Review: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END

(L-R) ORLANDO BLOOM, KEIRA KNIGHTLEY

Arrrrrrrh Wars “Are there pirates? Is the Pope Polish? You bet your sweet ass there are pirates. There are pirates overflowing every single frame of this movie. There are good pirates, bad pirates, friendly pirates, sexy pirates, sleazy pirates, clever pirates, stupid pirates, tall pirates, midget pirates, men pirates, women pirates, monkey pirates, white pirates,… Continue reading Review: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END

Review: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST

Prevent Movie Piracy Be careful what you wish for, the wise man said, and just because we all spent the summer of 2003 hoping that they would do something – anything! – to further the adventures of one Captain Jack Sparrow, doesn’t mean that any such effort would necessarily succeed at the mighty feat of… Continue reading Review: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST

Review: TITANIC

The Ship of Dreams I remember very clearly that for about six or seven hours, Titanic was the best-kept secret in the world. As the release of James Cameron’s seventh feature film drew towards us in 1997, I had heard all the horror stories, seen the (rather irritatingly) vague trailer, read the Time Magazine article about the sinking ship… Continue reading Review: TITANIC

Review: BATMAN BEGINS

My Life Is A Nightmare I’m still not convinced that the world needs Batman. Batman is, at his core, the superhero world’s finest fascist, a dark-clouded cowboy riding through the hills of urban America with a might-makes-right moral imperium that makes him, part and parcel, almost as dangerous as the villains he hunts. The “almost”… Continue reading Review: BATMAN BEGINS

Review: REVENGE OF THE SITH

Triumph of the Whills Revenge of the Sith is about as good as it could ever have been possible for this movie – being episode three of these Star Wars, and also (not coincidentally) the long-storied episode in which The Bad Shit Goes Down – to be. And Episode III’s fabled history is an important… Continue reading Review: REVENGE OF THE SITH