Twenty-five years old, Galaxy Quest remains one of the best sci-fi comedies ever made. To call it a simple spoof of Star Trek is belittling. Written by David Howard and Robert Gordon and directed by Dean Parisot, the film has…
The first Harry Potter effort for director Peter Yates, Order of the Phoenix is probably my least favorite of the films. While the ending creates some excitement, getting there is ponderous to say the least, even after cutting the standard…
I’ve come to think of this sixth film in the Harry Potter franchise as the one where the young wizard truly begins to grow up. When we last saw Harry in The Order of the Phoenix, he was engaged in…
Warner Bros. | 2010 | 146 min | PG-13 The decision to divide J.K. Rowling’s seventh novel into two separate films remains a controversial one, but director David Yates and screenwriter Steve Kloves have taken full advantage of the opportunity…
20th Century Fox | 2008 | 110 mins. | Rated R The first few minutes of writer/director Randall Miller’s (Marilyn Hotchkiss’ Ballroom Dancing & Charm School, Bottle Shock) Nobel Son, gave me a bit of a headache. The film’s frenzied,…