Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Superman

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Superman Returns is exactly what I was looking for in a summer blockbuster. It is well acted. It has a decent plot for a super hero movie ...
Monday, June 26, 2006

Shrimp on the Barbie Western?

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In 1964 a film directed by the Italian Sergio Leone was released that reinvisioned the Hollywood genre of the Western. A Fistful Of Dollars...

Click

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I've never been a fan of Adam Sandler and I've never seen him in a movie that I liked. I mean that. At best I have tolerated Adam ...
Thursday, June 22, 2006

Now I have a headache

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There are comedies in the world that make one laugh in genuine humor. There are comedies that make you chuckle but not laugh. There are uni...

Fast And The Furious 3?

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Oh that is right, there was not one but two sequels to a mediocre action vehicle for one Vin Diesel. Of course Vin didn't show up for t...
Monday, June 12, 2006

R.S.V.P./Tart

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R.S.V.P. If you want to see a plodding uninteresting serial killer film loosely inspired by Alfred Hitchcock and proudly boasting a cast tha...

Prairie Home Companion

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I find watching Robert Altman films to be tedious. They stereotypically focus on intimate moments between several characters all held toget...

The Omen

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When watching a film like The Omen (2006), I can't help but wonder why anyone in their right mind would name their kid Damien. To me n...
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Break-Up

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I'm not entirely sure what kind of movie The Break Up was trying to be. If it is a romantic comedy it doesn't make me laugh or yea...
Friday, June 02, 2006

Brick

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When one sets a goal to see one hundred films in one calendar year, it is inevitable that a lot of horribly bad films are going to be seen. ...
Thursday, June 01, 2006

B For Boring

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V For Vendetta based on the popular graphic novel can't ever get beyond the ludicrous. I can only presume that the graphic novel is no...

Making More Money For The WWE

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See No Evil is a laughably bad vehicle for WWE wrestler Kane. The film starts with two cops going into a house and confronting a psychopat...
Friday, May 26, 2006

American Idol Badly Satirized

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American Dreamz attempts to satirize American Idol, our current president and terrorism. I say attempts because it never quite gets there....

Reason Why More Care Should Be Taken When Translating Video Games To Film

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Silent Hill is based on a very popular video game. I'm told the game is creepy and atmospheric. Well, at least the movie got the atmo...

Stay Away

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It has been so long since I saw Stay Alive that I really cannot remember much about it. It had video game geeks battling a supernatural ev...

I'm not infallible

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On my birthday several weeks ago I decided to see a movie. I had seen in the previews that the movie Stick It was written by the writer of...

Who Dies Next Game

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Poseidon is of course a remake. No not of the made for tv movie that came out last year but the 1972 film starring Gene Hackman. The orig...

Ron Howard: Movie Innovator

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Ron Howard has managed with his new movie The Da Vinci Code to do what I wasn't sure was possible. He has constructed a movie thriller...

An Open Letter of Anger

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To Whom It May Concern: Hi, let me introduce myself. I am Rory Larry, your friendly movie idiot. Some would question the wisdom of choosin...
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Saturday, May 06, 2006

Let the Summer Action Movie Season Begin

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The summer movie season is upon us, since it starts in May, although Summer doesn't technically start until June 21st. I guess there is...