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Paul W.S. Anderson is not a director known for producing artistic films and this is no exception, but what he does deliver in Event Horizon is one of the most original and terrifying horror movies of the 1990s. Starring Laurence Fishburne as Captain Miller, Sam Neill as Dr. William Weir, Kathleen Quinlan as Peters, [...]

The Incredibles was an amazing family-friendly action-adventure comedy that still managed to stuff in some adventure and action here and there.  It can truly be something that entertains the entire family and not something that is simply child-friendly and adult-tolerable. Continue reading… SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Incredibles, 2004", url: "http://fauxnixon.com/the-incredibles-2004/" });

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 [...]

I did not see this coming, but Paramount Pictures is making an animated film based on Heavy Metal, the 1970s sci-fi/fantasy magazine that spawned the 1981 cult classic film Heavy Metal and a mediocre sequel in 2000, Heavy Metal 2000. Apparently David Fincher is going to be directing the latest remake of Heavy Metal read more [...]

Goofy and ridiculous would be an apt description of The Contract, the 2006 thriller starring Morgan Freeman as Frank Carden and John Cusack as Ray Keene, directed by Bruce Beresford.  This is a very interesting mix of absolutely ridiculous plot points, cliches, and poor writing to prevent the good cast line-up from living up to [...]

Bill Murray returns to another film with Wes Anderson, this time portraying Steve Zissou, an oceanographic researcher who seems to be based a bit on Jacques Cousteau.  Angelica Huston again appears in a Wes Anderson film as Eleanor Zissou.  The rest of the cast includes Cate Blanchett, Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, and Owen Wilson.The Life [...]

The City of Lost Children was the second movie of Jeunet’s which I watched and was one of the first movies I sought out specifically because of the director.  It has since become one of my all-time favorites movies.  It can best be described as an adult fairy tale with vivid imagery of mechanisms reminiscent [...]