Posts Tagged ‘Harrison Ford’

Film Friday: ‘Creation’ and ‘Extraordinary Measures’

By W. Andrew Powell • Jan 22nd, 2010 • Category: Films

Paul Bettany stars in not one but two new films opening in theatres this week, including the drama Creation, about the life of a young Charles Darwin, and the horrific action thriller, Legion. Other new arrivals include Extraordinary Measures with Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser, plus the sugary-sweet comedy, The Tooth Fairy starring Dwayne Johnson.



King Tut’s gold on display at the AGO

By W. Andrew Powell • Nov 29th, 2009 • Category: Features, News

The travelling exhibit, “Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs”, is now on display at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, and it’s definitely an event worth checking out, especially for fans of art, history, or gold.



DVD Tuesday: ‘Indiana Jones’ & ‘Mongol’

By W. Andrew Powell • Oct 14th, 2008 • Category: DVDs, Reviews

Indy is back for more, and this week he’s on DVD with the release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Plus, Oscar-nominee Mongol arrives, the much-discussed comedy, Young People Fucking, plus The Matrix Ultimate Collection on Blu-ray, War, Inc., the Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything, and get ready for it, Holiday Inn.



Film Friday: ‘Indiana Jones 4′, ‘Postal’

By W. Andrew Powell • May 23rd, 2008 • Category: Films, Reviews

Hollywood gets serious about blockbusters this week with the return of a film icon people have been talking about for weeks. As anyone will tell you, Indiana Jones is back this weekend, and he has a lot to make up for after his nearly 20-year absence. With few other studios interested in taking on this huge franchise, there is really only one other film going up against Indy’s whip: Uwe Boll’s latest disaster, Postal.



DVD Tuesday: ‘Indiana Jones Trilogy’, ‘Untraceable’

By W. Andrew Powell • May 13th, 2008 • Category: DVDs, Reviews

“Snakes. Why’d it have to be snakes?” Those classic lines still make me smile, and since Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull lands in theatres later this month, what better time for Paramount to re-release all three of Indy’s adventures? Also arriving this week is the grim thriller Untraceable, classic movies from Warner and Fox, and the girly comedy, Mad Money.



Review: ‘Blade Runner – The Final Cut’, Ultimate Edition

By Christopher Heard • Jan 2nd, 2008 • Category: DVDs, Reviews

Once, during a long taped-for-TV conversation I was having with Harrison Ford I asked him if he has seen the then newly released Director’s Cut of Blade Runner (a director’s cut from Ridley Scott that was actually two minutes shorter than the theatrical release).