The Road
John Hillcoat’s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s post apocalyptic The Road is executed extremely well, but the lack of great ability in one of the films leads holds it back from being truly magnificent. Viggo Mortensen is not the lead in question and turns in another marvelous performance to add to his resume of superb work […]
Precious
Precious has been lauded with praise since its debut at Sundance this year and considered a front runner for Best Picture for a while now, and while I don’t quite agree with that assessment the film is still a well made drama about overcoming your obstacles in life no matter how hard they come. Precious […]
Bright Star
The new Jane Campion film is a period love story where the two lovers are destined to never be together and while it can be a bit slow and overly dramatic at times the three main actors are in top form and are worth the price of admission. Following the love affair of Fanny Brawne […]
Planet 51
Animation is big this year with hits such as; “Up”, “Monsters vs. Aliens”, “Ice Age 3D”, and coming up “The Princess and the Frog.” I went into this animated movie with low expectations, and really didn’t know what to expect. Like other kids movies I review I brought a kid along, this time I brought […]
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON is the second movie in the film series, derived from the popular novels by Stephenie Meyer. This time around, the audience is introduced to more action than the first film – and fans of the series are given more of the love story that they have been waiting for all […]
The Blind Side
The Blind Side is exactly what it is selling itself as, a heartfelt and emotional inspiring story that avoids sap and stereotypes for the most part to create a film that deserves our emotional response. Following the high school years of Michael Oher an at risk student who gets a second lease on life when […]
Coco Before Chanel
Anne Fontaine enlists Audrey Tautou to star in this solid, if run of the mill, biopic that doesn’t do a whole lot that is interesting or different but has great performances from all three of its leads and is a quite remarkable story surrounding the rise of Coco Chanel. Starting off as a singer at […]
Pirate Radio
This is the second time Richard Curtis is directing a film, but you’d be surprised at what he has been involved with. He has worked as writer or producer (on some both) on such films as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones’ Diary, and Love Actually. His directorial debut was Love Actually, […]
2012
Roland Emmerich’s latest is a good fun premise and starts off as an entertaining little disaster movie quickly dives into head scratching plot holes and absurdity that doesn’t make sense at any turn. (Spoilers throughout, sorry they must be discussed) The plot of the film revolves around the supposed end of the world predicted in […]