Movie Reviews

Edge of Darkness

Posted: January 29, 2010 at 12:02 am   /   Local, Movie Reviews

Mel Gibson with Martin Campbell returns from a long drought of staring in a picture with the revenge thriller Edge of Darkness which allows Gibson to do some nice work but falls flat pretty much everywhere else. Gibson plays Craven, a Boston police detective, whose daughter almost instantly upon her return home for a visit […]

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When in Rome

Posted: January 29, 2010 at 12:01 am   /   Local, Movie Reviews

It didn’t take long to get a huge stink bomb of a movie this year in 010 and that movie is When in Rome.  The movie is so poorly written, is almost devoid of humor, is absolutely absurd, and gets nothing out of a decent slate of talent that made the unfortunate decision of taking […]

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Legion

Posted: January 22, 2010 at 2:39 pm   /   Local, Movie Reviews

When I first saw the trailers for this movie I was intrigued. The basic plot of God giving up on humanity and sending his army of angels to destroy us all seemed fresh. The special effects looked okay, and the hint of an epic battle between archangels Michael and Gabriel got me excited. I left […]

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Crazy Heart

Posted: January 22, 2010 at 7:00 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

Crazy Heart is a story about a musician who is trying to find himself, somewhere buried deep beneath the surface of his existence. In the film, we see a man who has seen success and entertained millions of people – but we see him in a different light, and in very raw form. Crazy Heart […]

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Extraordinary Measures

Posted: January 22, 2010 at 6:45 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

This movie is based on a true story. The story is heartwarming and interesting, but it feels a lot like a movie you would see on network TV on a Thursday night. Don’t get me wrong, the acting was good (not great) – but I felt like the movie was too drawn out and somewhat […]

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The Tooth Fairy

Posted: January 22, 2010 at 2:39 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

Sometimes when you see the first trailer for a film, you think “That can’t be good.” Such was the case with The Tooth Fairy. The trailer for the film was so bad that I thought it was a satirical piece done by a site like FunnyorDie. Luckily, the film wasn’t as bad as the trailer, […]

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World’s Greatest Dad

Posted: January 17, 2010 at 5:47 pm   /   DVD News, Local, Movie Reviews

Bobcat Goldthwait’s latest film is a pitch black comedy revolving around the struggle of a writer who wants to be famous and the revisionist history nature of high school and the results are a solid effort that tells a touching if a bit disturbed story of family. Goldthwait’s film revolves around a single dad, Lance, […]

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The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans

Posted: January 17, 2010 at 4:04 pm   /   Local, Movie Reviews

Werner Herzog in spirit sequel to the 1992 film Bad Lieutenant is a trippy, darkly humorous, detective story with Nicholas Cage’s Terrance taking us on a wild ride into depravity that we can’t really predict. During the mayhem of hurricane Katrina Terrance and his partner watch a prisoner trapped in a cell as the water […]

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Book Of Eli

Posted: January 15, 2010 at 11:45 am   /   Local, Movie Reviews

The Hughes Brothers have not made a film since 2001’s From Hell starring Johnny Depp, and sometimes their lack of practice shines through in their new film Book of Eli. Their flair and overall filmmaking sense seems to be well enough intact to bring us a pretty strong January release. Post apocalyptic worlds are all […]

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The Lovely Bones

Posted: January 15, 2010 at 12:01 am   /   Local, Movie Reviews

Peter Jackson’s latest adaptation is visually stunning but feels like a cliff notes version of the novel and on its own right doesn’t go deep enough into these characters relationships and feelings to connect us as emotionally as possible with the rich material. The story follows the path of Susie Salmon a 14 year old […]

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