X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE takes the bold and very smart step of eschewing the CGI excesses of the last X-FILES movie, and of all the other fantasy/sci-fi/adventure flicks of summer. Instead it gets back to the heart of what made the series so engrossing. Not the things that go bump in the night, not… Read More »
TIMELINE
TIMELINE is the latest of Michael Crichtons novels to be translated to the silver screen. For those unfamiliar with Mr. Crichtons oeuvre, he churns them out like Wisconsin turns out cheese wheels and, as with any mass production concern, quality control sometimes slips between the cracks. Sometimes you get JURASSIC PARK, and sometimes you get… Read More »
THE LAST SAMURAI
In THE LAST SAMURAI, we have a puffed up popcorn flick that is not without a certain kitschy charm. It is a throwback to those glorious action-adventure films that Hollywood churned out with astonishing regularity during its golden age with little regard for the limitations of reality. It was all flash, glamour and really pearly… Read More »