Kevin Costner was on the cusp of becoming a huge A-list star when he took the lead in this rather grim but intriguing thriller from Tony Scott. On leaving the navy, Jay Cochran (Costner) heads south to visit his old Mexican gangster buddy (Anthony Quinn), only to fall for his stunning young wife, Miryea (Madeline […] Read more »
Going into Man of Steel I brought a lot of baggage. I’ve never been much of a Zack Snyder fan, and while I can appreciate his fanatically faithful adaptations of 300 and Watchmen (I’ll even go so far as to say that his ending of Watchmen is better than Alan Moore’s), I absolutely hated Sucker […] Read more »
Comic book adaptations and reboots of classic pop culture fare are coming so thick and fast, a new Superman film seemed like a mundane and wholly unremarkable proposition. With Zack Synder, a director known for his riveting visuals and insubstantial story-lines directing, expectations were muted. But, hope lay within the fine print. Christopher Nolan was […] Read more »