Superhero movies have become a staple of summer movie season, for better or for worse. The question often is not whether we’ll see a superhero movie anymore, but how many we’ll see, with The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, and The Dark Knight Rises being released within the last three months alone. Some may point to …
With The Dark Knight Rises opening this week, it’s only appropriate to look back at the series’ first two entries as well as previous incarnations of the Batman. Compiling a top ten list of best scenes from a character that has spanned decades would appear a fruitless effort. With a wealth of rich images, performances, …
A Cat in Paris Directed by Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol Written by Jacques-Rémy Girerd and Alain Gagnol France, 2010 As contentious as every Oscar inevitably is, one of the few areas of consistency is in the Best Animated Feature category (and perhaps the Best Documentary Feature). The 84th Academy Awards saw five worthy candidates, …
Warner Bros. has been patient with their marketing for The Dark Knight Rises, one of the most anticipated films of 2012. In the past few months we’ve been treated to a few images, two trailers, one teaser and several posters, and now has the company released two TV spots and seven new high-resolution stills; see …
Throughout the first half of February, the Sound On Sight staff will take a look at the Academy Awards. Whether one of the major studios takes the top prize at the Academy Awards or not, they have no squawk this year. Several years ago, as you might recall, the Big Guys were getting fed up …
Imagine if the studio’s wishes had been fulfilled, and Robert Redford had been cast as Michael Corleone in The Godfather. Or imagine if Raiders of the Lost Ark had been scored by Randy Newman. What would it be like if Apocalypse Now ended with a musical number, complete with Montagnard cabaret dancers and Marlon Brando …
Anyone who saw Memento upon release surely could never envisage the career path that its London-born director, Christopher Nolan, would take,moving from hugely impressive small, independent films to being the king of big budget and, along with Darren Aronofsky, surely Hollywood’s premier filmmaker. The crescendo of this status will come this summer, with the opening …
If it isn’t obvious yet, I am a comic book fan. And for as long as I can remember, Batman’s interesting mixture of superhero action and psychology has enthralled me more than any other hero. So naturally, I’m a huge fan of Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. But in a strange twist, I’m perfectly capable …
Bill Mesce recently wrote an interesting and comprehensive article for Sound on Sight, “The ‘Gray Ones’ Fade to Black.” Though many points were well made, I respectfully disagree with the overall conclusion of the article. Yes, the distribution model for film has changed drastically since the invention of television, cable, and the repeat viewing success …
Hollywood needs a hit Actually, Hollywood needs a bunch of hits. Actually, Hollywood needs a bunch of big, fat, through-the-roof hits. And with the summer – and the year – half over, the time to come up with them is running out. The movie business finished 2010 with the second highest domestic box office on record: $10.2 …
These were the Batman films that defined a generation. For better or worse the 1990’s had the well- received Tim Burton versions (1989’s Batman, 1992’s Batman Returns) while Joel Schumacher’s universal critically panned attempts were also rolled out (1995’s Batman Forever, 1997’s horrendous Batman & Robin). The millennium rolled around and Christopher Nolan, who’s biggest …
25- Mulholland Dr. (2001) Directed by David Lynch Genre: Thriller / Mystery David Lynch delivers yet again with this brilliant, biting, hysterical, and haunting ode to Hollywood. A movie in which the pieces add up to much more than the whole and the solution to the mystery, once realized, is remarkably rewarding. Mulholland Dr. split …