teacher and Blue Like Jazz were a paper handed in by a student, you’d wish you could disregard the usual criteria and grade it solely on its thought-provoking ideas and good intentions. To put it another way, it’s a shame that a story with such an intriguing perspective on religious faith was squandered [...]
Let me tell you the moment when I decided to give Lockoutthe benefit of the doubt, and no, it wasn’t the very gesture of taking my seat for a space-prison actioner set in the year 2079 and produced by Luc Besson (The Transporter, The Professional). It was the specific mention of “oxygen-fed weapons” guarding said space prison, [...]
“Clash of the Titans is a flat, loud collision of frenetic B-movie action sequences, digital distractions, and an underdeveloped script.” That was the opening line to my review of Louis Leterrier’s 3-D remake in 2010. Two years later, the description applies to its similarly-titled sequel, Wrath of the Titans, in which the titans are especially angry about all the [...]
Brooklyn Castle, Katie Dellamaggiore’s thoughtful first documentary, is an incredible story about an after-school program in New York City called “the Yankees of Chess.” With 20 titles since the ’90s, the moniker suits the scholastic chess team at I.S. 318, a “Title I” junior high school in a district well below the poverty line. Full-time [...]
So this movie coming up, The Avengers, you know what it’s about, right? It’s about some superheroes from other movies, plus a guy with a bow and arrow, who get together to fight villains. This is necessary because some villains are too powerful to be vanquished by just one superhero (unless that superhero is Superman, who [...]
Chinese Title: 親密損友 English Title: Heart’s Beat For Love Genre: Sitcom Producer: Gray Tang (Files of Justice, Healing Hands) Production: March 2011 Episodes: 60 Release Date: March 20, 2012 Cast: Kelvin Kwan Zac Koo Wylie Chiu Coffee Lu Hana Tam Lawrence Ng Ray Chan Yedda Chiu Introduction A sitcom about the romantic relationships, careers and life [...]
Chinese Title: 4 In Love English Title: Let It Be Love Genre: Romance, Comedy Notable: Valentine Day’s special series Producer: Jonathan Chik (Healing Hands II/III, The Gem of Life, When Heaven Burns) Episodes: 20 RELEASE DATE: JANUARY 30, 2012 Cast Moses Chan Charmaine Sheh Kenny Wong Elvina Kong King Kong Rachel Kan Wong Ka Hung [...]
Chinese Title: 讀心神探 English Title: Every Move You Make Episodes: 20 Filming: January – April 2010 Producer: Tsui Siu On (Return of The Cuckoo, Virtues of Harmony 2, The Beauty of the Game, Speech of Silence, Cupid Stupid) RELEASE DATE: October 4, 2010 Cast: Bowie Lam Crystal Tin Bosco Wong Aimee Chan Chris Lai Susan Tse [...]