The Bourne Legacy (2012) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
The original Bourne trilogy grew out of Doug Liman’s smoothly orchestrated, fashionably reserved 2001 adaptation of Robert Ludlum’s novel, and …
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The Descendants (2011) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Alexander Payne’s reputation as a thornily honest and satirically acute, yet essentially humanist director has always been based in his capacity …
The Girl Who Played With Fire (Flickan som lekte med elden, 2010) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Perhaps my contrarian tendencies are fulminating again: whereas for many commentators this second instalment in the initial native-made adaptation of …
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
As a proclaimed aficionado of both John le Carre’s 1972 novel and the original mini-series adaptation, I approached this new …
When Eight Bells Toll (1971) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Long before The Silence of the Lambs (1991) finally made him a household name, Anthony Hopkins had built a formidable …
London Boulevard (2010) Movie Review, Cast & Crew, Film Summary
William Monahan made a name for himself as a screenwriter with the likes of Kingdom of Heaven (2005) and The …
The Lost Continent (1968) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Outlandish, lightning-paced, and genuinely hallucinogenic in its flow of bizarre behaviour, feverish plot development, and gaudy Eastmancolor-infused visuals, The Lost …
Master of the World (1961) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
The first impulses of what we now call steampunk were evinced in a glut of cinema adaptations of the science …
Bunco Squad (1950) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Pity the poor old B-movie without even a major cult director or star attached. Pity even more the B-movie that, …
The Human Factor (1979) Movie Review & Film summary, Cast
Otto Preminger’s final film, based on one of Graham Greene’s later variations on his style of “entertainment” thriller novels, fits …
