The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Warren Beatty

Chris Last week, we looked at the career of director Paul Verhoeven. This week’s subject has had a long career both in front of and behind the camera, becoming one of the major icons of his era… Warren Beatty In...

Basic Instinct – Movie In A Nutshell

Director Paul Verhoeven returns this week with ELLE, a thriller about a woman’s revenge. So let’s take a look back at BASIC INSTINCT, the erotic thriller that continued Verhoeven’s American film success, and exposed everyone to the underworld of Sharon...

Sofia Coppola to direct Civil War drama Beguiled

You know what, I really like Sophia Coppola's films. Admittedly, I have not seen her entire canon, but I really enjoyed THE VIRGIN SUICIDES, LOST IN TRANSLATION, and SOMEWHERE. I believe that when her films work, they have a beautiful,...

Robert Zemeckis’ WWII spy-romance film Allied gets new poster

While I've definitely been burned before (over and over again), I can't help myself. I still get excited whenever a new Robert Zemeckis project is announced. While I've been lukewarm to most of his recent efforts (like his "motion-capture" films that...

Review: The Handmaiden

PLOT: In 1930s pre-war Korea, a scheming Count hires a poor thief to work for the Japanese heiress he plans on running away with. REVIEW: Park Chan-Wook is probably one of the greatest filmmakers working today, and he doesn’t disappoint...

Enchanted sequel Disenchanted on its way from Disney

You know, I really liked ENCHANTED. I thought Amy Adams was delightfully charming as a naive waif, without coming off cloying or annoying – which is a hard feat indeed. Everyone else in the cast – from Susan Sarandon vamping it...
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