The Fountain is this year’s most heart breaking love story. In many ways, The Fountain feels like something Kubrick would have done visually, but with a much more romantic edge that Kubrick hardly ever displayed on screen. The Fountain is also one of the most breathtaking films in years. There were several moments where I [...]
Movie Pulse Review – Flyboys
November 17, 2006 by Leave a Comment
From the Stargate and ID4 producer… here comes FLYBOYS When Dean Devlin announced he was going to launch an independently financed World War I picture it raised a lot of eyebrows in Hollywood. The hotshot producer responsible for smash hits like ‘Stargate’ and ‘Independence Day’ put a great deal of funding into the computer generated [...]
MoviePulse Review: “Saw III”
October 28, 2006 by Leave a Comment
Want to see the perfect example of Hollywood nurturing a cool, student short into a successful feature and then running it into the ground? Look no further than the ‘Saw’ franchise. It has been three years since James Wans’ original horror film took audiences by storm and with each progressing year a sequel has been [...]
MoviePulse Review: 3D A Nightmare Before Christmas
October 24, 2006 by 2 Comments
Computers make everything easier. When you can execute something faster and with greater simplicity on a computer, especially when it comes to a product which could in turn generate a large influx of cash, it is sure to raise eyebrows. While this explains away the fact that computer generated family pictures are slowly replacing more [...]
Movie Pulse Review: “The Wicker Man”
October 18, 2006 by Leave a Comment
I am sure there are a few fan boys of the original Wicker Man who have been eagerly awaiting to see how the remake is. I have not seen the original, so this will not be a comparison of the two reportedly different films. What I can tell you is this, the remake is awful! [...]
No Hope For “Planet Earth” In Absurd TV Movie
October 13, 2006 by 2 Comments
Written by: Ray Richmond Reuters/Hollywood Reporter – Hallmark Channel’s “Final Days of Planet Earth” is a sci-fi thriller-cum-camp extravaganza that envisions a world where your Blackberry cannot save you in a pinch and your friends may sprout slimy appendages at a moment’s notice. Produced by the ubiquitous and deep-pocketed Robert Halmis senior and junior, “Earth” [...]
MoviePulse DVD Review: “A Nightmare On Elm Street”
October 13, 2006 by Leave a Comment
Having never seen ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’, the re-release of the New Line Cinema crown jewel on the big screen in its re-mastered entirety got the horror fan in me excited. How can I call myself a fan of the horror genre and have waited over twenty years to see Wes Craven’s haunting masterpiece? [...]
Mystery Deepens In New ‘Lost’ Episode
October 12, 2006 by 5 Comments
Written by: ERIN CARLSON (Associated Press Writer) ******SPOILER ALERT****** Lost” fans, this was a good one. Last week’s premiere was a downer, focusing on moody Jack (Matthew Fox) and his troubled past. Wednesday’s episode, however, brought back the intrigue that hooked viewers during the ABC drama’s debut season and deepened the mystery once again. (It [...]
MoviePulse.net Review: “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning”
October 12, 2006 by Leave a Comment
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning can be described as maliciously bloodthirsty, torturously cruel, and white-knuckle thrilling. But somewhere along the way it also manages to be overwhelmingly repetitive and drastically familiar. While it’s noticeably better than the 2003 remake regarding its thrills and raw violence, it still leaves a lot to be desired from [...]
A SFX Review: “The Dark”
October 9, 2006 by Leave a Comment
Source: SFX Magazine Maria Bello sums up The Dark quite accurately during her interview in the extras on this DVD, when she comments that when it comes to the movie’s director, John Fawcett: “You can tell that he’s watched every thriller/ horror film that’s ever been made.�? Yes, you can tell. You can tell because [...]
Six Degrees: Incidentally, Not A Right Angle
October 8, 2006 by Leave a Comment
Submitted by: Sevens (SoSF Staff Reporter) Source: Cinema/TV Blend Reviewed by: Logan Scherer Random strangers can spontaneously interact in collisions that can be pretty meaningful. This may be true in the camera-captured worlds of a whole slew of successful films and if it is we get it. ABC’s “Six Degrees” follows unknowing Manhattanites, some connected [...]
Movie Pulse Text Review: “The Covenant”
September 28, 2006 by 3 Comments
While we were at the San Diego Comic-Con we managed to catch a screening of ‘Clerks 2’, which just happened to have a trailer for the new Renny Harlin horror picture, ‘The Covenant’, attached to it. Perhaps it was all the fantastic footage of upcoming films we were privy to at the country’s biggest pop [...]
Sharp, Funny View Of a Stupid Future
September 9, 2006 by 4 Comments
Submitted by: Thomas Vincent (SoSF Fan) Written by: DAREL JEVENS (Staff Reporter for the Chicago Sun Times) Hurry. You might only have a couple of days. Go see “Idiocracy,” the new, practically censored movie from the guy behind “Office Space,” “King of the Hill” and “Beavis and Butt-Head.” You’ll have a lot of laughs, and [...]
“The Host” Is a Genuine SF Blockbuster
September 2, 2006 by Leave a Comment
Written by: Samuel K. Sloan (SoSF Producer & Managing News Editor) Over the last month on our Slice of SciFi show we have been highlighting and talking about the impact that films in Asia and India are beginning to have on Hollywood filmmakers and Western audiences. There is a new film out of South Korea [...]
Critics Are Loving “Hollywoodland”
September 1, 2006 by 3 Comments
Written by: Samuel K. Sloan (SoSF Producer and Managing News Editor) Early reaction from critics over Ben Affleck’s performance as TV’s first Superman, actor George Reeves, in “Hollywoodland” is very favorable. Ben, no stranger to the occasional flop, just ask him about “Gigli,” is superb as the man who made Superman an icon for generations [...]
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