Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion is an eerie reminder of 2020—fear, social distancing and death all around—despite being released nine years before the Covid pandemic gripped the world. Unlike most films about epidemics that simply create chaos and run with it, Soderbergh…
When Guy Ritchie signed on to direct 2009’s Sherlock Holmes, he said he sought to “make a very contemporary film as far as the tone and texture”, because it has been “a relatively long time since there’s been a film…
Sporting his remarkably convincing English accent for the first time since his Oscar nominated role in Chaplin, Robert Downey, Jr. takes on the lead role in director Guy Ritchie’s (Snatch) Sherlock Holmes. Equal parts buddy film and adventure, the detective…
[AMAZONPRODUCTS asin=”B00KCFC9JI”]Dom Hemingway (Jude Law) is one of the best safe-crackers in the business. A raging alcoholic with a taste for cocaine, he would never be accused of lacking ego or confidence. Heck, the film opens with an extended shot…
Wes Anderson is rarely accused of being boring or dull. The dollhouse aesthetic, hypersytilization, and droll humor are uniquely Anderson. You either get it, or you don’t; critics be damned. Anderson’s films often have an aura of timelessness about them,…
Steven Soderbergh’s Side Effects is an interesting film, in that it starts off telling one story, only to quickly switch gears and tell another. Unfortunately, the first story is far more interesting, and better constructed than the second, which means…
When Guy Ritchie signed on to direct 2009’s Sherlock Holmes, he said he sought to “make a very contemporary film as far as the tone and texture”, because it has been “a relatively long time since there’s been a film…
Based on The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick, Hugo has given Martin Scorsese a rare opportunity to make a movie for adults devoid of sex, violence, or profanity, but still manages a real emotional depth, despite an airy…
Through the years, several films have been made about epidemics. Much of the time, the filmmakers simply create chaos and run with it. However, Contagion, the latest effort from director Steven Soderbergh does something clever: simply allow the events to…
Warner Bros. | 2009 | 128 mins. | Rated PG-13 Sporting his remarkably convincing English accent for the first time since his Oscar nominated role in Chaplin, Robert Downey, Jr. takes on the lead role in director Guy Ritchie’s (Snatch)…