Archive for the Tag 'PG-13'

I AM NUMBER FOUR – Reviewed by David

Michael Bay was originally going to direct I Am Number Four, but he passed, and the job went to D.J. Caruso. Good thing, too, because in Bay’s hands this sci-fi action flick would probably have been a bombastic mess, whereas the director of Disturbia and Eagle Eye makes it into a thoroughly entertaining mix of [...]

THE GREEN HORNET – Reviewed by David

Mind-bending indie director Michel Gondry (The Science of Sleep) proves so capable at crafting crackling action sequences in the $120 million big-screen version of The Green Hornet that it’s a shame star Seth Rogen had to go and ruin the rest of the movie.

RABBIT HOLE – Reviewed by David

I don’t have kids, so I can only imagine what it would feel like to suddenly lose one. Rabbit Hole, a pretty-looking piece of Oscar bait starring Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart, means to show us such pain, but doesn’t wholly succeed.

THE WAY BACK – Reviewed by Talcum “Sis-Boom-Ba” Tidalplain

In 1940, in the middle of a Siberian winter, a group of prisoners escape a Soviet labour camp. Only barbed wire to cut through, then losing guards in whiteout conditions and pine forest. They dared this with a few survival skills and scraps of food to sustain them, knowing that staying [...]

HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 – Reviewed by Vivian

The 7 hit movies based off the famous Harry Potter books are now almost to an end. Harry Potter is now 17 years old, and the protection his mother gave him is now gone for life and some want him dead right away. The famous Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and his two best [...]

COUNTRY STRONG – Reviewed by Noah

Country Strong. When I heard the title, I had hopes it was about the Incredible Hulk running for president.
Then I heard Gwyneth Paltrow was in it.
I still had hope.
Then I heard that it was about a disgraced country music star, attempting to revamp her career, perhaps bringing some up-and-comers along for the [...]

LITTLE FOCKERS – Reviewed by David

You get exactly what you expect with this silly and sophomoric second sequel to Meet the Parents, which is to say ninety or so minutes of Raging Bull star Robert De Niro embarrassing himself for a paycheck while Ben Stiller mugs mercilessly for the camera.
This time ’round, Stiller’s put-upon male nurse must prove to [...]

FAIR GAME – Reviewed by Noah

Man, did I not want to watch Fair Game. I remember the actual events, and I just wasn’t in the mood to relive the mistakes of the Younger Bush administration. Also, I’m not a big Sean Penn fan. He strikes me as kind of a jerk most times. I’m sure he’s [...]

THE TOURIST – Reviewed by David

I would have to agree with the theory that Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie were nominated for Golden Globes for their performances in the critically-maligned The Tourist because the foreign press just wanted them at the ceremony, as the film more than lives up to its reputation as a preposterous piece of international [...]

HOW DO YOU KNOW – Reviewed by Joyce

How Do You Know was a real disappointment. You’d think that a cast that included Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson, and Jack Nicholson, could pull off a decent Rom Com, but alas, this was a poorly scripted effort, the plotline was not well-developed, and the only actor who even began to inhabit his role [...]

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