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 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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