Archive for the Tag 'Jamie Foxx'

VALENTINE’S DAY – Reviewed by Joyce

Listen, I’m not going to beat around the bush. Valentine’s Day is just pretty awful. Probably the biggest culprit is the writer, Katherine Fugate. The jokes, or intended jokes, are simply not funny. None of them. Now with that said, I must remind myself that comedy is probably the most subjective [...]

LAW ABIDING CITIZEN – Reviewed by David

The trailers for Law Abiding Citizen made it look like an exciting action thriller, but it’s actually a lethargic revenge fantasy, one that expects us to buy macho man Gerard Butler as an ingenious mastermind.
Butler is the title guy, an enraged engineer who, ten years after witnessing the murder of his wife and daughter, and [...]

THE SOLOIST – Reviewed by Joyce

The Soloist is a huge step above many of the DVD releases we’ve seen over the last few months. The film is based on the true story of Steve Lopez, reporter for the LA Times who, while out looking for a story, encounters the homeless cellist, Nathaniel Ayers. The movie tracks their relationship and, in [...]