It hasn’t been a smooth ride for MGM, but today the film studio that is home to 14 Best Picture Oscar winners kicked off their 90th Year Anniversary with a new trailer which you can watch below. There’s no question you’ll be able to name most of the films that are featured in this trailer, … Continue reading
It’d be very easy to write off The Rock as just another typical Michael Bay movie. You know, over-the-top action sequences mixed with flourescent-tinted backgrounds and at some point, the silhouette of a helicopter floating slow-motion in the background. And yes, this movie does have those moments. But what separates this movie apart from the … Continue reading
THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!!!!… Ok, I got that out of my system. As you can tell, the movie of the day was Highlander what with it’s battle of immortals and rockin’ Queen soundtrack. I had never seen this movie before, but had heard the ubiquitous catch phrase on numerous occassions. Alas, I can check … Continue reading
Originally I had planned on watching Straw Dogs but since I’m not particularily in the mood to watch Susan George get brutally raped or watch Dustin Hoffman lose his freakin’ mind defending his house/life/wife I instead switched to my second choice – Diamonds Are Forever if, for any other reason, just to watch Jill St. … Continue reading
So we’ve reached the final chapter of the Bond breakdown. In this section, I’ll rate the different actors who’ve portrayed Bond as well as include some of my favorite Bond Girls. 1. Sean Connery – This is almost a default rating, though not because he was the first Bond or anything like that. I always … Continue reading
OK, so here we go. Top five. The creme de la creme. 5. On Her Majesty’s Service: George Lazenby’s one and only turn as the British ladies man turns in one helluva performance. It’s such a pivotal chapter in the Bond series too. The only film (so far) where Bond ends up married and the … Continue reading
So now we enter the collection of Bond movies that weren’t all that bad, but at the same time, not all that great. The mediocre bunch, although once we get into the Top 10, it’s hard to call any of these movies mediocre. Anyway, here is #14-#6. 14. Casino Royale: Daniel Craig’s first outing as … Continue reading
For the past two months, I’ve been watching the entire series of James Bond films from the very first (Dr. No) to the most recent (Quantum of Solace). As the topic is much too expansive to be contained within one posting, I’ve divided them up into four sections. I have ranked the movies from least … Continue reading
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