- January 19, 2010
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I can sum up this film in one word: tough.
Payback follows Porter (played by Mel Gibson) a guy seeking revenge against his former partner in crime Val Resnick (Gregg Henry) for shooting him in the back and stealing $70k. Gibson plays the role of Porter as a dark, gritty, tough loner. After being betrayed by Val, Porter has only one purpose in life, get his money back. He dedicates every waking minute to getting to Val and getting back the money he's owed. Standing in the way of getting back his [...]
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Up is the latest Pixar movie to hit the big screen. And it's wonderful. One of my biggest complaints with children's films these days is that they pull too many punches. Too many children's films want to save children from having to see the sadder parts of life. Somewhere along the way though, the people at Pixar realized this wasn't the way to make a great kid's film. Kids should be exposed to as much of life as they can be, and by exposing it to them in a beautiful animated format with believable [...]
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- January 13, 2010
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I grew up in Woodstock, NY. There's a scene where one character asks another character why they're calling it Woodstock, because people will show up to the town of Woodstock thinking the concert is there. It hasn't changed. More than 40 years later, people still confuse the town of Woodstock with the Woodstock Concert. The actual concert was held in Bethel, NY.
Directed by Ang Lee, the film, Taking Woodstock, follows the true story of Elliot Tiber (played by Demetri Martin), an aspiring Greenwich [...]
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- January 13, 2010
- found in Classic, Movie Reviews
Alfred Hitchcock was one of the greatest directors that ever lived. I would argue the man never made a boring movie. Nay, I go further, he never filmed a boring scene. Vertigo, a thriller starring James Stewart and Kim Novak, wasn't successful at the box office; critics panned the movie, claiming it was too long. However, looking back, many have changed their minds. And take it from me, Vertigo might be Hitchcock's greatest film.
Jimmy Stewart plays Detective John "Scottie" Ferguson. He develops [...]
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, directed by Michael Gondry and written by Charlie Kaufman, is one of the best movies of the last decade. It's difficult to think of a movie I've seen in the last ten years that doesn't have more charm to it. The movie never misses a moment. It never wastes a scene or even a single line of dialog.
The film follows Joel Barish (played by Jim Carrey) and hipster, free-wheelin' Clementine Kruczynski (played by Kate Winslet). This is Jim Carrey's best role to [...]
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- January 13, 2010
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Casablanca might be the perfect movie. What other movie so perfectly combines romance, action, intrigue and war? Set during WWII, it focuses on Rick (played by Humphrey Bogart), a man torn between his passionate love for a woman and his desire to see her safe. The movie is infamous. Even if you haven't seen it, you've probably heard lines from the movie; you probably know the song "As Time Goes By". Who knows the quote, "Play it again, Sam"? Immediately, you think of Casablanca. Ironic, since the [...]
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- January 12, 2010
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Inglourious Basterds is a difficult movie to review. There are aspects of the film that are great. Beyond great. Near perfect. But these are coupled with scenes at which I can not help but cringe. Christoph Waltz, who plays Col. Hans Landa, is the clear standout in the cast. Brad Pitt brings some needed humor to the story. There are good roles here. There are good ideas. But as a whole, the movie is a mess.
The Basterds as they dub themselves is a group of special soldiers led by Lt. Aldo Raine [...]
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- January 12, 2010
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Before Avatar came out, there was a ton of buzz. Everyone was talking about it. People were claiming it was going to change the way we viewed movies. Well, what's my opinion? Does it change movies forever? I don't think so. Is it a good flick worth seeing? Yep.
It's visually stunning. James Cameron has taken a $250 million budget (some figures put it as high as $300 million or more) and created an entire world. And yep, there are neat explosions too.
A fellow critic had this to say about the [...]
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- January 12, 2010
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Directed by Guy Ritchie, Sherlock Holmes is an action-packed adaptation of the classic Arthur Conan Doyle character. Robert Downey Jr. plays Mr. Holmes with a radical, hipster flair. Jude Law plays his amiable sidekick, Dr. John Watson, while Rachel McAdams dubiously plays the infamous Irene Adler, the one character in the books to ever beat Holmes.
The movie is riddled with flaws. As an avid reader of the books, I told myself to ignore that the movie was about Sherlock Holmes. Instead, I went [...]
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