Hours before the Berlin Wall topples as a result of the thawing Cold War, it’s spy vs. spy vs. spy vs. spy in this smoking hot, stylish, violent, and enjoyably baffling comic book movie. Atomic Blonde is one of those graphic novel adaptations that celebrates it source with its over-the-top eye-popping look. It’s 1989, and …
That is not to say that Spielberg doesn’t know how to make an entertaining historical film. Bridge of Spies, after an exceptionally sluggish first half hour or so, is indeed entertaining. Set in the Cold War, the always-appealing Every Man Tom Hanks plays James Donovan, an insurance attorney that ends up defending the most hated …
Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys are Elizabeth and Phillip Jennings. They are an attractive married couple with two kids, and they go off to work together every day to the travel agency that they run together in suburban Washington, DC. They are the perfect neighbors for someone like Stan (Noah Emmerich) and his family when …
In the updated version of Red Dawn, it is the North Koreans invading instead of a Soviet-led contingent, and once again, the story revolves around a group of kids engaging in guerilla warfare to defend their country (or at least Spokane, Washington). The group is led by Jed Eckert (Chris Hemsworth), a Gulf War Marine …