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.
1 comment Friday 06 May 2011 | blogadmin | action/adventure, blu-ray, comedy, movie reviews
What is love all about anyway? Comedian/writer/musician Charlyne Yi and director Nicholas Jasenovec teamed up to examine this question in this eclectic film. It’s a blend of comedy, drama and documentary footage that blurs the line between fact and fiction. The movie’s main plot takes the form of a “documentary” production in which Yi, playing [...]
0 comments Friday 04 Dec 2009 | blogadmin | comedy, movie reviews, recommendations, romance
The latest from Judd Apatow is quite a letdown. There was little laughter as I watched this black comedy. The synopsis goes like this: an aging comedian learns that he has a disease and has almost no chance of living. Adam Sandler basically plays himself, although I am unaware if he has any diseases in [...]
0 comments Thursday 26 Nov 2009 | blogadmin | comedy, drama, movie reviews
Monsters vs Aliens starts out where most Disney fairytales leave off-a wedding. Susan Murphy (voiced by Reese Witherspoon) is about to marry the weatherman of her dreams Derek Dietl (Paul Rudd). But alas, it seems that no one ever told the couple that it is bad luck for the groom to see the bride in [...]
1 comment Saturday 03 Oct 2009 | blogadmin | animation, movie reviews, sci-fi / fantasy
In Observe and Report we again get to watch an overweight funnyman play a shopping mall security guard with big dreams. Only instead of the comparatively cuddly Kevin James riding around on a Segway, we get a seriously scowl-faced Seth Rogen swearing every other word in a violent and mean-spirited melding of Paul Blart and [...]
0 comments Thursday 24 Sep 2009 | blogadmin | action/adventure, comedy, drama, movie reviews
