Film Review: AJAMI
Written and Directed by Scandar Coptu and Yaron ShaniStarring; Sharir Kabaha, Ibrahim Frege, Fouad Habash, Eran Main, Scandar Copti, Yussef Sahwani, Ranin KarimReleased; February 2010Running Time 2 hoursAjami was one of the contenders this year for “Best Foreign Film”...
Monday Movie Quote: The Poseidon Adventure
"You see, Mr. Scott? In the water I'm a very skinny woman." That quote belongs to Mrs. Rosen as portrayed by Shelley Winters in the Poseidon Adventure. I've been in love with The Poseidon Adventure since I first saw it at the Flynn Theater at the age of nine. My older...
McQuarrie tackling Lee Child's ONE SHOT.
Many moons ago (about 21 months), word came out that Josh Olson was adapting Lee Child's ONE SHOT for the big screen. Olson delivered the goods on A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE and many (including me) were hoping this news meant that a Jack Reacher film was on it's...
Trailer: THE TOWN.
Ben Affleck has once again dipped into the crime genre. His next film, THE TOWN, is based on PRINCE OF THIEVES by Chuck Hogan.Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck) is an unrepentant criminal, the de facto leader of a group of ruthless bank robbers who pride themselves in...
American Bandits – Frank and Jesse James
I like westerns, and I am fascinated by Jesse and Frank James and other outlaws of that time.I no longer feel that they were heroes, but bad men who felt justified in doing wrong things. They just usually picked targets people didn't mind seeing robbed.I saw this DVD...