Friday, August 11, 2006

The Descent

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The Descent is a pretty decent horror film. It doesn't do anything new or exciting, but the cast is good and the premise holds up over...
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Road To Gitmo

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You could imagine my shock when I discovered that Road To Guantanamo was not a long lost Bing Crosby/Bob Hope movie. Actually it is a docu...

Lady In The Water

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M. Night Shyamalan has been trying to perfect self indulgent tripe for some time now. He has finally succeeded in the agonizingly bad Lady ...
Wednesday, August 02, 2006

District B13

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District B13 is a French action film. Its characters are wooden and poorly developed beyond their archetype. The plot has been recycled f...

So Much Potential, So Little Good

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My Super Ex-Girlfriend had a premise I really liked. A man dates secret identity of a superhero. He grows tired of her and breaks it off....

Clerks 2

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Clerks 2 represents a sad moment. In some ways I was interested to see the return of Dante and Randal but in other ways it shows the true ...

Bizarre Experiment that somehow works...sort of

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When I try to contemplate a movie that combines Philip K. Dick with Richard Linklater my mind starts to crack under the pressure. The cynic...
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...