Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Black Swan

›
As I watched Black Swan , one thing became increasingly evident to me. Director Darren Aronofsky seems obsessed with, well, obsession and th...

True Grit

›
I grew up on Westerns. Clint Eastwood, John Wayne, those were the actors I saw in my youth. My parents would watch all those films and they ...

The King's Speech

›
The death of Princess Diana in the 1990s was an event I can remember. I remember all the news reports and the silence of the royal family. S...
Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Movie Idiot pretends to be Trailer Guy and Fails

›
Drive Angry - Holy hell. Pun intended. When a friend first told me about this preview I sort of laughed and cringed at the absurdity of the...
Wednesday, June 30, 2010

The Girlfriend Experience

›
It seems like every couple of movies, Steven Soderbergh is trying something innovative and cutting edge. Several years ago it was Bubble , w...

A Little Trip To Heaven

›
After four months of sitting on my desk unwatched, I finally opened up a netflix dvd that I had decided I should see. And as I stared at the...
Tuesday, May 11, 2010

CinemaRomantico demands, I deliver, I can't have someone that influential mad at me

›
Per the request of CinemaRomantico 1.) What was your first movie-going experience? I couldn't possibly tell you, but I can vividly remem...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Summer Movies I Want to See

›
Or rather perhaps I should say, summmer movies I will see whether I truly desire to or not. Without adieu. Iron Man 2 - Well because Iron Ma...
1 comment:
Thursday, March 04, 2010

Academy Awards...I haven't a clue

›
Wow, talk about a change. In 2008 I saw 100 films in the theater over the course of one year. In 2009, I'd be surprised if it topped thi...
Saturday, October 03, 2009

Zombieland

›
Following a time honored strategy of insuring that no one is actually reading your reviews before continuing, I feel sufficiently confident ...
Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

›
Mistake 1: going to see Transformers 2 Mistake 2: going to the the midnight show Mistake 3: thinking that I have the energy or patience to s...

Goodbye, Solo

›
Have you ever noticed that although I probably come off as a crabby old man who hates everything he sees, that I actually have more positive...
1 comment:

Year One

›
Obviously there is something wrong with me. Because the only comedic (and I use the term broadly) actor I hate more than Will Farrell is Jac...

Land of the Lost

›
Well I really have no one to blame but myself. (Note to Reader: this will pretty much be the theme for several of upcoming reviews) Give a m...
Monday, June 15, 2009

Taking of Pelham 123

›
Dear Mr. Tony Scott, You are actually a pretty decent film maker. I've pretty much enjoyed every movie you have made in some fashion. He...
2 comments:

The Hangover

›
Four guys go to Las Vegas for a bachelor party, a few days before said Bachelor's wedding. Three guys wake up the next day hungover, clu...
Monday, May 25, 2009

Terminator: Salvation

›
So the year is 2018 and humanity has been routed by SkyNet and its plethora of machines. A resistance exists led by a group of secretive guy...
Sunday, May 17, 2009

The Soloist

›
The Soloist is the latest film from director Joe Wright ( Pride and Prejudice and Atonement ). It is based on the true story of a homeless...
2 comments:
Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Star Trek

›
The blockbuster movie summer season is upon us and requests (I assume insincere) have been made that my annoying voice be heard. I haven...
Saturday, April 25, 2009

Crank: High Voltage

›
I've serious addiction problems when it comes to movies. If I go to long without seeing one in the theater, I'll see just about anyt...
2 comments: