An ex-con The Rock is out to avenge his brother’s death after they were double-crossed during a heist years ago. ‘Faster’ is the story of that man, his struggles and the inner resolve to find a life he now deserves. Just kidding, its a movie about The Rock driving fast, kicking ass and flexing his [...]

Rarely does a remake match or exceed the quality of its predecessor, but Philip Kaufman’s 1978 reworking of The Invasion of the Body Snatchers is an exception. The film updates the setting of the original from a small 1950s suburban town to 1970s Los Angeles, and the idea caught on with 1978 theatrical audiences who [...]

After all, you boil any year in any of our lives down to two hours and you may be surprised at how much there is to sort throughThough the story is told through the lives of Tom and Gerri a clever bit of naming good for one solid joke, Mary, played with absolute perfection by [...]

Again focusing on another maverick, Timoner turns her lens on Danish political scientist Bjorn Lomborg, author of the 2001 best-seller The Skeptical Environmentalist, which argues that the actual and predicted impacts of global warming have been exaggerated and that attempts at transnational policymaking are ineffective. In the film, Lomborg emphasizes that he’s not a global [...]

What was it like working with Danny on a one-to-one basis? Freida Pinto: He does give you a lot of space and freedom to work on your character and that does help. In a strange way it’s funny that he would give that much independence to an absolute newcomer whose had no acting experience whatsoever.But [...]

Richard Levine’s slice of life family drama screened at New Yorks’ Tribeca film festival in April, 2010 and turned out to be well worth the screening time. The film addresses the challenges of raising the modern day family in a bold and unvarnished manner. The gay teenage son, alone, presents a challenge that would kill [...]

As the world is moving at a fast pace, people have less time to access movies at the theatre. To cater to the requirements of the people, the internet has brought about a new revolution. Now, you don’t have to take out time to watch your favorite movies, as you can buy movies online. Movies [...]

Do your chores, eat your veggies, brush your teeth, and get to bed! Moms, and everyone has one on earth, but… MARS NEEDS MOMS! Nine-year-old Milo Seth Green finds out just how much he needs his mom Joan Cusack when she’s Kidnapped by Martians who plan to steal her mom-ness for their own young. Now, [...]

What does slow, subdued classical music do to you? Do you find it relaxing? Some people feel that way. I don’t. To me, thats the theme of an indifferent universe. Music like that terrifies me. Heres why. ALIEN, the defining film of the “thar be varmints on this ship” category of movies, was directed by [...]

The problem is the portion sans Fanning. They’re boring. Yes, we walk around in Johnny’s shoes and learn quite a bit about our protagonist, but when that character’s life is so routine, such a long introduction becomes dull very quickly. Making the first half of the film even slower is the fact that Coppola opts [...]