Amy Adams helps differentiate Leap Year from all of the others
Leap Year Directed by Anand Tucker Starring – Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Adam Scott, John Lithgow This is an incredibly tough field to cover in a movie. There are so […]
The Road is hopeless, heartsick and brave
The Road Directed by John Hillcoat Starring Viggo Mortenson, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael K. Williams, Charleze Theron, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce The Road is impeccably acted, well-directed and with an excellent […]
Pirate Radio is a boat full, but it’s fun
Pirate Radio Directed by Richard Curtis Starring – Tom Sturridge, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Talulah Riley So, pretty much everything you […]
Pixar: Cool Papa E and Family Rank The First 10 Pixar Movies
Pixar – The First 10 Marking the release of Toy Story 3 marking the release of the 11th Pixar Film, I thought it was an obvious point for a review […]
Extraordinary Measures is intense, concise and anything but hopeless
Extraordinary Measures Directed by Tom Vaughan Starring: Brendan Fraser, Harrison Ford, Keri Russell, Courtney B. Vance Screenplay adapted by Robert Nelson Jacobs from the book, “The Cure: How a Father […]
Whip It has some nice performances
Whip It Directed by Drew Barrymore Screenplay by Shauna Cross, based on her own novel Starring: Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Daniel Stern, Kristen Wiig, Alia Shawkat, Juliette Lewis, Andrew […]
Dear John is an end to the relationship between the heart and the brain
Dear John Director – Lasse Hallström Starring – Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Richard Jenkins, Henry Thomas Lasse Hallström directed 26 music videos by the pop band, ABBA. Amanda Seyfried starred […]
Scorcese has an off night with Shutter Island
Shutter Island Director – Martin Scorcese Starring – Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Patricia Clarkson, Michelle Williams There is a scene almost 3/4 through Shutter Island where a bunch […]
Del Toro’s The Wolfman – The Delays Were for Good Reason
The Wolfman Director Joe Johnston Starring Benecio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving Seven directors were attached to this film, since it was announced to be made in […]
So…Alice is Wonderful; Depp…not so much
Alice in Wonderland Director: Tim Burton Starring Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover, Michael Sheen, Johnny Depp, Alan Rickman There was the book, Alice in Wonderland. This […]
Mel Gibson is on the Edge of Darkness
Director: Martin Campbell Starring: Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston Screenplay by: William Monahan, Andrew Bovell, Troy Kennedy Martin adapted from Martin’s BBC Series Mel Gibson has taken a lot […]
The Men Who Stare At Goats – The Title Is Enough
Director: Grant Heslov Cast: George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey “It wasn’t the Dim Mak that was killing Lyn. And it wasn’t the cancer. He was dying of […]
Legion brings us to the end of humanity…in a diner
Director: Scott Stewart Cast: Paul Bettany, Lucas Black, Charles S. Dutton, Tyrese Gibson, Adrianne Palicki, Kate Walsh, Dennis Quaid, Kevin Durand Written by: Peter Schink and Stewart Rule #1527 – […]
Sherlock Holmes: No S#!t, But Close
Director: Guy Ritchie Cast: Robert Downey, Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong Guy Ritchie’s specialty is slow motion fight scenes. Sherlock Holmes’ specialty is deductive reasoning. Downey’s specialty is […]
Couples Retreat is only an apostrophe away from Paradise
Director: Peter Billingsley Starring: Vince Vaughn, Malin Akerman, Jason Bateman, Kristen Bell, Jon Favreau, Kristin Davis, Faizon Love, Tasha Smith About 10 years ago, I saw the movie Deep Blue […]
The Fourth Kind…of a waste of time
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi Starring: Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Will Patton, Charlotte Milchard In a good English language movie, such as A Perfect Getaway, Milla Jovovich’s acting is transparent. She […]
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