http://www.miamipoetryreview.com Movie Reviews, Movie News & Film Reviews - Miami Poetry Review en-us (C) 2005-06 www.miamipoetryreview.com info@rlinedesign.com What can you expect of Zach Snyder's "Watchmen" adaptation in 2009, an ambitious remake that already has the original writer's disapproval? http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/08/warren_watches_the_watchmen.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/08/warren_watches_the_watchmen.html Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:48:03 -0500 Mitchell Warren As "The Dark Knight" looms, I had some deep thoughts on the two Jokers of Hollywood. You know them as Jack and Heath. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/07/remembering_jack_and_heath.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/07/remembering_jack_and_heath.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:21:31 -0500 Mitchell Warren SCENE: The Old West. A small movie theatre in the middle of nowhere. Inside the lobby, a few patrons are hanging around after seeing "Iwo Jima." After the hushed conversation in one corner becomes a bit more heated, one of the four leaves the discussion and approaches the counter. This is MOOKIE, as portrayed by Spike Lee in Do the Right Thing, replete in Brooklyn Dodgers jersey and shorts. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/06/shes_gotta_have_the_good_bad_a.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/06/shes_gotta_have_the_good_bad_a.html Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:41:19 -0500 Os Davis Long before the likes of Jim Carrey or Mike Myers were introduced came another actor that was so good at being unconventional, he both encouraged and defied type casting as a "funny man." His name was Peter Sellers. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/06/remembering_peter_sellers.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/06/remembering_peter_sellers.html Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:29:42 -0500 Mitchell Warren Despite a proposed switch in venue and an attempt to use the Nino Brown defense ("You gotta rob to get rich in the [W. Bush] era), Wesley Snipes sat in federal court yesterday to hear Judge William Terrell Hodges of Federal District Court's sentencing on tax evasion charges. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/04/money_train_stops_snipes_sente.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/04/money_train_stops_snipes_sente.html Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:23:05 -0500 Os Davis Raymond Alkaline Fermont, Ph.D reviews "Expelled: No Intelligence". This rather generic review seems to have a recurring message concerning Ben Stein, Christianity and the fact of evolution. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/04/a_generic_review_of_expelled_n.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/04/a_generic_review_of_expelled_n.html Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:58:42 -0500 Mitchell Warren The late Alan Smithee was a great director in Hollywood. He was praised by critics, loved by future generations of directors, and had a reputation for battling the studio system. Here are his four greatest films. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/04/urban_legends_of_cinema_2_the.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/04/urban_legends_of_cinema_2_the.html Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:08:06 -0500 Mitchell Warren A review of Fitna, Dutch politician Geert Wilders' debut entry into propaganda filmmaking. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/03/fitna_wilders_no_riefenstahl.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/03/fitna_wilders_no_riefenstahl.html Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:12:57 -0500 Os Davis [FADE IN: No sound, save for a quiet, almost subliminal sighing of wind, as the Indian Ocean rushes just beneath the camera's viewpoint. We come up on the island of Sri Lanka. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/03/2008_clarkes_final_odyssey.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/03/2008_clarkes_final_odyssey.html Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:39:36 -0500 Os Davis What do dogs, cats, bears, snuff films, Dudley Moore and Anton Chigurh have in common? You wouldn't believe me if I told you... http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/03/urban_legends_of_cinema_1_no_c_1.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/03/urban_legends_of_cinema_1_no_c_1.html Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:19:35 -0500 Mitchell Warren Are you a writer? Or do you just enjoy chasing after those elusive, self-loathing writer types? Then you will enjoy this list of 10 movies that every writer should see. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/03/10_movies_that_every_writer_sh.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/03/10_movies_that_every_writer_sh.html Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:31:10 -0500 Mitchell Warren On the eve of the Ohio and Texas primaries, contests which will decide the very fate of Clinton for President 2008, Hillary Clinton was able to announce the endorsement of a half-dozen key military figures and public personalities. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/03/hillary_wins_several_key_endor.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/03/hillary_wins_several_key_endor.html Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:34:10 -0500 Os Davis There's not much you can say about the 80th Annual Academy Awards show. Especially if you didn't watch it, and as the Nielsen Ratings indicate, you probably didn't. http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/02/and_the_band_played_on_though.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/02/and_the_band_played_on_though.html Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:34:33 -0500 Mitchell Warren There Will Be Jokes at this year's 80th Annual Academy Awards Ceremonies. Who will win and why? http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/02/no_oscars_for_good_men.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/02/no_oscars_for_good_men.html Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:19:33 -0500 Mitchell Warren I only have ten spaces here, people! Hannibal is in, Darth Vader is out. What could possibly be the prevailing logic? http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/02/the_10_best_screen_villains_of.html http://www.miamipoetryreview.com/2008/02/the_10_best_screen_villains_of.html Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:56:21 -0500 Mitchell Warren