Posts Tagged ‘Gore Verbinski’
Film Review – Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
From its opening minutes, Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (2026) aims to test our patience. A man dressed in a plastic raincoat, wrapped in all sorts of tubes and wires, and wearing explosives on his chest walks into a late-night diner. He goes on a long…
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Film Review – A Cure For Wellness
A Cure For Wellness is director Gore Verbinski’s (Pirates of the Carribean, The Ring) latest film, and rather than a big, blockbuster film like his last, The Lone Ranger, Verbinski goes for psychological thriller with a less ambitious setting.
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Film Review – The Lone Ranger
Here is one of those instances where I wish I could say a film turned out to be a pleasant surprise, but to do so would make me a liar. On the surface, Gore Verbinski’s The Lone Ranger has all the ingredients of a summer…
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CinemaCon Days 3&4 Recap
If screenings of clips from Star Trek Into Darkness and Fast & Furious 6 weren’t cool enough, we still had two days worth of studio presentations (Disney, Sony, 20th Century Fox, and Lionsgate) at CinemaCon 2013. Generally the presentations went two ways: either the presenters would briefly mention a…
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Film Review – Looper
I haven’t necessarily loved all of Rian Johnson’s movies, but I have always thought that he was an immensely talented filmmaker. His debut, with the modern noir Brick, was a treat across the board and instantly brought him widespread acclaim. Though his sophomore effort, The…
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Episode 185 – Isla Fisher
In honor of the release of Bachelorette, Spencer and Greg discuss Isla Fisher.
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Episode 109 – The Business of Horror
Spencer and Greg investigate what makes a horror film financially successful and give their DVD picks of the week.
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What We’re Watching – 5/26/2011
Looking over some of the films I’ve recently seen, I’ve noticed that my taste in movies ranges dramatically. From a 1950s Italian comedy to a 1980s tense thriller to a 2011 movie with pirates and mermaids, it seems that there really isn’t a place in…
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