Emily Browning
Movie Review: Legend
Legend is a film rooted in mediocrity that sadly fails to cash in on the mesmerizing double performance from Tom Hardy. Set in 1960s London, the film begins with Ronald Kray (Tom Hardy), incarcerated in a mental health facility. He has been diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic. Reginald Kray (also played by the stunning Tom Hardy) is walking the streets of London infuriating the police presence t...[Read More]
Movie Review: Pompeii
There are certain events from history that inherently lend themselves to being depicted on the movie screen. One such event is the destruction of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii following the eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Pompeii has already been used as the setting of no less than nine films, many of them based on or inspired by Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s 1834 novel The Las...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Mount Vesuvius Goes Boom in Pompeii
It’s the last week of August, and that means the end of the summer movie season is finally here. But as any educated consumer of film can tell you, movies that emphasize spectacle over substance are in no way limited to the summer months. And this week’s Trailer Trashin’ is a great example of this, with our first look at this coming February’s historical action-adventure Po...[Read More]