Tag: Daniel Craig

While the mystery's final reveal is deflating in its simplicity, Knives Out succeeds in taking a western view of a rich/poor dynamic.

Entombed Angelina Jolie was perfect for the early millennium era of Lara Croft. At the time, videogame Croft wore revealing shorts, even in frozen lands. Her breasts seemed implausibly …

Mostly shaken, not so stirred Between ecstatic action scenes and glamorous long takes, Spectre isn’t willing to fill in the remaining space. Whittled down from the narrative intellectualism of …

This is enormous escapism, where hackers wail away on keyboards to work through illogical interfaces and spout off "firewall" because it sounds cool.

Dragon Tattoo is respectful of audience intelligence and maturity, arguably one of the hardest, most vicious R-ratings the MPAA has ever handed out.

Tintin introduces the sly intelligence of the character behind the opening credits, in and of itself telling a brisker action set piece than most of Hollywood will push out …

Dream House isn't just inept, it's downright handicapped.

Insectoid beasties munch on the vintage populace, people fight back, and the credits roll.

The Invasion carries enough of a creep out factor to work.

Defiance is as much about revenge as it is defying the Nazi movement. Under strenuous conditions, Jews gather in a forest seeking escape from the slaughter of their families …

Somewhere, there’s a version of The Golden Compass that hasn’t been subjected to an editing block. Somewhere, there’s a version of this story with the holes filled in, expanded …

You could call it the Kill Bill of Bond movies, but the combination of Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace doesn’t work as well as the two Tarantino films. …