Gone Girl is one bad-ass nasty flick – in a good way. Director David Fincher (Alien3, Seven, The Game, Zodiac, Panic Room, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) has created another film that manipulates its audience in expert fashion – remember, all in a good way. Based on the novel of the same name by Gillian Read More…
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Hollywood See Hollywood Do – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
The film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes provides a fair amount of likeable aspects for its viewers. Three of the them are not originality, filming locations, or appropriate length. The injection of the standard issue Hollywood Summer Epic techniques (e.g., the overlong, implausible fight between hero and villain towards the end of the Read More…
Living and Dying Becuase of Honor
Lone Survivor, Peter Berg’s graphic and little-nonsense film is filled with tense action scenes for almost 3/4’s of its 121 minute run-time. Lone Survivor tells us that the best laid plans executed perfectly can be undone by the actions of other people simply because it is part of their everyday life. Lone Survivor tells us Read More…