Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson bring the Far East and the old West to 19th century London in this action comedy sequel to ‘Shanghai Noon.’
Category: Summer movie
Daniel Craig reinvents James Bond in ‘Casino Royale’ on Amazon Prime
Daniel Craig became the sixth actor to play James Bond in the official series in this tough, lean, faithful adaptation of Ian Fleming’s first novel. It revived the flagging franchise.
Steven Spielberg directs ‘The Adventures of Tintin’
Steven Spielberg’s first foray into motion capture filmmaking turns the legendary boy journalist and globe-trotting adventurer of the early graphic novels of Herge into a big screen hero.
‘Jaws’ – the original summer blockbuster on Netflix
Steven Spielberg’s meticulously-directed, tension-filled, career-redefining thrill machine is as effective today as it was in 1975 when it became a pop culture sensation.
‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ – Tom Hardy is the post-apocalyptic road warrior on HBO Max
George Miller’s long-awaited sequel was the most visceral, thrilling, and intelligent action film of 2015. Charlize Theron is superb as Imperator Furiosa.
‘The Muppets’ return on Disney+
Jason Segal scripts and stars in the big screen return of the iconic puppet characters, a comedy that recaptures the whimsical charm and goofy humor of their best work.
‘Sideways’ – a road trip through wine country on Amazon Prime
Alexander Payne’s road movie about best friends taking a bachelor party on the road through California vineyard country is a modern buddy film with a seventies sensibility.
‘American Ultra’ – stoners and spies on Netflix
American Ultra (2015) reworks The Bourne Identity as a slacker comedy with a killer punchline. Jesse Eisenberg is Mike Howell, a sweet, underachieving stoner prone to panic attacks. He gets by as convenience store clerk in a dead-end West Virginia town with a supportive girlfriend, Phoebe (Kristen Stewart), who is almost impossibly understanding when it […]
‘Midnight Run’ with Robert De Niro on Netflix
The midnight run of Martin Brest’s action comedy Midnight Run (1988) refers to what is supposed to be an easy job for skip tracer and bounty hunter Jack Walsh (Robert De Niro). He’s hired to capture Jack “Duke” Mardukas (Charles Grodin), a mild-mannered accountant who stole $15 million from the mob and then skipped out […]
Steven Spielberg’s ‘Minority Report’ on Amazon Prime
Steven Spielberg’s future shock crime thriller Minority Report (2002), based on a story by sci-fi visionary Philip K. Dick, offers law enforcement as a preventative force managed by drugged-into-submission psychics: they predict a murder and the cops arrest the perpetrator before he perpetrates anything. The names of the potential killers and victims roll out of […]