The Prestige (Nolan, 2006) — 10 Years Later
A lot of movies show people trapped in hell; this one shows them constructing it.
Category: 10 Years Later
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Kingdom of Heaven (Scott, 2005) — 10 Year Later
"No one has claim. All have claim."
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Munich (Spielberg, 2005) — Ten Years Later
When something deals with religious identity or terrorism or any of the most serious questions that haunt and plague us, simply being a good movie doesn't feel quite good enough.
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe ( Adamson, 2005) — Ten Years Later
Do we hold the Narnia films in the same regard as the Lord of the Rings films? I suppose it depends on whom you ask.
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Batman Begins (Nolan, 2005) — Ten Years Later
So the question becomes: how does Batman Begins hold up in a post-Avengers world?
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Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005) — 10 Years Later
Revisiting "Brokeback Mountain" after 10 years feels a bit like an archeological dig. After all, director Ang Lee’s film about a pair of covert cowboy gay lovers has more socio-cultural layers of meaning to burrow through than most movies.
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A History of Violence (Cronenberg, 2005) — Ten Years Later
Well, I feel as though I understand the film a little better than I did ten years ago. That doesn't mean, unfortunately, that I like it any better.
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Crash (Haggis, 2005) — 10 Years Later
Do you think Crash gets a bad rap--or does the mere mention of the title set your teeth on edge?
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King Kong (Jackson, 2005) — 10 Years Later
Ten years before Peter Jackson stretched a simple story into three movies, he stretched a simple movie into three hours.
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Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events — 10 Years Later (Silberling, 2004)
If the upcoming Netflix series fails to do justice to the books, it will be sadly missed opportunity, but we'll still have this film which is a worthwhile version of a children's story about encountering tragedy which elucidates the nature of evil. (Elucidate is a big word meaning "to make clear.")