Review: The Aviator

I wrote a short review about the biopic a week (or two) ago.
Is it worthy of an Oscar?
Not that my opinion is going to matter, but yes and no. The competition for “Best picture” this year is stiff as usual, but if I had my way I want Hotel Rwanda to win. It has a [...]

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Keanu as Constantine? Who were they kidding?

Neo, part deux.
While at Kinokuniya recently, I decided to browse through Constantine graphic novels to get a feeling who this Constantine person is.
When I first saw the trailer, I thought it was kinda cool. I didn’t think Keanu Reeves could act to save his life, but I didn’t know anything about Constantine then. So, hey, [...]

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Sin City rocks!

This is for you fanboys out there …
Now, this looks like a movie that respects the material. I have not read Sin City, but a check at the Sin City section at IMDB reveals that:
After a poor Hollywood experience in the early-’90s, Frank Miller refused to relinquish the movie rights to any of his comic [...]

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