In 2011 Colin Firth won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in “The King’s Speech”, which included many memorable scenes. Now, four years later, Firth stars in “Kingsman: The Secret Service”, director Matthew Vaughn’s follow-up to “X-Men: First Class”. “Kingsman” does provide Firth with the opportunity to appear in, quite possibly, the most memorable […]
Only a few months after the original “Taken” was released in January 2009, star Liam Neeson’s wife, Natasha Richardson, died following a tragic skiing accident. Since then Neeson has starred in more than 20 movies, the majority of which are intense, heart-pounding action movies. He’s said that these films, such as “Clash of the Titans”, […]
“Unbroken” tells the true story of Olympian and WWII veteran Louis Zamperini, who survived a plane crash that put him and two fellow soldiers adrift at sea for 47 days, and then two years in the brutal conditions of Japanese prison camps. All of this was chronicled in author Laura Hillenbrand’s 2010 best-selling book of […]
The adventures of Bilbo Baggins have come to a close with the final installment (or as the poster reads, “The Defining Chapter”) of director Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” prequel trilogy. It’s a series that many believe (though not Warner Bros. execs) should have been condensed into just one film, since J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The […]
“The Hunger Games” movie franchise, based on Suzanne Collins’ wildly successful book series, reached greater heights with last year’s second installment, “Catching Fire”. The sequel proved to be stronger, both in quality and at the box office, than the original film. Unfortunately, “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1”, the first half of the epic […]
Space is no longer simply the Final Frontier. Director Christopher Nolan follows-up his “Dark Knight” trilogy and the critically acclaimed but highly overrated “Inception” with a sci-fi adventure that goes well beyond the phrase “To Infinity and Beyond”. In “Interstellar”, Michael Caine (a Nolan staple) plays the head honcho at NASA. He repeatedly quotes lines […]
In “To Kill a Mockingbird”, lawyer Atticus Finch, played by Oscar winner Gregory Peck, must defend his client, even though he realizes he doesn’t have much of a chance of keeping him out of jail. 52 years later, Robert Downey, Jr.’s fast-talking lawyer whose heart is not quite so gold, takes on the task of […]
What if you were kidnapped by a group of suited men with guns and had a powerful and valuable drug surgically implanted in your stomach? And what if this led to you becoming the most intelligent person in the history of the world? I’m not sure mankind would be ready for it, something Oscar-winner Morgan […]
Melissa McCarthy received a surprise Oscar nomination for her over-the-top comedic performance in 2011’s “Bridesmaids”. Since then, her status as one of Hollywood’s top funny ladies has been taken quite seriously, with roles in hits such as “Identity Thief” and “The Heat”, as well as her starring role on the CBS sitcom “Mike & Molly”. […]
“Show me the fastball!” The most famous film about the life of a sports agent is 1996’s Oscar-winning football dramedy, “Jerry Maguire”. The last sports movie to win the Best Picture Oscar was the 2004 Clint Eastwood boxing drama, “Million Dollar Baby”. 10 years later, Disney uses 2/3 of that title for their newest “Based […]