Jon Cole writes: If you asked me five years ago whether or not Ben Affleck might be the next director to look out for, I would have called you an idiot. For good reason, I might add, considering the fact that actor/directors that manage to crank out any more than a single solid film are difficult to come by. With Affleck's second film, The Town, he manages to bring some fresh blood to the heist thriller subgenre.
Resident Evil is one of the most successful video game to movie adaptations ever, spawning an entire series. Using IMDb ratings, we find the best one.
Sometimes a movie stinks so bad upon its release that directors have a real difficult time escaping it, so much so they end up in director's jail.
"Parthenope" is made for those who use the word cinema as it seeks out to appear like a modern adaptation of a literary classic.