With age, Angelina Jolie has acquired a certain attributable nuance and sophistication that until recently would have been thought impossible from such an archetypal anti-feminist signature of adolescent male fantasy. Excepting her performance in 1999′s “Girl, Interrupted” this mysterious icon of sexuality has made a career of adding the superficial sexual sparks to action films targeted [...]
This week I decided to pick up “Defiance,” the true story of Jewish brothers in Nazi-occupied Russia who build a village in the forest and save thousands of persecuted Jews while fighting against the Nazi force. When I picked up “Defiance”, I was pretty excited because I’ve enjoyed some of director Ed Zwick’s previous movies [...]
In response to the recent baffling success of Hugh Jackman’s “X-men Origins: Wolverine,” studio suits are already planning its sequel. Apparently their goal is to pioneer the excessive use of punctuation in movie titles. Variety reports: “Hugh Jackman and Seed Productions partner John Palermo are ramping up several projects for the “Wolverine” star. Fox and [...]
We may be in a worldwide recession, but that world clearly doesn’t include the realm of mutants with long fingernails, adamantium skeletons, and uncanny poker playing abilities. “X-men Origins: Wolverine,” directed by Gavin Hood, and starring Hugh Jackman in a prequel reprisal of his role as Marvel Comics character, Wolverine, opened in the top spot [...]
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