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 [...]
Read More action, Alex Pettyfer, blu-ray, DJ Caruso, DVD, I Am Number Four, PG-13, Sci-Fi, thriller, Timothy OlyphantMind-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.
Read More action, blu-ray, Cameron Diaz, Christoph Waltz, comedy, crime, DVD, Jay Chou, Michel Gondry, PG-13, Seth Rogen, The Green HornetI 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.
Read More Aaron Eckhart, blu-ray, David, Dianne Wiest, drama, DVD, John Cameron Mitchell, Miles Teller, Nicole Kidman, PG-13, Rabbit Hole, Sandra OhIn 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 means dying and there [...]
Read More adventure, blu-ray, David Lean, drama, DVD, Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess, Peter Weir, PG-13, Russell Boyd, Saoirse Ronan, The Way BackThe 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 friends, Ron [...]
Read More adventure, blu-ray, Daniel Radcliffe, drama, DVD, Emma Watson, Fantasy, Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Helena Bonham Carter, PG-13Country 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 [...]
Read More blu-ray, Country Strong, drama, DVD, Garrett Hedlund, Gwyneth Paltrow, Leighton Meester, music, PG-13, Tim McGrawYou 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 [...]
Read More Barbra Streisand, Ben Stiller, comedy, Dustin Hoffman, DVD, Harvey Keitel, Jessica Alba, Little Fockers, Owen Wilson, PG-13, Robert De Niro, Teri PoloMan, 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 lovely in person.
Read More biography, blu-ray, Doug Liman, drama, DVD, Fair Game, Joe Wilson, Naomi Watts, Noah, PG-13, Sean Penn, thriller, Valerie PlameI 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 intrigue.
Read More action, Angelina Jolie, blu-ray, David, drama, DVD, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Johnny Depp, paul bettany, PG-13, romance, Steven Berkoff, The TouristHow 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 [...]
Read More blu-ray, comedy, drama, DVD, How Do You Know, Jack Nicholson, James L. Brooks, Janusz Kaminski, joyce, Owen Wilson, Paul Rudd, PG-13, Reese Witherspoon, romance