In a previous post, I determined that The Happening edged Taking Lives as the worst movie that I had seen in the first decade of this millennium, and moving forward, I’m proud—or saddened—to announce that I have a front runner for the worst movie I will see in the next ten years. Just to put this in […]
Saturday Morning Quiz: The above poster advertises: The Vatican’s rationale for requiring abstinence An ice-skating team preparing for Vancouver Thirst, a movie about Vampires Kim Jong Il’s growing fear of rong-regged women If you answered “1”, it’s not women the Vatican is worried about. “2”, she’s not wearing skates. “4”, you racist! Prior to being deemed too […]
I’m not one for listening intently to animals, but when one is self-disemboweling and mangy, you might as well take heed. Turn around Willem Defoe! Your unnamed wife is brandishing a grindstone and is about to fasten it to your leg after she bores a hole through your ankle with a screwdriver! I guess it […]
Characteristically, Jeff Bridges captivates the audience with his portrayal of Bad Blake, a hard-drinking, serial marrying, downward-spiraling country singer who has gone from headliner to saloon-crooner. The film’s redemption theme is not unique—it’s really kind of a rehashing of 2008’s The Wrestler — so Crazy Heart offers nothing new to the category of “man must save his […]
Orphan I’m a bit disappointed about how much I enjoyed this film — I hated the reboot of House of Wax and categorize most recent horror/suspense/thriller-type movies as bits of films that have been recycled and placed over snippets of Dvorak opera. However, the acting in Orphan is quite solid as Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgarrd hold their own. […]
The vampire mythology fascinates me. Zombies get a bad rap because their pallid skin is usually bruised and covered in sores; they lack coordination and an adequate vocabulary beyond the oft-repeated “braaaiiins,” meander wildly from side to side and often have entrails hanging from their incisors. They can’t really be blamed for this affliction — everyone goes […]
Thus far, Jason Reitman is three for three and has managed to make the dramedy relevant again. In Thank You For Smoking and Juno, Reitman tackles the tobacco industry and teenage pregnancy without beating the audience over the head with the righteous stick or presenting epiphanies that change the characters from concrete villains to saccharine heroes. His […]
Possibly the most beautiful movie I have ever seen, Avatar is visually stunning and a revolution of filmmaking. The 3-D technology that director James Cameron employs is flawless, but the greatest feat that Cameron has pulled off is eradicating the line between humans and their animated counterparts. In recent years, Pixar has released some of the […]
There were a few problems with this for sure, but I enjoyed it. For full disclosure’s sake, I am certainly a little more interested in the newspaper industry than the average bear, but I imagine most people will like it cause it is pretty well done. Russell Crowe, in particular, was excellent as the lead character (a […]