If this is news to you and you've never seen (or heard of) Manhunter before, make it a point to seek it out. Because of Mann's presence as the director, don't buy the Miami Vice knockoff 80's talk that other folks try shoehorn. Michael Mann's film has far more balls than anything from his TV series and is better than Brett Ratner's Red Dragon remake of the same Thomas Harris novel from 2002.
Read MoreI was one of the six people who saw The Lookout back when it hit theaters in 2007. I was kind of "meh" about it then and wasn't a Joseph Gordon-Levitt fan. I haven't seen it since, so I was very happy to revisit it for the Alphabet Movie Club. I wasn't going to vote for it, but I wasn't sad that it won.
Read MoreTo put my creativity to use and honor both the gods of education and beer, I've arranged three "honor roll six-packs" of the best college movies.
Read MoreThe Bourne Legacy is more of a new chapter than it is a sequel or reboot. Think of it as if you're watching a new Star Wars movie from the point-of-view of the Storm Troopers in the background at the Death Star, but just really important ones.
Read MoreIt goes without saying that any movie with Tommy Lee Jones and Meryl Streep is going to be well-acted, but it bears repeating with Hope Springs. I was constantly amazed to watch both of these two perform the hell out of their roles as much when they weren't speaking as when they were.
Read MoreBecause this entire story has already been told before, there are absolutely zero surprises in Total Recall.
Read MoreLet me just say this generality, right up front. I'm a man. I'm genetically programmed to enjoy movies built like The Killer. Guys like me love over-the-top and gaudy action to the point where we find ourselves imitating the action when we think no one is looking. Guys like me are the ones that still make silly pistols with sound effects out of our fingers and do martial arts moves spoken to tough guy movie quotes in the bathroom mirror.
Read MoreI’ll say it right now. I’m a big fan of Jackie Brown. It’s arguably Tarantino’s most approachable film and straightest story when compared to the dancing timelines of Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, and his Kill Bill pair.
Read MoreAnytime you let three guys like Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, and Jonah Hill play off each other, funny things are going to come out of their mouths. It's perfectly acceptable to at least have a good idea or premise that puts these three guys together. Why not a neighborhood watch in suburban mid-America? Sure, we'll take that and the fun back-and-forth works for sure. However, once you they actually give something for them to do, the good idea of The Watch fails, especially if that idea is a cockamamie alien invasion.
Read MoreWith July temperatures soaring into the triple-digits in many places, the opposite is needed. Who needs a chilly fantasy to beat the oppressive heat? Here are a few frosty movie suggestions for summer escapes! Let's start with the creepy ones and end on the cute ones.
Read MoreWith In the Heat of the Night portraying a black hero asserting himself and a white anti-hero spewing slanderous rhetoric with every "boy" opening clause, they created a volatile situation of stereotypes that eventually find respect and compromise. Both characters change and they enforce that need to change within the Deep South setting of the story.
Read MoreIn having a little fun with the upcoming 2012 Summer Olympic Games, I couldn't help but notice a great deal of obscure and untapped athletic talent in the movie characters I've been seeing on on the silver screen so far this summer. I saw a red-headed Scottish princess with a knack for archery, a superhero team of immense talent and strength, and a few other flashes of brilliance.
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