Once again F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great American novel has been deemed in need of a Hollywood makeover. This time, it’s in the hands of Australian director Baz Luhrmann, best known for flamboyant flicks like Romeo+Juliet (1996) and Moulin Rouge (2001), as well as the big box office flop...
If you liked the first movie, you’ll like this movie. Which first movie? Well, if you’re unaware of existing Star Trek lore and have only just jumped on the bandwagon with J.J. Abrams’ 2009 reboot, you’ll like this flick. On the other hand, if you’ve spent years...
It seems that Worrawech “Dan” Danuwong, an ex-member of the pop-trio D2B, is serious about making a name for himself in film circles. Putting his music career on the back-burner, last August saw him make his directorial debut with Kuen Wan Sao Tueng Chao Wan Jan (Sat-Mon) and now he...
Here’s the thing. Robert Downey Jr. does Tony Stark—Iron Man’s unsubtle alter ego—effortlessly, convincingly, and with such breezy charm that he’s easily the best thing about superhero movies right now. The man could do it locked inside an iron suit with a glowing...
Two years after debuting with the wildly successful dark romance Blue Valentine, which saw Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams nominated for Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively, at the 2011 Golden Globes Award, director Derek Cianfrance is back with The Place Beyond The Pines. Back too is...
This year’s blockbuster season is kicking off with—what else—a Tom Cruise-fueled sci-fi flick. It’s writer-producer-director Joseph Kosinski’s follow-up to his directorial debut, the ill-received Tron: Legacy, and, like Cruise’s overly detailed and robotic...
The business of American politics rarely translates well through Hollywood’s interpretive lens. Democratic jockeying is either simplistically morphed into a heroic fable, or worse, over-dramatized as a meandering, boring marathon of a film that feels more like history lesson than...
The borrowed influences for Dreamworks’ newest animated romp make themselves fairly apparent from the very first action sequence. In it, the namesake prehistoric family leave the security of their cave to snatch a large bird’s egg for the day’s meal, which leads to an epic,...
By modernizing the well-known ghost story of Mae Nak Phra Khanong, GTH director Banjong Pisanthanakun (Phobia, Shutter) risks comparison with 1999’s highly successful version. But while stylized and spiced up, Pee Mak Phra Khanong still clings closely to the traditional folk legend in many...
Retirement doesn’t usually come as a shock, but for film directors it kind of is. After all, Woody Allen’s 77 and still churning them out. But just before its release, director Steven Soderbergh announced that Side Effects would be his final film. Just months after his 50th birthday,...
