Now Playing: Dear George, You call this ‘Survival?’
An open letter from PCN to George Romero, whose newest zombie mishap, Survival of the Dead opens this weekend. Please sir, just stop.
Now Playing:Little lost ‘Prince’ doesn’t feel like Persia
PCN Rating: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is possibly the most faithful game-to-cinema adaptation to date. Characters run across a whirling digital landscape and leap and jump over walls and rooftops. All of the actors pop on and off screen speaking in disjointed fragments and half thoughts, as if re-enacting really expensive cut [...]
Television: BBC’s ‘Money’ doesn’t retain its original value
Directed by: Jeremy Lovering, Written by: Tom Butterworth, Chris Hurford, Based on the novel by Martin Amis. Starring: Nick Frost, Jerry Hall, Vincent Kartheiser Reviewed by: Jarv Ninja Rating: The BBC have a charter that they must abide by. They are compelled by law to provide a certain amount of original drama, and also to provide a [...]
DVD Dojo: Edge of Darkness Review
Mel Gibson returns to the action genre with Martin Campbell’s Edge of Darkness, now available on DVD and Blu-ray
Nightmare on Elm St. Movie Review
Platinum Dunes attempts to resurrect Freddy Krueger with a new ‘Nightmare’ that amounts to little more than a long yawn.
Cinema Retro-1939: Dark Victory Review
DARK VICTORY (Not rated-probably G equivalent) 104 min. Directed by: Edmund Goulding. Written by: Casey Robinson from the play by George Emerson Brewer Jr. Starring: Bette Davis, George Brent, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Humphrey Bogart, Ronald Reagan. Cinematography: Ernest Haller. Original Music by: Max Steiner, Howard Jackson. “I think I’ll have a large order of prognosis negative”–Judith [...]
Family Night: Looking Back on ‘The Blind Side’
Ninja Rating: Originally published in November 2009. John Lee Hancock’s film version of Michael Lewis’ novel, The Blind Side is an unexpected holiday gift to movie-goers looking for a little emotional uplift with their theater experience. In a sea of empty calorie FX pictures, yawny teen flicks, and devestating dramatic pieces, The Blind Side is that dependable [...]
Vision Quest: Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus Review
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus (PG-13) Directed by: Terry Gilliam. Written by: Terry Gilliam & Charles McKeown Starring: Christopher Plummer, Lily Cole, Heath Ledger, Tom Waits, Verne Troyer, Jude Law, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell Ninja Rating: It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a Terry Gilliam film that has stirred in me any sense [...]
DVD Dojo: Daybreakers Review
Daybreakers (R) 108 min. Written & Directed by: The Spiereg Brothers. Starring: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Isabel Lucas Cinematography: Ben Nott Score: Christopher Gordon Ninja Rating: At a Christmas get-together this year, one of my extended family members told me he had seen the site and would probably read it more if I [...]
Review: Robin Hood (2010)
Rating: PG-13 for violence including intense sequences of warfare, and some sexual content. Running time: 140 Minutes Directed By: Ridley Scott Written By: Brian Helgeland Starring: Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Mark Strong, Max Von Sydow, William Hurt, Oscar Isaac, Danny Huston, Eileen Atkins, Mark Addy, Matthew Macfadyen, Kevin Durand, Scott Grimes, and Alan [...]