by Mike Parnell | May 15, 2008 | Opinion
Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) has the world by the tail. He is a billionaire with a genius IQ. Stark Industries, his company, is a top weapons producer for the Department of Defense. Women fall into his bed with ease. Life is good. “Iron Man,” now...
by Mike Parnell | Apr 17, 2008 | Opinion
Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) is a genius. At the top of his class at MIT, his mind can add, subtract, multiply and divide large numbers. He wants to attend Harvard Medical School, but there’s a problem: money. “21” follows Ben as he is recruited to...
by Mike Parnell | Apr 10, 2008 | Opinion
What makes a hero? Are heroic deeds more than actions? Can heroism be seen in a commitment to truth? “Leatherheads,” which sets a love triangle against the emerging pro football league of the 1920s, is a story about how much Americans long for heroes....
by Mike Parnell | Apr 1, 2008 | Opinion
“Stop-Loss” is an anti-war movie with a war hero at its center. Brandon King (Ryan Phillippe) is a decorated soldier who returns to his Texas hometown believing his days in the Army are over. But instead of being discharged as expected, he is told he is...
by Mike Parnell | Feb 21, 2008 | Opinion
“Atonement” shows the power of a lie and how hard it is to undo a wrong done. It begins as a piece of fluff, during the days before World War II, on an English estate. Young writer-to-be Briony Tallis (Saorise Ronan) witnesses an act and misunderstands...
