In Bubba Ho-tep, Elvis (yes, the real one) lives in a rest home, mostly resigned to stay in bed and let life pass him by. That is until he sees something creepy and notices that more seniors than usual are dying at the home. Fortunately, he’s not the only one who notices that something is [...]
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City of God follows Rocket, a young man growing up in Ciudad de Dios, the City of God, a poor urban slum in Brazil. What swarms around him is a constant stream of death and crime, like something out of the mean streets of LA, but multiplied by hundreds. Indiscriminate killing, rampant poverty, drug dealing [...]
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Year: 2004
Story: Michael Chabon
Written: Alvin Sargent
Directed: Sam Raimi
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina and James Franco
Details: 127 mins / Sony Pictures / Rated PG-13
Lucky for the film viewing public, this second installment of the Spider-Man franchise takes everything right with the first movie and improves upon it. The first Spider-Man was a great movie [...]
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Year: 2007
Directed by: Michael Bay
Written by: John Rogers, Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, and John Turtturo
Although a nerd of the usual variety, I hold no sentimental spot in my heart for Transformers. I loved the toys, watched the cartoon, had my fun and grew up. I wasn’t afraid that [...]
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