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Batman Begins…to get me hyped for this movie.

By Allen Holt ⋅ April 28, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Hot on the heels of the grandeur of the Serenity trailer, Apple now has the final trailer for Batman Begins and it’s got me pretty geeked. While there are certainly a couple of goofy moments in it, the many, many bits of utter kewlness thoroughly trumped them. What we can see of the overall look [...]

“Let’s go be bad guys.”

By Allen Holt ⋅ April 26, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

The official trailer for Serenity came out about an hour ago and man, does it look good. The effects look sharp and the dialogue is typically Whedon-y. I feel pretty confident in saying that anyone who dug Firefly, the TV series from which the movie spawns, is probably going to like this movie. It honestly [...]

First Official Pic of Routh as Superman

By Allen Holt ⋅ April 22, 2005 ⋅ One comment

Warner Brothers has released the first official picture of Brandon Routh in the new Superman getup from Superman Returns. Two things to discuss here: one, the suit; and two, Routh himself. The costume I like. It’s not necessarily the way I would have gone with it, but I like it. I especially like the fact [...]

Doc Ock, Gandalf Sign On For “DaVinci Code”

By Allen Holt ⋅ April 20, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

The cast for Ron Howard’s adaptation of The DaVinci Code just keeps getting better and better. This movie was going to be an absolute smash no matter who they got to star in it, but man, they’re certainly not going for “movie stars” with the casting…they’re getting Actors. In addition to the already-cast Tom Hanks [...]

Review: Ocean’s Twelve

By Allen Holt ⋅ April 19, 2005 ⋅ One comment

Ocean’s Eleven was one of my favorite movies of 2001: great cast of actors and an excellent director (Steven Soderbergh) making an easy, fluffy movie and obviously having a ball doing it. The witty interplay between the characters and the slickly-executed heist succeeded largely because the A-list stars were obviously having fun making the movie. [...]

Review: Sideways

By Allen Holt ⋅ April 18, 2005 ⋅ 9 comments

Miles Raymond, the wine connossuier at the heart of Alexander Payne‘s Sideways, would surely have looked down on, if not openly mocked, the bottle of wine the wife and I opened up as we cozied down on the couch to watch this fascinating movie. The wine was an ’02 Firesteed pinot noir, and though Miles [...]

Quotas Dias (4/11/05)

By Allen Holt ⋅ April 11, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

It’s always A Good Thing when I find someone else making a statement that mirrors my own opinions about things, and its An Even Better Thing when they do it in such a way that allows me to just steal the quote from them and not have to do any real work myself. Today’s example [...]

Review: Troy

By Allen Holt ⋅ April 10, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

The story of the Trojan War as told in Homer’s Iliad seems like it would feature all of the elements needed to make a classic (so to speak) epic film: larger-than-life characters (and gods, even); young lovers risking everything in order to be together; violent clashes of massive armies as well as personal blood fueds; [...]

Review: Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle

By Allen Holt ⋅ April 9, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Have you ever wanted anything so badly that you were willing to do almost anything to get it? To traverse any terrain no matter how treacherous, to endure the cruel ravages of the elements, to best any foe who stood between you and your object of desire? Have you ever been possessed by a craving [...]

Review: Sin City

By Allen Holt ⋅ April 3, 2005 ⋅ One comment

If you’re reading this review, chances are pretty good that you already know Sin City was adapted by Robert Rodriguez from the series of hard-boiled graphic novels by Frank Miller. You probably already know that Rodriguez used Miller’s stark black-and-white images and kinetic storytelling and intertwines them with his own frenzied filmmaking techniques to come [...]

Review: Daddy Day Care

By Allen Holt ⋅ April 1, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Daddy Day Care comes off like a movie developed entirely by a studio’s marketing department and focus groups–funny, since that’s exactly what Eddie Murphy‘s character does for a living (albeit for wretched cereal and not wretched movies) before getting sacked and going into the daycare biz. This movie was produced for exactly two reasons: because [...]

Teaser: “Superman Returns” one-sheet