Monday, July 31, 2006

Word Play

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Word Play is a movie which I have trouble attaching an easy modifier to. It isn't so much interesting as it is "interesting"...

You, Me, And Dupree

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Apparently Owen Wilson feels that after the success of Wedding Crashers that he can make any film he wants. And I'm inclined to agree ...

Miami Vice

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Michael Mann has a way of taking a genre we are familiar with and making it work in such a way that we don't care that it has been done ...
Sunday, July 09, 2006

Half Way There!

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On June 30th I saw The Devil Wears Prada and thus hit the half way point for my movie watching goal. I, for those who don't know made ...
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Superman Redux

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For about a week after watching Superman Returns I kept fixating on the movie. I felt what I have said about the film was right but still ...

Pirates 2: Dead Plot

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I like many was a fan of the first Pirates of the Caribbean (2003). I had few expectations when I saw it. In that opening scene when John...

Devil and Fashion

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Despite the title, The Devil Wears Prada isn't actually about the devil. Which is really unfortunate because the end of this movie cou...
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....