Tag: Danny Huston

  • Rewind & Reboot: X-Men Origins: Wolverine

    Rewind & Reboot: X-Men Origins: Wolverine

    Much of what’s wrong with X-Men Origins: Wolverine can be traced right back to its confused conception, indeed beginning with its clumsy title. The ungainly prefix is clumsily bolted on solely for it to alphabetize adjacent to the three previous X-Men films on Walmart shelves, iTunes, Pay-Per-View, and torrent trackers. The two halves split by […]

  • Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney are the second first couple in Tom Hooper’s John Adams

    Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney are the second first couple in Tom Hooper’s John Adams

    This blog celebrates Independence Day 2008 in a New York City Starbucks, tapping out a review of the HBO miniseries John Adams. Believe it or not, the timing is accidental, but July 4th has proven to be an auspicious date in American History. On-and-off-again friends and foes Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on […]