Tag: martincampbell
Review: In MEMORY, Liam Neeson Returns to Familiar Action-Hero Mode
The return of Martin Campbell, the Brit director who successfully rebooted the James Bond franchise not once but twice (GoldenEye, Casino Royale), on opposite sides of the millennium and gave English-language audiences Antonio Banderas as the title character in The...
Review: THE PROTEGE, Short on Action and Drama, Long on Thespian Character Work
Maggie Q, Michael Keaton, and Samuel L. Jackson star in the action-thriller, directed by Martin Campbell.
Review: THE FOREIGNER, a Convoluted Political Thriller Squanders One of Cinema's Most Charismatic Performers
One could be forgiven for walking into a screening of Martin Campbell's The Foreigner expecting a new action film starring the legendary Jackie Chan. After all, Chan is quite literally the the face of the film. All of the trailers...
Beyond Fest 2017 Presents Triple Threat: A Night with Jackie Chan
Fans of HK and action cinema legend Jackie Chan in the Los Angeles area have reason to rejoice as Beyond Fest has announced a very special one night event one week from this Friday. Jackie Chan will attend a triple...
Jackie Chan's THE FOREIGNER Gets Brooding U.S. Trailer to Go With Poster
UPDATED: The first trailer has now dropped, and, frankly, it looks terrific, with a brooding and very somber Jackie Chan integrated well into the drama and, of course, the action. Watch the trailer below. We've also added three new stills....
GREEN LANTERN Bluray, DVD And Ultraviolet Digital Copy
Liked this. Don't care what ya say. This movie was a lot of fun. Faithful to the Lantern mythos? I do not know. I can sympathize with the purists out there and their complaints, but the bottom line for me...
GREEN LANTERN Provides A Useful Lesson In Why Box Office Rankings Mean Nothing
Please do not misread the headline on this article. By no means am I suggesting that box office results mean nothing. In a day and age when making and releasing a film costs millions upon millions of dollars, box office...
Weinberg Reviews GREEN LANTERN
All the major superheroes have been claimed. The most popular ones -- the characters that will thrill young people but also hold some sway with the grown-ups -- have already had their movies and their sequels ... and are...
Watch Ryan Reynolds Look Confused In New GREEN LANTERN Clip
Though the overall look of The Green Lantern seems to be improving over time - and the trailers are definitely better on the big screen - the ad campaign has been, shall we say, wobbly. The first trailer was a...
And The Inane Non-News Headline Of The Day Award Goes To ...
Just a few hours ago I posted a rant directed at the PR folk behind The Hunger Games in particular but also against the generally growing wave of inane junk that is increasingly passing itself off as film journalism online...
Another New GREEN LANTERN Trailer Arrives
Fans appear divided about this one. Some are excited to see the superhero universe of Green Lantern realised on the big screen, while others are skeptical about the production including the quality of the CGI seen in older trailers...
Four Minutes Of GREEN LANTERN Footage
Audiences at Wondercon got a look at nine minutes of footage from the live action Green Lantern film yesterday and in a show of confidence - or, just as likely, in a show of "Please, god, we need people to...