I Love You, Man |
It's quite interesting that the best romantic comedy romantic comedy of the year so far is not about romantic love, but rather platonic love -- a platonic comedy, if you will. Or, if you're trendy and...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:26:00 GMT |
Taken |
Taken is a serviceable action movie as long as you don't mind it beingas irrational as possible. It's saved by a strong leadperformance and had anyone else taken on this film -- let's say JeanClaude ...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:11:00 GMT |
Slumdog Millionaire |
It's quite fitting that Slumdog Millionaire took home the Oscar forbest picture in this year's race because it has everything that theAcademy tends to look for. It's a grand, sweeping epic that takes...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:54:00 GMT |
The International |
You couldn't possibly get more timely than The International. Here's a thriller where the premise is that banks are evil and out todestroy the world, a plot line that could almost run on the eveningne...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:31:00 GMT |
He's Just Not That Into You |
To a release a movie called He's Just Not That Into You around Valentine's Day seems like the oddest scheduling that there could possibly be. Based on the self help book of the same name, the movie gi...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Feb 2009 16:14:00 GMT |
Bride Wars |
War
movies are not normally my cup of tea, but given the choice of
amarathon of every movie about World War II versus one more viewing
ofBride Wars, sign me up for the former. Charles Evan Hughes ...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:04:00 GMT |
Gran Torino |
Pretty much all modern movies have something working against it before
you even see the film. The technology capturing what the actors say
and do so well that every movie is exceedingly crisp...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:47:00 GMT |
Valkyrie |
If you like your war movies to have very little war in it and then the main characters ultimately fail at their noble mission, then Valkyrie may be the film for you. I guess not every story c...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:24:00 GMT |
Yes Man |
It's been a while since we've been given a satisfying Jim Carrey comedy (unless you count the unintentionally hilarious The Number 23 from last year). Unfortunately, Yes Man isn't as strong a...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:47:00 GMT |
The Day the Earth Stood Still |
There should be a rule about remakes: the resulting film has to be as good as or better than the original, otherwise the film should be shelved. Some movies would survive (Ocean's !!, The Depart...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:16:00 GMT |
