Drama, Film, Mystery
Film: No Sudden Move
Steven Soderbergh’s latest is No Sudden Move (2021), and it’s an absorbing, convoluted crime tale set in Detroit in…
July 7, 2021-
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Film, SpiesFilm: The Good Shepherd
What do you get when you combine all the elements of an epic spy drama, a great cast, high…
October 20, 2020 -
Film, Science FictionFilm: The Martian
Based on Andy Weir’s bestselling novel, The Martian (2015) proves that with some Hollywood blockbusters, even when you have no…
October 10, 2015 -
Comedy, Drama, Film, Science FictionFilm: The Zero Theorem
The Zero Theorem (2013) is easily Terry Gilliam’s most accomplished film since 12 Monkeys, and it’s probably my favorite…
October 20, 2014 -
Drama, Film, Science Fiction, ThrillerFilm: Elysium
The problem with Neill Blomkamp movies, in my little two-film sampling, is that he doesn’t know when to quit.…
July 7, 2014 -
Film, Spies, Spy 100 Project, ThrillerSpy 100, #16.3: The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bourne series concludes – well, sort of – in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), which is basically more of…
March 31, 2014 -
Film, Spies, Spy 100 Project, ThrillerSpy 100, #16.2: The Bourne Supremacy
If the genre is to believed, there is no retiring from the spy business. As The Bourne Supremacy (2004)…
March 10, 2014 -
Film, Spies, Spy 100 Project, ThrillerSpy 100, #16.1: The Bourne Identity
I saw The Bourne Identity (2002) in the theater back when it came out, well before my total immersion…
March 2, 2014 -
Drama, Film, Spies, Spy 100 Project, ThrillerSpy 100, #35: Syriana
A convoluted tangle of a film, Syriana (2005) is impeccably crafted, challenging and highly political. It skims across the…
October 31, 2011 -
Drama, FilmFilm: True Grit
Westerns are a tough sell for me, but since the Coen Brothers aren’t, I watched True Grit (2010) with…
July 31, 2011 -
Fantasy, Film, Science FictionFilm: The Adjustment Bureau
Sometimes a film tries to be too many things to too many people. The Adjustment Bureau (2011) is one…
March 22, 2011 -
Comedy, Film, SpiesFilm: The Informant!
Leave it to me to take a break from the Spy 100 list by watching another spy movie. Steven…
April 20, 2010