According to the late author Michael Talbot, “What we perceive as reality is only a canvas waiting for us to draw upon it any picture we want. Magic is our birthright, no more or less miraculous than our ability to compute the reality we want when we are in our dreams.” In the comedy-drama Ruby…
Looper, the new sci-fi thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis is going to be a interesting one. In the future, time travel exists and is illegal, which leaves it open for abuse by the bad guys. Gordon-Levitt is one of these bad guys. He is a hitman in the past, who is hired by…
Anyone who has read my review for 2010’s misfire, “Jonah Hex,” knows that I love genre-mashing. I adore it especially if it’s something being meshed with a Western. Now imagine my glee when I heard Cowboys & Aliens being announced. Then came out that Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, and Paul Dano…
Ride ’em cowboy! The latest trailer for Cowboys & Aliens has arrived. Based off of a successful graphic novel, the movie tells the tale of Absolution, an old West town, and their fight against invading aliens. Easier said than done (aliens have spaceships and lasers, Westerners have horses and Colt 45s), that is until a…
Establishing a poignant opening scene is the most important aspect of filmmaking and more often than not, otherwise talented screenwriters, directors, and editors underestimate its significance. The introduction of major characters, the picture’s setting, and putting the plot in motion are all elements that must be addressed from the start. In the case of Kelly…
The trailer for John Favreau’s highly anticipated adaptation of the graphic novel by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, Cowboys & Aliens, has arrived. While it is filled to the brim with alien crafts, abductions and gun fights (Colt 6-shooters versus lasers), it still keeps how the the aliens appear masked and leaves the mysterious backstories for the…
The extra man is described as a man who accompanies wealthy old women to galas and other social events. The men provide the companionship, the women provide the men with a means to live beyond their means. Sound like an interesting way of life? Henry Harrison (Kevin Kline) is such a man and The Extra…
