Category: Ratings
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127 Hours allows the discovery of the weight of life
127 Hours – 2010 Directed by Danny Boyle Starring James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara, Clémence Poésy, Lizzy Kaplan, Treat Williams, Kate Burton Written by Simon Beaufoy, Danny Boyle based on the story “Between A Rock And A Hard Place” by Aron Ralston Aron Ralston (Franco) is an intelligent guy. At Carnegie Mellon University, he was…
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Skyline is clear of good acting, unpredictable story
Skyline – 2010 Directed by The Brothers Strause Starring Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, Donald Faison, Brittany Daniel, Crystal Reed, David Zayas Written by Joshua Cordes, Liam O’Donnell One of the things that bugs me most about Stephen Speilberg is that he tends to proselytize, and while doing it, commits some of the most pedestrian directorial…
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Burlesque is about…119 minutes
Burlesque – 2010 Directed by Steve Antin Starring Cher, Christina Aguilera, Eric Dane, Stanley Tucci, Julianne Hough, Kristin Bell, Alan Cumming, Peter Gallagher Written by Steve Antin, Diablo Cody So, tell us a bit about yourself – My name is Cool Papa, father of two girls with first names that start with an “E,” but…
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Tangled starts a new era of golden classics
Tangled – 2010 Directed by Nathan Grano, Byron Howard Starring the voices of Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy, Brad Garrett, Ron Perlman Written by Dan Fogelman, based on the story “Rapunzel” by The Brothers Grimm When I first heard about the Disney update of “Rapunzel” being the first classic redone digitally, like all the…
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Unstoppable is a long train running for Denzel, Pine
Unstoppable – 2010 Directed by Tony Scott Starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, Kevin Dunn, Ethan Supplie, Kevin Corrigan, Lew Temple, T.J. Miller, Jessy Schram Written by Mark Bowen Lew Temple is someone I cannot recall having seen before, although he has been in a handful of decent films in bit parts. His role…
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Due Date is a crude, vulgar and unrelenting buddy movie
Due Date – 2010 Directed by Todd Phillips Starring Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifianakis, Jamie Foxx, Michelle Monaghan Screenplay by Alan R. Cohen, Alan Freedland, Adam Sztykiel, Todd Phillips Todd Phillips is an enigmatic wonderland. There are moments in his films that make one want to turn it off. These are often followed by moments that…
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The Fighter is tailor made by Wahlberg
The Fighter – 2010 Director David O. Russell Starring Mark Wahlberg, Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo and a horde of Irish Sisters Written by Scott Silver, Paul Tamsay, Eric Johnson Every Oscar season is back loaded with all types of movies like The Fighter. They ought to just call every fall the Reader’s Digest…
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How Do You Know when a movie is too long?
How Do You Know – 2010 Written and Directed by James L. Brooks Starring Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson, Jack Nicholson When George Lucas made his horrible Star Wars prequels, many cynical people just assumed it was a money grab. While Lucas is acutely aware of the process in which profit is accrued, he…
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My Soul To Take moves around a lot but doesn’t go anywhere
My Soul To Take – 2010 Directed and Written by Wes Craven Starring Max Thieriot, Denzel Whitaker, Raul Esparza, Shareeka Epps, John Magaro, Zena Gray, Emily Meade, Jessica Hecht, Harris Yulin Harris Ulin is one of my favorite character actors. The first time I remember seeing him was as the grouchy Judge Stephen Wexler in…
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Morning Glory gives hope to romantic comedies
Morning Glory – 2010 Directed by Roger Michell Starring Rachel McAdams, Diane Keaton, Harrison Ford, Patrick Wilson, Jeff Goldblum, Ty Burrell, Matt Malloy, John Pankow Written by Aline Brosh McKenna When I first heard that Harrison Ford was going to be starring opposite Rachel McAdams in a romantic comedy, I just took it for granted…
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