Superman Returns is a 2006 film, about Superman/Clark Kent returning to earth after being gone for several years. Where did he go? He went to look for his home planet of Krypton after scientists had said that they might have found a remnant of it floating in space.
After returning to Earth both Superman [...]
Back in 2006, when this film was in theaters, people were buzzing about it like crazy. I remember asking someone who went to see it, if it was any good and what was so good about it. His answer “it’s the best man’s man film I’ve ever seen.” I was busy and [...]
Like all films, whether successful or not – it started with an idea. That idea was SAW, not necessarily a franchise, but if it comes about, who’s going to say ‘no.’
That idea was started by two guys; James Wan & Leigh Whannell. They met each other during film school. James wanted to be a director [...]
When A Stranger Calls is not only known for it being revived thriller, it is known for its star – the lovely and talented Camilla Belle. Camilla is one hot actress to root for if you are a Hollywood agent scouting for potential box office appeal. In this movie, Camilla does justice to all scenes [...]
I wonder how Roger Ebert (my idol movie critic) would react to his own review of Cars after the film went on garnering awards. He said Cars was the least beautiful of John Lasseter’s earlier works, Toy Story and A Bug’s Life. I tend to disagree since there are lots of factors that make this [...]
Monster House is an experiment to merge children’s animation with horror. And it succeeds. This actually is Robert Zemeckis’s follow up to Polar Express, Zemeckis having fallen in love himself to children’s animation, big thanks to the influence of Steven Spielberg. There is one memorable scene in this movie – the liplock between Jenny and [...]
It’s kinda abnormal for animals to possess intelligence as humans but that’s the fun in fables where humans are involved, right? And so it is in this movie. The actors are so engrossed with their animal characters that even Nick Nolte had to research his role just as his voice would be that of a [...]
This movie is a departure from the kind of Adam Sandler that we usually see i.e. being a lone father, or pathetic lover, or someone locked up for a very obscure offense. We see an Adam Sandler here in his usual raw comedic self. Here, he plays one bored middle-class family man who wants to [...]
