J. J. Abrams’ Star Trek (2009) is everything we’ve come to know and love about Star Trek and like no other Star Trek we’ve ever seen. Moral dilemmas, rules and regulations, nerdy scientific explanations for problems and slam-bang action are all elements of this film. Read More »
Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge! (2001) is a frenetic, misshapen, hodgepodge of a film. The story centers on Christian (Ewan McGregor), an English writer who sets off to experience the Bohemian Revolution in the Montmartre section of Paris in 1900. By circumstance, and the accident... Read More »
Robert Downey Jr. is back in Jon Favreau’s sequel to 2008’s Iron Man appropriately titled Iron Man 2. This time around, Tony Stark (again played by Downey) is dying thanks to the element needed to power his arc reactor in his chest. As his blood toxicity rises, so does his reck... Read More »
John Favreau’s Iron Man (2008) is a film so good and so entertaining that its faults are easily overlooked. It’s a superhero origin story that follows billionaire genius playboy philanthropist Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) through some tough times. First, he’s abducted by mili... Read More »
