Ben Affleck

Daredevil

May 1, 2003 // 0 Comments

Superheroes are hot property these days. Never has the interest and demand in superhero movies been stronger than in recent years. Part of the explanation why, may be that with today’s technology it is actually possible to show these superhumans and [...]

The Sum Of All Fears

November 8, 2002 // 0 Comments

Harrison Ford has become the silver screen incarnation of Tom Clancy’s CIA agent Jack Ryan over the years, appearing in film adaptations of ’Patriot Games’ and ’Clear And Present Danger.’ When news broke that Ben Affleck would play Jack Ryan in [...]

Pearl Harbor

December 18, 2001 // 0 Comments

I realize that I’m a little late to the party as just about every film and DVD reviewer out there has already taken their whacks at the latest Michael Bay mega-movie, "Pearl Harbor." I’m a bigtime history geek and my primary area of interest [...]

Dogma: Special Edition

June 12, 2001 // 0 Comments

I find it very interesting that movies that stir up the most fervent controversies the fastest, are films that touch upon religious subjects. As soon as a filmmaker suggests a different view on theological issues, the moral-apostles of the Catholic church [...]

Reindeer Games

July 31, 2000 // 0 Comments

When veteran director John Frankenheimer takes a seat in the director’s chair of any movie, expectations are traditionally high. After all, Frankenheimer has created some of the most memorable action thrillers of the past 40 years, and the filmmaker [...]

Chasing Amy

June 29, 2000 // 0 Comments

As most visitors to DVDReview.com are DVD collectors and film fans, I can safely assume that everyone has had at least one DVD release that they just couldn’t wait for — either because it was a favorite film or because they wanted to see the film [...]

Boiler Room

June 16, 2000 // 0 Comments

Most of you certainly remember Gordon Gekko, Michael Douglas’ unscrupulous character in Oliver Stone’s 1987 drama "Wall Street, " one of the few Hollywood movies that tackled the inside of Wall Street and the stock market. Due to its inate [...]

Dogma

May 2, 2000 // 0 Comments

I find it very interesting that movies that stir up the most fervent controversies the fastest, are films that touch upon religious subjects. As soon as a filmmaker suggests a different view on theological issues, the moral-apostles of the Catholic church [...]

Forces Of Nature

September 1, 1999 // 0 Comments

One of the drawbacks of being a hot, rising star in Hollywood (and I’m not speaking from experience here) is that you are offered a lot of roles and one must pick and choose wisely. Some actors can put together a string of hits, while others go from a [...]

Armageddon

January 1, 1999 // 0 Comments

In the Bible, the word "Armageddon" names the location where the world begins to come to an end. Director Michael Bay’s "Armageddon" shows the end of the world in a different way. The film boasts amazing visual special effects, [...]
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