Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
The third film in the trilogy is superior to the awful second, but doesn’t have the heart and all around quality of the first film in the series; and it utilizes the use of 3-D fairly well in a couple of key action scenes. Diego, Manny, and Sid are all living together in there own […]
Whatever Works
Woody Allen returns from Europe and heads right back to New York City in this “classic Allen” tale that allows Larry David to be exposed to a bigger audience then HBO for the hilarious and brilliant man that he is. Boris Yellnikoff is a genius, a self proclaimed genius at that, and was once almost […]
Food, Inc.
The latest documentary to come around to educate us about what we eat is more of a call for regulation mixed with education on the subsidizing and corporate environment of our food in this country and it does it entertainingly without grossing you out. Our guides for this education lesson are a pair of prominent […]
My Sister’s Keeper
Nick Cassavetes latest adaptation is done well but strangely lacks any earned emotional punch and comes across as just expecting your emotion from the subject matter instead of working for it. Kate has leukemia and she isn’t winning the fight. Her sister Anna has been a great medical asset for her through the years, constantly […]
Chéri
The latest from Stephen Frears starts off well enough, having fun and well spirited but by the end is a bit of a sappy, overly dramatic, melodrama that almost negates the good start. Lea is a courtesan, one of the best at that, in France. She is so successful at what she does that she […]
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Without a doubt – Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is easily the most anticipated summer movie of 2009. The sequel to “Transformers,” which blew audiences away in 2007 making $319.2 million in the U.S., ROTF has to follow a tough act. But does the movie live up to the hype and anticipation? The movie starts […]
Every Little Step
This documentary dives into the behind the scenes fight for Broadway glory as we follow the audition process for A Chorus Line revival show and the results is a fascinating look into the lives of these performers and the rare chance to observe these people bare everything in their soul as they wish for that […]
The Proposal
The romantic comedy genre is so overloaded with formulaic renditions of the same film that came out the year before, with actors in it for such an obvious paycheck. ‘The Proposal’ is another formulaic entry to the romantic comedy genre. However, it suceeds by having very likable leads. It proves that even with a stale […]
Year One
Harold Ramis is back behind the camera for his latest with his new Apatow friends and the result is a intermittently humorous film that is rather mediocre to not funny for over half the film. Oh and Zed are a pair of tribesmen that are quite the pair of failures in their tribe. Zed is […]
Away We Go
“Away We Go” is a great example of when to not judge a book by it’s cover. It is being cleverly marketed as an indie comedy similar to the way “Juno” was a year and half ago. This film maintains a lot of the indie cinema mainstays like indie rock soundtrack, quirky characters, and even […]