Atlantis: The Lost Empire, an imaginative and eye-popping mix of action, adventure, and sweeping vision landscapes filled with gorgeous computer enhanced animation. Continuing on its recent arc of solid storylines in its animation and quality visuals, Atlantis is successful in both being a wide eyed roller coaster ride for kids and is interesting enough to […]
Adapted from the mega-popular biweekly Japanese comic strip, Katsuhiro Otomoto’s Akira pares down the epic graphic novel into two hours of purely visceral animated carnage. What lacks in coherence is made up for by brutal energy, starting off with a blood soaked shooting, mutant kids on the run, a kick ass motorcycle chase straight from
Disney’s version of Aladdin and his magic lamp is one of its best animated features terrific songs and gorgeous colors, thrilling action sequences and big laughs. It doesn’t have the classical emotional weight of Beauty and the Beast, which came out a year earlier, but it’s one of the only Disney films to break out
THE THIN RED LINE is poetic, thoughtful and yet a typically tough end of the century war film. Reclusive genius writer director Terrence (Days of Heaven) Malick’s first movie in 20 years follows a battalion of G.I.’s landing on Japanese held Guadalcanal in the Pacific in 1942-43, winning several horrendous battles with heavy casualties before
In the first film from this very profitable franchise, The Terminator (1984), the rogue defense system, Skynet, sends the Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger), a cyborg organism, to destroy Sarah Connor even before she gives birth to John. John is to be the future leader of the resistance to Skynet’s machines. (Skynet is the evil and alien
Field Details Movie Name Space Cowboys (2000) Director Clint Eastwood Writer David S. Ward Lead Actor Clint Eastwood Cast Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner, Marcia Gay Harden Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama Release Date August 4, 2000 (United States) Duration 2h 12m (132 min) Budget $60 million Language English IMDb Rating
Field Details Movie Name Sky High (2005) Director Mike Mitchell Writer Paul Hernandez (screenplay), Bob Schooley, Mark McCorkle (story) Lead Actor Michael Angarano Cast Michael Angarano, Danielle Panabaker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kurt Russell, Kelly Preston Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family Release Date July 29, 2005 (United States) Duration 1h 40m (100 min) Budget $35 million
WATCH NOW The 1990 Wolves marked the beginning of the impressive revival of the western, one which would last until 1992’s Unforgiven. Both films would win Best Picture and inspire a disastrous teen-ification of the genre with movies like American Outlaws. The story is compelling, Costner’s performance is top notch, and his direction is impressive.
Field Details Movie Name Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) Director Ang Lee Writer Hui-Ling Wang, James Schamus, Kuo Jung Tsai, based on the novel by Du Lu Wang Lead Actor Chow Yun-Fat Cast Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Chang Chen, Cheng Pei-Pei Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy Release Date December 8, 2000 (United States) Duration
WATCH NOW The dragons were due after the movie wizards made them possible in Jurassic Park, and one turns up here as a nice guy, sounding a lot like Sean Connery. Not only does Draco the Dragon talk, but he flies, blows fire and generally makes a nuisance of himself. Directed by Rob Cohen, this
