Tagged Aaron Eckhart

Upon its release in 2008, it was immediately clear that The Dark Knight was an important film. Arriving in the dying days of the Bush Administration, months before the collapse of Lehman Brothers, it’s...

Leonidas. Atilla the Hun. Beowulf. Dracula. The Phantom. Gerard Butler has covered an impressive number of legendary figures in his 20-year career, wielding swords and growling in every century we have a...

It's incredible that Clint Eastwood can make one of his best films so late into his career and so soon after one of his worst, American Sniper. Both films demonstrate his uncanny ability to create and...

Miles Teller is on the road to redemption. As the electric buzz of Whiplash finally calms, and bleary eyes begin to focus upon Teller the actor, there’s an immediate need for him to step up. Following...

There’s a moment about halfway through London Has Fallen when Gerard Butler’s gruff Secret Service bodyguard advises the bad guys to “go back to Fuckheadistan”. It’s hard to decide what’s more...

The release of this week’s Big Game sees the return of America’s quintessential clean-cut hero, Mr. Commander-in-Chief himself, the President of the United States. To date, there have been 139 fictional US...

Cast: Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Stanley Tucci, Delroy Lindo, Richard Jenkins, DJ Squalls, Bruce Greenwood Director: Jon Amiel Writers: Cooper Layne, John Rogers Budget: $60 million Worldwide gross:...

Welcome to By The Book. Every fortnight, we’ll compare a book with its visual adaptation. Are they faithful and delightful partners in storytelling or are the authors turning in their graves through these...

I, Frankenstein is one-part Mary Shelley to three thousand parts "makers of the Underworld quadrilogy". Apart from Frankenstein's Monster – here named Adam and unbelievably ripped for a quasi-zombie –...