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“Inception” Bends Minds, Entertains, and Lives Up to Nolan’s “Dark Knight” Past
There are loads of director’s who have been given $100 million+ production budgets to spend- and so many waste the money in its entirety. Case in point, The Last Airbender’s $150 million budget. Inception cost $160 million to produce, an unusually high sum for a totally original vehicle, but the result is fascinatingly great. I wouldn’t [...]
A Prophet Speaks: “The Girl Who Played With Fire” isn’t as Cool as She Used to Be
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was a pleasant surprise this past spring. It’s classic Mystery pacing, and suspenseful plot kept the viewer engaged, and the fearless performance of Noomi Rapace as “Lisbeth Salander” elevated the film to a height few thrillers ever reach. Why its sequel, The Girl Who Played with Fire forgets most [...]
A Prophet Plays With “Toy Story 3″
Any kid who grew up in the 90s is immediatley familiar with Pixar’s new Toy Story film. The iconic characters, easy-to-relate-to story, as well as the (at the time) groundbreaking technology used to tell the story, make it a staple of childhood cinema. Admittedly, I really didn’t have very high expectations for this movie, since [...]
A Prophet Catches “The Last Airbender” Early So You Don’t Have To At All!
Sometimes, like in the case of Jonah Hex, movie criticism is no longer an art, it is a public service. The good people who review your movies for you, went and endured that film so that you, the innocent viewers did not have to. I was one of the brave many to endure, and I [...]
A Netflix Odyssey with Eric: Tom DiCillo’s “Living in Oblivion”
While movies about making movies have been done countless times, I don’t think I have ever seen one that celebrates the human error involved in the filmmaking process as much as Living in Oblivion. The movie takes place on one day of shooting, as director Nick Reve (Steve Buscemi) tries to perservere shooting his own [...]
A Prophet Watches Hit-Girl “Kick Ass”
I was treated to an early screening of Kick Ass last Thursday, and I have to say, I understand what all the hype is about. Does the film live up to all of it? I have to say no, but parts of it do. That’s probably the best way to sum up Kick Ass, if [...]
Indie Revival: Asif Ahmed’s “Lost Dream”
A new independent film hit the DVD market yesterday titled Lost Dream. The film is a stylish debut for Asif Ahmed, a daring indie director with something to say, and it features a set of brave performances from breakout talent Shaun Sipos (Melrose Place,Final Destination 3) and Michael Welch (All the Boys Love Mandy Lane). I actually screened the film some time ago, and I [...]
A Netflix Odyssey With Eric: “Edge of Darkness” (the original BBC version)
As highly regarded as this serial is, I had never heard of it until the Mel Gibson remake of the same name was about to come out this past January. I decided that the plot sounded interesting enough, and ordered up the original BBC version. Released in six parts, Edge of Darkness was first a [...]
A Prophet Heads Back to the 80′s in a “Hot Tub Time Machine”
This was one of the films that we told all of you to go see in our most anticipated of March article. In short, we weren’t entirely misguided in our prediction here, but while likable, Hot Tub Time Machine falls well short of the comedy classic status that its ridiculous, but fertile premise was capable [...]
Netflix Odyssey With Eric: Nicolas Refn’s “Bronson”
Like Antichrist, this was another movie I was really looking forward to seeing in theaters but, for whatever reason, was never able to. I had long heard the hype surrounding this movie, with much of the focus on actor Tom Hardy’s performance, who plays the title role in the film. Before diving into the rest [...]