Ah, the Bond title sequence. It is as iconic as Bond himself, or at least has been since the playbook was completed with Thunderball: Beautiful female silhouettes undulating about with weapons pointed at them or in their hands against surreal backdrops. Good ones can set the film up. Bad ones pull the audience down. I’m
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Silver (Marta Mazurek) and Golden (Michalina Olszanska), a pair of mermaids, seduce the members of a band to introduce them to human culture. Getting legs when they are dry helps them move around. With their stunning singing voices and their reappearing tails when they get wet, the two win over crowds as part of a
The Marvel One-Shots were a fantastic idea in a long list of fantastic ideas from the Marvel Cinematic Universe team: shorts films that could tell smaller stories, expand on concepts from the features, introduce or flesh out characters, and fill in missing pieces. This brilliant idea was followed by a horrible one: stop making the
Christian Mythos
“Your war is arrogance. That makes it evil. And that’s mine.” My choices for the best Christian Mythos films Alucarda (1977) Constantine (2005) The Devil’s Advocate (1997) Frailty (2001) The Omen (1976) The Ninth Gate (1999) Prince of Darkness (1987) The Prophecy (1995) Santanico Pandemonium (1975) The Christian mythos is a fascinating one, filled with
Fan Edits
“Invade now? Would such action be legal?” Roughly, a Fan Edit is a version of a movie that has been altered by a “fan” instead of an individual selected by the owners of the film. In some form, this has been going on for years (film students often re-cut official releases for practice; conservative groups
At a Spanish medical school, Bárbara (Macarena Gómez), a beautiful and fashion-conscious student, dreams of a future with a plastic surgeon husband, a lovely house, multiple jobs, and two kids. Med school is for husband-shopping. While there, she goes on a joyous murder spree. Most of her victims are scumballs, but she isn’t out to
When their father (Tim Robbins) has to work on a Saturday, peevish brothers Walter (Josh Hutcherson) and Danny (Jonah Bobo) play an old board game that Danny finds in the basement. The game, Zathura, transfers their house to deep space, and each move tosses a new danger at them, including a malfunctioning robot and alien lizards.Â
Hoping to help her destitute family and dying brother, young, innocent, Filipino Rosa (Alessandra De Rossi) has taken a job as a maid in Singapore with the Teo family. They are kind, though Mr. Teo is distant and Mrs. Teo is domineering. Their twenty-year-old son, Ah Soon (Benny Soh) is mentally retarded and likes Rosa a bit
Dahlia (Jennifer Connelly), a recently divorced mother going through a custody battle, moves with her young daughter (Ariel Gade) to an apartment with a water-damaged ceiling. Soon, water is dripping into the bedroom, and mysterious events are occurring that relate to a missing girl. Dark Water is the result of a group of primarily talented
In 1870 Paris, a mysterious masked Phantom (Gerard Butler) arranges for his protégée, Christine Daae (Emmy Rossum), to take over the lead at the opera. When Christine renews her relationship with the Viscomte Raoul de Chagny (Patrick Wilson), the Phantom vows revenge. The Phantom of the Opera takes you back to another time. No, that