Christian Bale

The Dark Knight

December 11, 2008 // 0 Comments

After his incredible resurrection of the comic book superhero with "Batman Begins, " director Christopher Nolan continues the story of the caped crusader in "The Dark Knight, " making sure Batman will forever take his place in the top [...]

3:10 to Yuma

January 11, 2008 // 0 Comments

The Western is one of the few distinctly American film genres. Although it has been adopted and enhanced significantly by international filmmakers, its roots lie deeply within American history and culture, often used as allegory for American beliefs and [...]

American Psycho

March 27, 2007 // 0 Comments

Over the past years I repeatedly heard remarks about "American Psycho" and how effective the film is. I have to admit that it didn't appeal to me when it was first released in 2000 but when now the Blu-Ray version of this film landed on my [...]

The Prestige

March 1, 2007 // 0 Comments

After delivering a breath-taking thrill ride with his dark comic book adaptation in "Batman Begins, " director Christopher Nolan once again teamed up with actor Christian Bale in another dramatic thriller that is just as mesmerizing. Entitled, [...]

The Prestige

March 1, 2007 // 0 Comments

After delivering a breath-taking thrill ride with his dark comic book adaptation in "Batman Begins, " director Christopher Nolan once again teamed up with actor Christian Bale in another dramatic thriller that is just as mesmerizing. Entitled, [...]

Batman Begins

November 8, 2005 // 0 Comments

I freely admit that I was extremely hesitant to check out "Batman Begins, " the latest feature film in a franchise that had turned utterly unwatchable with its last two entries. While I had heard a number of good comments about the film I still [...]

The Machinist

June 8, 2005 // 0 Comments

’The Machinist’ is a dark and often times gritty-looking film that has the right mix of dark humor to take the viewer inside the world of a shockingly, ghostly-looking insomniac, Trevor Reznik, played by Christian Bale (who reportedly lost sixty or [...]

Reign Of Fire

November 13, 2002 // 0 Comments

I admit it, I did not expect much from ’Reign of Fire’ but got all the more out of it. The movie actually turns out to be a well-crafted post-apocalyptic fantasy tale. It borrows quite heavily from some other movies, such as ’The Road Warrior’ at [...]

Mio In The Land Of Faraway

June 25, 2001 // 0 Comments

The mid-1980s saw the arrival of many wonderful fantasy films for children such as ’The Neverending Story, ’ ’The Dark Crystal, ’ and ’The Labyrinth.’ Sadly, this genre never seemed to take hold with critics or audiences and, while the [...]
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