Hugh Jackman
Trailer Trashin’: Rise of the Guardians May Be Freaking Brilliant!
Hey, folks. We’re debuting a new feature here on CinemaNerdz called “Trailer Trashin’.” At least once a week, I’ll be taking a look at a hot new trailer and giving you my take on what looks good, what looks bad, and how excited I am for the upcoming movie in question. And to kick this feature off, I’m looking at the first trailer for the upcoming animated family...[Read More]
Cinema Revisited: Exploring Mortality in The Fountain
Themes of life, death, disease, and immortality are all woven together in Darren Aronofsky’s The Fountain, a very ambitious film that delivers three separate story lines spanning a thousand years. One takes place 500 years ago, and follows Spanish Conquistador Tomas and his search for the tree of life. The next takes place in present day as we watch Doctor Tommy Creo (Hugh Jackman) look for a cure...[Read More]
Movie Review: Real Steel
Last year there was a significant influx of major studio film productions in the area of Michigan which I call home – an exciting time then for us Midwesterners as everything from the third Harold and Kumar and Transformers flicks to George Clooney’s The Ides of March was setting up shop in and around the metro Detroit area. Being a film nut since I was a teenager, the allure of seeing a movie in ...[Read More]