The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996, John Frankenheimer), the director’s cut
Looking over his filmography, one could argue John Frankenheimer stopped making significant films at some point in the late sixties or early seventies (I haven’t seen Black Sunday so I don’t know about...
View ArticleThe Island (2005, Michael Bay)
I know The Island bombed but I can’t believe anyone thought it wouldn’t. It’s incredible such a large budget was given essentially to a future movie–it takes place in 2015 or something, it’s never...
View ArticleThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003, Stephen Norrington)
There’s no doubt Stephen Norrington’s a lousy director but he’s not atrocious enough someone should retire from acting because he or she had to work with him–and Sean Connery didn’t even get the worst...
View ArticleTransformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009, Michael Bay)
I thought I could watch Transformers 2, or whatever it’s called, but I can’t. I made it through the first one, maybe because it followed some kind of traditional narrative structure, but the second one...
View ArticleThor (2011, Kenneth Branagh)
Thor has two problems to overcome. Director Branagh is successful at one of them. The first problem is half the film takes place in mythological Asgard, which is an ancient place, but very modern with...
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