Sunshine Cleaning Movie Review
Lately it feels like every other movie I watch stars Amy Adams. I’m not sure if it’s because every other movie actually DOES in fact star Amy Adams or if it’s because Netflix bought stock in her career: as soon as I finished watching Sunshine Cleaning, they suggested I watch Doubt. Starring Amy Adams.
As it [...]
Reeker Movie Review
I’ve recently (just now) come to the conclusion that the perfect time to watch horror movies is Saturday afternoon. Indulging in the mindless, yet satisfying, entertainment provided by groups of people getting systematically eliminated by a mysterious killer somehow feels like the logical evolution from watching Saturday morning cartoons as a kid.
But as it happens [...]
Avatar Movie Review
Put the name James Cameron on a movie and the world takes notice, and for good reason. The crafty Canadian has produced such colossal hits such as Terminator 2, and Titanic. Avatar is a worthy addition to this collection.
Set aside all the hype and reviews from the other critics. Here are a [...]
Funny People Movie Review
What happens when funny people try to make a funny movie about being unfunny? This movie: a serious, uncomfortable meditation on death and “the one that got away.” Funny People generates a handful of laughs and leaves you feeling like you just had a really depressing conversation with your best friend.
Adam Sandler stars as a [...]
Our Top 10 Favorite Romantic Comedies Of All Time
Wikipedia some-what accurately and some-what arbitrarily says, “Romantic comedy films are movies with light-hearted, humorous plotlines, centered on romantic ideals such as a true love able to surmount most obstacles. Romantic comedy films are a sub-genre of comedy films as well as of romance films and often have elements of screwball comedies and stoner comedies.” [...]
Vicky Cristina Barcelona Movie Review
First, an embarrassing confession: I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Woody Allen movie. No, not even Annie Hall or Manhattan. But after getting my first taste with Vicky Cristina Barcelona, one can rest assured that my Netflix queue was updated accordingly. VCB was an enjoyable movie on many levels and I can’t wait to [...]
Zombieland Movie Review
In the comedy horror flick Zombieland the majority of humans have been infected by a virus that turns everyone into flesh-craving zombies. Of the humans that remain is Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg (Roger Dodger, The Village), a student at the University of Texas trying to make his way to his home town of Columbus, OH, where [...]
The Informers Movie Review
When it was announced that Bret Easton Ellis’s The Informers, a collection of interwoven short stories, would be made into a film, it was hard to know what to expect. The book is Ellis as we know him best: vapid, apathetic, sexually ambiguous, unabashedly adulterous with lots of sex and drugs and violence set in [...]
King Kong Movie Review
There aren’t many movies that make you laugh at a gorilla’s playful antics, root for him in a fight with dinosaurs, and weep after you fall in love with him at 3 hours, many people say it’s too long, but Kong moves along methodically, building a great emotional presence between the audience and the great [...]
Remembering The ‘It Just Doesn’t Matter’ Speech From Meatballs
When it’s all said and done, the ‘It Just Doesn’t Matter’ speech preformed by Bill Murray in the movie Meatballs will not be remembered as one of the greatest movie speeches of all times. I’ve scoured countless lists put together by bloggers and I’ve never seen the ‘It Just Doesn’t Matter’ speech from Meatballs crack [...]
The Matador Movie Review
The Matador is an off-beat dark comedy with a friendship complex. Brosnan’s performance as a once-smooth hitman who has lost his mojo is as funny and as fearlessly absurd as anything he’s ever done; You can’t help but love him. The Matador is a superbly cast hit man/buddy flick that has both brains and heart.
The Pink Panther Movie Review
The one interesting feature of this film is Clive Owen’s brief appearance as a Bondian superspy, a vignette that hints at what kind of movies we might instead be enjoying had anyone seen fit to hand that guy the one role he was born to play. To be honest, the rest of the movie is [...]
The Libertine Movie Review
The Libertine reads like a poem, clever witty dialogue, visually stylistic, and imaginative directing. Also like a poem, its confusing pieces don’t always go together, causing the audience to ask, what the hell is going on?
Another questioned I pondered was what the title had to do with the actual film. We all love Depp but [...]
V for Vendetta Movie Review
A visually sumptuous concoction that combines political allegory, bloody action, and a few stunning cinematic moments into a solid piece of entertainment. And let’s not forget how we still manage to adore Natalie Portman, even with a shaved head.
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