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Below are images from "THE SUM OF ALL FEARS", the loose 2002 adaptation of Tom Clancy's 1991 novel. Directed by Phil Alden Robinson, the movie starred Ben Affleck as Jack Ryan: ( Collapse )

"WANTED" (2008) Review

Based upon the comic miniseries by Mark Millar, ”WANTED” is the story of Wesley Gibson, a meek Chicago accountant who discovers that the father he had never known was part of a thousand year-old secret society of assassins called The Fraternity. Upon being informed that his father had been murdered, and longing for a different life outside a hated job and unfaithful girlfriend, Gibson joins The Fraternity in order to find his father’s killer. ( Collapse )

Below are images from "WANTED", the 2008 adaptation of Mark Millar's comic book miniseries. Directed by Timur Bekmambetov, the movie starred James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman: ( Collapse )

Below is my ranking of the five movies featuring the C.I.A. character Jack Ryan, created by Tom Clancy. Four of these movies were adaptations of Clancy's novels: ( Collapse )

"BATMAN BEGINS" (2005) Review

When Christopher Nolan’s reboot of the BATMAN franchise had first made its debut during the summer of 2005, many critics and moviegoers hailed it as the second coming. They also viewed it as a vast improvement over the four films released between 1989 and 1997. Since then, "BATMAN BEGINS" has been overshadowed by its 2008 sequel, "THE DARK KNIGHT". After a recent viewing of the 2005 movie, I must admit that I have a deeper attachment for it than I do the 2008 movie. ( Collapse )

Below are images from "BATMAN BEGINS", the first film in the Dark Knight Trilogy. Directed by Christopher Nolan, the movie starred Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne aka Batman: ( Collapse )

Below is a list of my favorite movies set or partially set in Boston, Massachusetts: ( Collapse )

”THE DARK KNIGHT” (2008) Review

In 2005, director/writer Christopher Nolan rebooted the Batman franchise with the highly successful movie, ”BATMAN BEGINS” that starred Christian Bale as Batman aka the Caped Crusader. Both men reunited for two other movies. Their second reunion centered around Batman’s conflict with his greatest nemesis, the Joker, in the 2008 movie called ”THE DARK KNIGHT”. ( Collapse )

Below are images from the 2008 D.C. Comics movie, "THE DARK KNIGHT", the second in Christopher Nolan's THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY. Co-written and directed by Nolan, the movie starred Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne aka Batman: ( Collapse )

"RED" (2010) Review

Loosely inspired by the three-part DC Comics comic book series created by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner, "RED" told the story about a former black-ops C.I.A. agent named Frank Moses, who reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive a series of assassination attempts on him. ( Collapse )