Without a doubt, Bigelow's film Zero Dark Thirty isn't aiming for that shine and sheen. It earns its R-rating and isn't the easiest film to watch. However, it is more than worth the extra effort and personal challenge to learn and realize just what stakes warfare and security have taken in the last decade.
Read MoreOnce again, I feel relieved to be able to judge this, just as the movie it is, without comparison to the popular musical. From a filmmaking standpoint, Tom Hopper's Les Miserables is a towering achievement in creation, design, and detail.
Read MoreThere are two real questions fans and moviegoers should be asking when approaching Jack Reacher. The first is whether Tom Cruise can portray WHO Jack Reacher is, not WHAT he looks like. The second real question is whether the completed and compiled movie effort is entertaining.
Read MoreStepping to the moviemaking side of Django Unchained, as aforementioned, this is Tarantino's broadest landscape yet and he nails the look and tone he was striving to achieve. This movie is a seamless western in palette and design.
Read MoreFinally, with no offense to Clint Eastwood, Hollywood has found a single movie that can attempt to tell this disaster's story with hope, respect, and power.
Read MoreForeign films can sometimes be a mixed bag, but when Academy Award winner Marion Cotillard is involved, people should take notice.
Read MoreI applaud Apatow, Mann, and their family for airing a little of their dirty laundry as a way to help us better appreciate and examine our own loads of lights and darks.
Read MoreRed Tails succeeds in telling a worthwhile true story of history with a flair for action that can only come from a guy who knows his way around the Force.
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