FauxNixon

The best of the best, here are presented the ten best movies about crime which are based on true stories.  They are listed in alphabetical order and each is generally a quite good movie, but what makes them especially interesting, and in some cases, very, very terrifying, is that this is not complete fiction; in [...]

Posts for GreatDirectorsGreat Directors: David FincherGreat Directors: Jean-Pierre JeunetGreat Directors: Wes AndersonGreat Directors: Darren AronofskyGreat Directors: Steven Soderbergh Fourth in my ongoing Great Directors series is Darren Aronofsky, best known for Pi, and Requiem for a Dream. He was born February 12, 1969 in Brooklyn, NY, and has always had a love for movies. [...]

1. 21 Directed by Robert Luketic who is famed for a variety of recently released terrible comedies, 21 is based on the true story of a group of MIT students who formed a group that, via mathematics and advanced card counting methods, was able to successfully beat the odds at blackjack in casinos and in doing [...]

1.  Definitely, Maybe Written and directed by Adam Brooks whose previous work is predominantly writing and includes such titles as Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and Wimbledon, this movie stars Ryan Reynolds, An Nguyen, Sakina Jaffrey, and Dana Eskelson in a romantic comedy about a political consultant living in Manhattan in the midst of a [...]

1.  Fool’s Gold The most well-known and predictable of this week’s releases is a romantic comedy starring Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, and Donald Sutherland.  Directed by Andy Tennant whose previous credits include Sweet Home Alabama, Fools Rush In and Hitch, this movie tells the story of a married couple who discover rumors of a missing treasure [...]

 IMDb reports that five new movies will be released to cinemas this Friday: 1.  Cloverfield The director Matt Reeves seems to have taken a hiatus from feature-length movies…his last one was The Pallbearer in 1996 and since then he has spent most of his time working with television.  That said, there is an incredible amount of buzz [...]

Posts for GreatDirectorsGreat Directors: David FincherGreat Directors: Jean-Pierre JeunetGreat Directors: Wes AndersonGreat Directors: Darren AronofskyGreat Directors: Steven Soderbergh Third in my ongoing Great Directors series is Wes Anderson, best known for Rushmore, and The Royal Tenenbaums. Anderson has a very unique and discernible feel to his movies that gives him something of a significant [...]

I’ve no doubt that I’ll receive a large amount of email and comments claiming someone else should be listed or someone on the list shouldn’t be. Relax, seriously. As with anything I write here, this is my perception and opinion. These happen to be the ones that I feel are the best. [...]