Movie Review:Terminator Salvation
If you like sharp, well crafted dialogue with thoughtful, well developed plots, internal consistency, and movies with something deep and meaningful to say about the human condition....this movie may...
View ArticleMovie Review:Night at the Museum:Battle of the Smithsonian
This movie was marketed as a comedy. That was the highlight of all the trailers, with things like the critique of Darth Vader (...simplify. You have too much going on. Your evil, your asthmatic, your a...
View ArticleMovie Review:Up
Up has been heavily marketed for quite some time. The early pictures of a house flying on balloons coupled with more recent commercials showing some funny moments from the movie made it quite clear...
View ArticleMovie Review: The Proposal
We got there early for the sneak peak at the insistence of the Goose. The theatre was filling fast and I said in mild surprise, "I am surprised this many people want to see this train wreck.""Train...
View ArticleMovie Review: Transformers, Revenge of the Fallen
Many people hate the directing of Michael Bay. He uses a lot of explosions, high-energy set-pieces, sensuous camera angles, and so forth to cover for some shaky scripts. He has developed a style that...
View ArticleMovie Review:Ice Age, Dawn of the Dinosaurs
The Ice Age franchise is now in its 3rd installment and, as with most franchises, there have been certain changes. Remember in the first Ice Age how Diego (Denis Leary) was a fierce, dangerous foe for...
View ArticleMovie Review: G.I.Joe:The The Rise of Cobra
For whatever reason, movies that spark the nostalgia of childhood always strike my fancy and rank high on my list of movies I am excited to see. Certainly the third installment in the Ice Age franchise...
View ArticleMovie Review:9
If someone told you they wanted you to see a movie with cool animation, some nice special effects, tremendous voice over talent, and an idiotic story, would you go see it?9 (2009) follows 9 (Elijah...
View ArticleMovie Review:Surrogates
Lately there has been a plethora of movies dealing with ethical issues raised by what many anticipate will be the next generation of Sims-style games.Sometimes, such as in I, Robot (2004) those...
View ArticleMovie Review:Law Abiding Citizen
Okay, let's get the plot out of the way early. Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) and his family are victims of a random crime that turns horrific when Clarence Darby (Christian Stolte) turns to rape and...
View ArticleMovie Review: Ninja Assassin
Please, do not misunderstand what I am about to say and think this movie was bloody. After all, this movie has a healthy dose of Ben Miles, whom you might remember from his role as Patrick in the...
View ArticleMovie Review: Edge of Darkness
For a while it looked like Mel Gibson had killed his movie career. Between movies found insensitive by some groups (really? Passion of the Christ? People feel they, as a modern group, are being called...
View ArticleMovie Review: Alice in Wonderland
Tim Burton made his name as a director for having a skewed, warped vision of the world that came through in offbeat, off-kilter, and edgy movies. The movie viewer who anticipates standard colors,...
View ArticleMovie Review:How to Train Your Dragon
Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) is a young Viking who missed all the Viking traits...he is slight of built, slender, wiry, weak, and creative. His father, Stoick (Gerard Butler) is quite disappointed in him...
View ArticleMovie Review: Date Night
I should admit up front that I A) am not a Tina Fay fan, finding her at best modestly funny and at worst downright unfunny and B) I can take or leave Steve Carrel. Loved him in Get Smart but in the...
View ArticleMovie Review:Iron-Man 2
Comic books went through a massive change from their inception. Much early fare was basic escapist entertainment with outlandish story lines, fantastical feats of derring-do, and campy stories that...
View ArticleMovie Review:John 3:33
John 3:33 is a low-budget, local production written and directed by Tim Burr with producing help from Tyler Travis. Since it starred a former teammate of mine, I went to see it.The StoryJohn (Phil...
View ArticleMovie Review: Robin Hood
This is a hard review for me because there is simply no way I can be fair to the movie. Much like my review of GI Joe was skewed by the ridiculous accelerator suits and my anticipation for the...
View ArticleMovie Review: Shrek Forever After
Four movies. Ten Years. A zillion laughs. A sea change.All these phrases and more fit the Shrek franchise. When Shrekopened in 2001, it was noted for the way it "stood traditional fairy tales on their...
View ArticleMovie Review: Jonah Hex
I have been preparing to hate this movie for a long time. See, while it was in development, they reputedly completely dumped the "real" Jonah Hex in favor of a story involving voodoo, zombies, and mass...
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