Departures
This 2008 nominee for best foreign language film at the Oscar’s, Departures is a very engaging, funny, and thoughtful look at death and letting the living come to peace with it and it is all wrapped around the wonderful story of a man finding himself and coming to grips with his past. Daigo Kobayashi is […]
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 […]
Angels & Demons
So, let me state this clearly before I start the main portion of my review since so many people think these things tend to matter. I DO NOT care about the controversies surrounding the movie or the movie that came before it. They are works of fiction that are meant to be viewed as such. […]
Star Trek
Make no mistake, this is not the Star Trek you grew up on. This movie is two hours of pure fun. Exciting visuals, snappy dialogue, great acting, and just overall great production values. This is the movie that is going to breakout from word of mouth. Star Trek is in one part a prequel, and […]
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
The most amazing thing I can think of about Ghosts of Girlfriends Past is that its star Matthew McConaughey manages to keep his shirt on for pretty much the entire movie. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past is a retooling of Charles Dickens’s Christmas Carol, instead of being shown his miserly ways, the main character played by […]
Miss March
I try to give every movie a fair shot when I go into the theater. In fact, some of my favorite movies have come out of me doing that. I go in expecting to not like it, and then poof two hours later I’m ready for the DVD release. Miss March unfortunately was not one […]
The Summer of Too Many Movies
The first thing you might think is, is that possible? Too many movies? Well I believe it might be for most people. Let’s take a look at all the big potential blockbuster’s this summer. May 1st – X-Men Origins – Wolverine Wolverine is the first big blockbuster type film of the summer. It will be […]
Henry Poole is Here
This dramedy about religion, life issue and what it does to people is a fairly uneventful tale, but it holds one interest and has a number of genuine moments throughout. Henry (Luke Wilson) is a down and out of it and after purchasing a suburban house in California, after he was unable to get the […]
Revolutionary Road
Sam Mendes’ latest is his darkest film yet, but it really gets you to think about ones own life as you can easily see both sides of the argument laid out by the terrific performances by Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. April and Frank hit it off right from the start at a party. Frank […]
Man On Wire
James Marsh’s latest documentary is the story of one man’s dream to tight rope walk between the two towers of the world trade center and the lengths the man, and the people around him, went through to make his dream a reality.Philippe Petit is the man who had this dream and he himself is a […]
