Tag Archives: Michael Caine

Harry Brown

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Morgan R. Lewis

Harry Brown is one of those films that seems to have flown under the radar for a lot of people. Released in 2009 (limited in the U.S., but getting a wider theatrical release in the U.K. and Ireland), it’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Reviews | Tagged 2000s, 4 Stars, Daniel Barber, Emily Mortimer, Harry Brown, Iain Glen, Michael Caine, movies, reviews | 9 Comments

News Bites: Downeys and Dragons

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Morgan R. Lewis

It’s Friday morning, and that means another batch of news bites. This turned out to be a fairly busy week in Hollywood, with a whole lot of movie news coming to light. There’s a big mess of Marvel news, a … Continue reading →

Posted in News Commentary | Tagged 300, 300: Rise of an Empire, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., All You Need is Kill, Avengers, Avengers 2, Avengers 3, Big Hero 6, Black Panther, Blade, Cinderella, Crow, Daredevil, David Leslie Johnson, Disney, Doc Savage, Doctor Strange, Dungeons and Dragons, Elektra, entertainment, Ghost Rider, Interstellar, Iron Fist, Iron Man, Iron Man 4, Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park IV, Luke Evans, Marvel Comics, Megan Fox, Michael Caine, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible 5, movie news, movies, Ms. Marvel, news, Punisher, Ray Harryhausen, Richard Madden, Robert Downey Jr., Runaways, Shane Black, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Tom Cruise, Will Arnett, William Fichtner | 10 Comments

Top 13 Quotes From Actors About Bad Films

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Morgan R. Lewis

Very few actors manage to have a career that’s completely free of bad films. There are several reasons why an actor might make a bad film, and not all of them have to do with it being a bad actor. … Continue reading →

Posted in Top X | Tagged Arnold Schwarzenegger, Catwoman, Child's Play, Dennis Hopper, Dungeon Siege, Dungeons and Dragons, Halle Berry, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, Inchon, Jason Flemyng, Jeremy Irons, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park III, Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, movies, Red Sonja, Seed of Chucky, Shaquille O'Neal, Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot!, Super Mario Bros., Sylvester Stallone, William H. Macy | 19 Comments

The Dark Knight Rises

Posted on July 21, 2012 by Morgan R. Lewis

When I first saw the trailers for Batman Begins, I felt a mixture of anticipation and apprehension. I wanted a new Batman movie, one that would be true to the character as well as being a good movie overall. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Reviews | Tagged 2010s, 5 Stars, Anne Hathaway, Batman, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Dark Knight Rises, DC Comics, Gary Oldman, Jonathan Nolan, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Liam Neeson, Marion Cotillard, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, movies, reviews, Tom Hardy | 21 Comments

Favorite Films: The Dark Knight

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Morgan R. Lewis

“The night is darkest just before the dawn. And I promise you, the dawn is coming.” With the blockbuster success of Batman Begins, anticipation was high for Christopher Nolan’s follow-up. Fans were excited. Even critics were looking forward to it. … Continue reading →

Posted in Favorite Films | Tagged 2000s, 5 Stars, Aaron Eckhart, Anthony Michael Hall, Batman, Chin Han, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Dark Knight, David S. Goyer, DC Comics, Eric Roberts, Gary Oldman, Heath Ledger, Jonathan Nolan, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, movies, reviews | 21 Comments

Favorite Films: Batman Begins

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Morgan R. Lewis

“Why do we fall sir? So we might learn to pick ourselves up.” By the end of the 20th century, the Batman film franchise had fallen quite far indeed. The 1989 film Batman, directed by Tim Burton, had been a … Continue reading →

Posted in Favorite Films | Tagged 2000s, 5 Stars, Batman, Batman Begins, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, David S. Goyer, DC Comics, Gary Oldman, Katie Holmes, Ken Watanabe, Liam Neeson, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, movies, reviews, Rutger Hauer, Tom Wilkinson | 15 Comments

A Shock to the System

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Morgan R. Lewis

There’s a trick to a dark comedy. There has to be a fundamental wrongness about the situation — else it isn’t dark — and yet there also has to be something likeable about the protagonist. Maybe it’s a genuinely good … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Reviews | Tagged 1990s, 4 Stars, Elizabeth McGovern, Jan Egleson, John McMartin, Michael Caine, movies, Peter Riegert, reviews, Shock to the System, Swoosie Kurtz | 2 Comments

Inception

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Morgan R. Lewis

Given the title of the film, it may be a bit ironic that I’ve been having a bit of trouble figuring out where to begin with my review of Inception. There’s a lot I feel like I want to cover, … Continue reading →

Posted in Oscarama | Tagged 2010s, 5 Stars, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Dileep Rao, Ellen Page, Inception, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Michael Caine, movies, reviews, Tom Hardy | 16 Comments

The Island (1980)

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Morgan R. Lewis

It stars Michael Caine and it involves pirates. That’s enough to get me interested. Released in 1980, Michael Ritchie’s The Island is one of several films with that title; unlike the others, it’s based on a book by Peter Benchley, … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Reviews | Tagged 1980s, 3 Stars, Angela Punch McGregor, David Warner, Island, Jeffrey Frank, Michael Caine, Michael Ritchie, movies, Peter Benchley, reviews, Zakes Mokae | Leave a comment

Mr. Destiny

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Morgan R. Lewis

The 1990 comedy Mr. Destiny is centered around the notion that, if you change one key event in a person’s life, the whole life changes. It’s a familiar, often-visited premise in movies; It’s a Wonderful Life did it on such … Continue reading →

Posted in Movie Reviews | Tagged 1990s, 2 Stars, Bill McCutcheon, Courteney Cox, Hart Bochner, James Orr, Jim Belushi, Jon Lovitz, Linda Hamilton, Michael Caine, movies, Mr. Destiny, Rene Russo, reviews | 4 Comments

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