With “Unbroken,” her second film as a director, star Angelina Jolie has made an extremely old-fashioned Hollywood movie: an inspirational war picture about real-life hero, the Olympic athlete-turned-WWII soldier Louis Zamperini. There has been a lot of press about Jolie wanting and fighting to tell the incredible story of Zamperini, who died several months ago at age […]
Unbroken: Angelina Jolie’s Well-Meaning, Inspirational but Conventional Biopic of Louis Zamperini
December 29, 2014 by
Hollywood 2014: Most Pirated Films
December 28, 2014 by
Scorsese’s “The Wold of Wall Street” and Disney’s animated smash “Frozen” were the two most-pirated movies for the year–each title downloaded about 30 million times by torrent users worldwide in 2014.
Unbroken: Box-Office Hit Despite Mixed-to-Negative Reviews
December 28, 2014 by
“Unbroken,” Angelina Jolie’s account of Olympian Louis Zamperini’s harrowing efforts to survive his bomber plane’s ocean crash and later imprisonment by the Japanese, picked up $31.7 million across 3,131 locations this weekend. The Universal release cost $65 million to produce and has brought in $47.3 million since debuting on Christmas. On paper, the story of bombardier […]
Oscar: Life of Emile Zola, The (1937): Warner Crusading Drama Starring Paul Muni
December 23, 2014 by
William Dieterle’s “The Life of Emile Zola” was nominated for the largest number of awards, 10, winning 3: Best Picture, Screenplay, and Supporting Actor.
Into the Woods: Technically Solid, Mildly Enjoyable, Lacking Distinction and Inspiration
December 17, 2014 by
Faithful to the source material, the new musical movie is darkly comic and rather enjoyable–if also uninspired.
