Nearly thirty-five years after its publication, director Steven Spielberg has delivered Roald Dahl’s The BFG onto the big screen. By reimagining the story with a script by the late Melissa Mathison, combined with cutting-edge digital effects, the magical world that…
After the dull Chéri and the uneven Tamara Drewe, the generally reliable Stephen Frears appears to be in something of a slump. Unfortunately, his frivolous, superficial adaptation of Lay the Favorite, Beth Raymer’s memoir about her path from stripper to…
When considering all the Warner Brothers classics that deserve Ultimate Collector’s Edition status—Casablanca and Ben-Hur, for instance—The Town doesn’t immediately spring to mind. Granted, The Town, one of the best heist pictures I’ve seen in years reestablished director/actor Ben Affleck…
Warner Bros. | 2010 | 125 mins. | R Just a few years ago, it looked like Ben Affleck might have thrown away much of a promising career. After scoring an Academy Award (with Matt Damon) for writing 1998’s Good…