One joke–just to start. One.
Was anti-Semitism a requirement for appearing in Edge of Darkness?
Ok. I’m done.
Mel’s return to the screen (pause–people actually saw Signs) tries hard to not be the return of a movie star. He’s got a lot of scars (the two on his forehead, are those really his?) and he’s balding and he’s got […]
Entries Tagged as 'Danny Huston'
Edge of Darkness (2010, Martin Campbell)
February 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment
Tagged: Andrew Bovell· Danny Huston· Martin Campbell· Mel Gibson· Ray Winstone· Troy Kennedy-Martin· William Monahan· ★★½
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009, Gavin Hood)
August 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
One has to wonder if, had things worked out differently, Harrison Ford would have made a Han Solo prequel in the mid-1980s. I mean, he did reprise Bob Falfa. While the X-Men movies did make Hugh Jackman a star, they didn’t really make him the biggest star in the world. But X-Men Origins: Wolverine does […]
Tagged: 20th Century Fox· Danny Huston· David Benioff· Gavin Hood· Hugh Jackman· Liev Schreiber· Skip Woods· ★
30 Days of Night (2007, David Slade)
November 12th, 2007 · No Comments
30 Days of Night is a fine example of bad writing hurting a good idea, which is what I heard about the comic book source too–vampires in Alaska with no sun, Dracula versus Northern Exposure, sounds like a good idea. But it’s just an idea, it’s not a two hour movie. There are some other […]
Tagged: Ben Foster· Ben Templesmith· Brian Nelson· Columbia Pictures· Danny Huston· David Slade· Josh Hartnett· Steve Niles· Stuart Beattie· ★½
The Constant Gardener (2005, Fernando Meirelles)
October 9th, 2007 · 1 Comment
With two major exceptions, The Constant Gardener is defined by what it is not rather than what it is… It is not a thriller, it is not a mystery, it might not even be a narrative. It is a (justified) condemnation of Western pharmaceutical companies–with Western government’s express permission–treatment of sick African peoples. It’s also […]
Tagged: Bill Nighy· Danny Huston· Fernando Meirelles· Focus Features· Jeffrey Caine· John le Carré· Pete Postlethwaite· ★
The Proposition (2005, John Hillcoat)
March 18th, 2006 · No Comments
I was expecting something more eclectic from The Proposition, an Australian Western written by Nick Cave. I’m not sure if Australia has their own variation on the Western–I suppose something like Ned Kelly might qualify. The Proposition is an American Western set in Australia, with the Aborigines standing in for the Indians. It might be […]
Tagged: Danny Huston· David Wenham· Emily Watson· John Hillcoat· John Hurt· Nick Cave· Ray Winstone· Sony Pictures· ★★



