Gary Oldman Archives - From | The | Balcony https://fromthebalcony.com/tag/gary-oldman/ Remade, rebooted, or reimagined every 5 years. Mon, 07 Jul 2014 16:52:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.9 64136672 RoboCop (2014) https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/robocop-2014/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=robocop-2014 https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/robocop-2014/#respond Tue, 11 Feb 2014 18:23:46 +0000 https://fromthebalcony.com/?p=2450 The new RoboCop is a lot like the old RoboCop in that a lot of people are shot and killed. Whereas the 1987 film conducted its business with a sly, dark sense of humor and an ear for social commentary, this 2014 remake (or is it reboot?) plays everything with… Continue reading

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]]> https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/robocop-2014/feed/ 0 2450 The Book of Eli (2010) https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/the-book-of-eli-2010/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-book-of-eli-2010 https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/the-book-of-eli-2010/#respond Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:00:14 +0000 http://localhost/ftb/?p=1122 Water and Chap Stick may be difficult to come by in the post-apocalyptic world of The Book of Eli, but ammunition certainly is not. 2010’s first big-budget action film is all over the place in terms of emotions and intentions, but it’s still pretty entertaining and boasts some decent effects… Continue reading

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]]> https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/the-book-of-eli-2010/feed/ 0 1122 The Dark Knight (2008) https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/the-dark-knight-2008/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-dark-knight-2008 https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/the-dark-knight-2008/#respond Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:00:56 +0000 http://localhost/ftb/?p=1021 The Dark Knight is an unbridled masterpiece; a dark and gloomy commentary on the state of our country today. Filmed in blacks and dark blues, there are only occasional rays of hope as Batman takes on Gotham’s latest batch of evil. Yet there is a feeling of giddiness as you… Continue reading

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]]> https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/the-dark-knight-2008/feed/ 0 1021 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix-2007/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix-2007 https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix-2007/#respond Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:00:29 +0000 http://localhost/ftb/?p=863 I admitted in my review of 2005’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire that I hadn’t turned a page of a single Harry Potter book, and things haven’t changed since. Nevertheless, I immensely enjoyed Goblet of Fire as a chapter of its own, loaded with action, wit, and wonder.… Continue reading

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]]> https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix-2007/feed/ 0 863 Batman Begins (2005) https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/batman-begins-2005/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=batman-begins-2005 https://fromthebalcony.com/movie-reviews/batman-begins-2005/#respond Tue, 14 Jun 2005 04:00:27 +0000 http://localhost/ftb/?p=297 Ah, Gotham. The city where no one has an umbrella when there’s a torrential downpour. The city of mass corruption. The city in need of a hero, a symbol, and hope. Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins is a masterstroke of creativity, excitement, and sheer cinematic bliss. This is a film that… Continue reading

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