Movie Reviews
Current films, current DVD's and forgotten classics are reviewed in our effort to save you time in your pursuit of an interesting and entertaining evening at the movies.
Where the Wild Things Are
I do try to give films a good go of it when I try to enjoy them as art or simply entertainment. In terms of "Where the Wild Things Are," I tried to look at the picture trough the eyes of an
May 5th, 2010
Shutter Island
Martin Scorsese pays heavy homage to film legend Alfred Hitchcock in this film with as many twists as a steep mountain road.
May 5th, 2010
The Lost Boys
Not just another teen angst meets brood vampire movie, "The Lost Boys" has always been special to me.
May 5th, 2010
Funny People
In order to rediscover his comedy, Adam Sandler reverted to the worst within the ego of an overindulged former stand-up comedian turned low-brow actor
May 4th, 2010
Julie & Julia
Julia Child was the most influential culinary author of all time. Julie Powell respected that fact and piggy-backed her ambition on the shoulders of a very big woman.
May 4th, 2010
Wonderful World
Director Joshua Goldin directs Mathew broderck in this tale of a man reawakening from deep concious dream of living a lfe with goblet of rather cheap wine always half empty.
May 4th, 2010
The Ugly Truth
I think Gerard Butler is a fine actor in the right film and the right script. This was not that film.
May 4th, 2010
Extract
Mike Judge, the personafication of hit or miss, writes and directs what will become a comedy classic.
May 4th, 2010
Red Cliff
In 208 AD, events were set in place in ancient China that pitched a huge battle between the Northern aggressors upon two provinces in the South, which set the troubled tone for centuries.
May 4th, 2010
The Merry Gentleman
Michael Keaton directs his first film and uses the old formula of substance over style to present the quirky fellowship between a hitman and a sweet girl.
May 4th, 2010
Inglourious Basterds
For all of you, and your descendents, there is the extreme Jewish fantasy film, "Inglourious Basterds," to quell your immediate hunger for the ultimate revenge for that ultimate transgression.
May 4th, 2010
Wyatt Earp
"But Now he's (Wyatt) Going to be a Marshal and an Outlaw. Best of Both Worlds, Son." These words were spoken by a tubercular Doc Holliday, played by a gaunt 145 pound Dennis Quaid, to War
May 4th, 2010
Pulp Fiction
Lightweight Subject is Built into a Heavyweight Classic Just the film title itself, "Pulp Fiction" denotes a lightweight film. If one dissects the story, the message, the importance of the fil
May 4th, 2010
Angels and Demons
Tom Hanks reprises his role as symbologist Robert Langdon as he struggles against all odds to save what he has little reverence for - the Vatican.
May 4th, 2010
A Christmas Story
Jean Shepherd's humorist view a of one family's Christmas skewed toward the bizarre in a very cold northern Indiana - very industrial, very middleclass, and of course, very funny.
May 4th, 2010
E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial
Director Steven Spielberg chooses relatively unknown actors for his cast to go one step further to create a sense of familiarity in the audience.
May 4th, 2010
It's a Wonderful Life
Major Capra was fresh from his stint in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Colonel Stewart had just provided the U.S. Army Air Corps his best years. And these two great patriots made one great film.
May 4th, 2010
Public Enemies
The government named these bank robbers "public enemies," with John Dillinger as "Public Enemy No. 1." Ironically, the public saw the government, not the robbers as the real enemy.
May 4th, 2010
Taxi Driver
Travis Bickle is "God's lonely man," peering at New York through the rear-view mirror of his taxi cab. Though he tries to make sincere human connections, Bickle finds himself lonelier.
May 4th, 2010
John Adams
"John Adams survives" were the final words of John Adams' nemesis turned enduring confidant, Thomas Jefferson, while the genius Virginian was on his deathbed.
May 3rd, 2010
Inkheart
Fairy tales do come true, but oh what a winding and precarious road they can take.
May 3rd, 2010
Unforgiven
Clint Eastwood directs this classic, for which he won the Oscar, and he proved, once again, in his role as former gun for hire, William Munny, that he is also a great actor.
April 30th, 2010
The Royal Tenenbaums
"The Royal Tenenbaums" is the Wes Anderson / Owen Wilson classic that put their fine films on the radar screen for me.
April 30th, 2010
The Godfather: Part II
Michael Corleone, the youngest son of the venerable Don, grew into the role of the crime family's Godfather, but it was never a good fit.
April 30th, 2010
The Godfather
This Francis Ford Coppola classic, about a man trying to hold his family together while seeking the American Dream, launched the careers of a number of America's greatest actors.
April 30th, 2010
In the Loop
This British Comedy, hailed by some as the best in years, is all talk and little believable substance.
April 30th, 2010
Cold Mountain
Inman is driven toward his inevitable purpose in this love story set against the backdrop of the Civil War in Virginia and North Carolina.
April 30th, 2010
The Proposal
Finally, a romantic comedy that works. I generally do not like romantic comedies. Often they exhibit too little comedy, and are too unbelievable.
April 29th, 2010
Ong Bak 2
The melodramatic nature of Orientals is the nexus of the Thai martial arts film that features Tony Jaa.
April 28th, 2010