November 21st, 2011 by Gerard Iribe
That high flying duo known as J.J. Abrams and some guy named Steven Spielberg are back with their latest coming-of-age/science fiction story in Super 8. The trailers and promotional material did absolutely nothing to quench the thirst of the uber geeky. All we saw was a bunch of kids making a super 8 film, a [...]
November 4th, 2011 by Gerard Iribe
A “mission” more than a decade in the making. Tom Cruise is IMF Agent Ethan Hunt, one of the greatest action heroes of all time, in the adrenaline-pumping suspense-filled blockbuster series Mission Impossible. Filmed in the most exotic locations around the world by the biggest directors in Hollywood, including Brian De Palma, John Woo and [...]
June 11th, 2011 by Aaron Neuwirth
Before the J.J. Abrams directed film, Super 8, begins, the film is stamped with the Amblin production logo. Amblin is a production company created by Steven Spielberg back in 1981. When that logo began to appear on the outset of not only Spielberg films, but films directed by other filmmakers he had influenced, it would [...]
June 10th, 2011 by Jonathan Koenig
This is going to be mostly a stream of consciousness so hold on tight. Sometimes I’ll talk with big words like I’m pretending to be smart and other times I will speak with the verbal acuity of a middle school child. So let’s do this! Super 8 is one of the most original movies I [...]
May 4th, 2011 by Aaron Neuwirth
So the time has come to prepare for the onslaught of summer blockbuster entertainment. I previously put together a list of films I anticipated for the spring, and with that now out of the way, it’s time for the next stage of this year – massively large budgeted entertainment. The number of films coming out [...]
December 29th, 2009 by Thor Magnusson
So its time for the “Best of the Year” list. I’ll admit even though I watch a truck load of films on a weekly basis, I’m more of the ‘home theatre’ type, meaning I see all types of films from different countries and different eras but I am not always up-to-date with the current films [...]