In The Loop
This political satire of the American and British government’s reaction to an impending war in Iraq is quite funny at times but ultimately feels like Christopher Guest lite. Following a set of individuals in and around the governments of both the American and British states, with individuals both for and against the war, we get […]
Funny People
Judd Apatow’s latest is his lesser effort to date, but is still quite funny at times it just drags on a bit to long and doesn’t hit the emotional highs I think it was going for. George Simmons is a comedy superstar. He lives the life of celebrity, alone, in a large mansion paid for […]
Revanche
Götz Spielmann’s Austrian crime-’ish’ drama is an engaging character study that slowly builds up the tension and plot that is a tad bit bloated but remains a pretty good look at the human condition. Alex is an ex-con who is dating a prostitute, Tamara, and the two’s feelings for one another are real. Unfortunately both […]
(500) Days of Summer
You know the story already, it has been done a million times before. Boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, etc. etc. etc. Only this time it follows those same beats, but it shakes them up and puts them in a different key to give us something new and original. (500) Days of […]
The Hurt Locker
The latest effort from Kathryn Bigelow is a gritty and realistic look into the life of an Iraq War bomb squad that is thrilling when defusing the bombs but meanders a bit when not. In and around Iraq during our skirmish over there since we went to war in the country, the enemy has been […]
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 […]
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Harry Potter is back once again in his most thrilling tale yet, which juggles the fears of a evil tyrant on the rise with the raging adolescent hormones of the cast at Hogwarts. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince picks up right where we left off. Harry is once again entering another year of school […]
I Love You, Beth Cooper
Chris Columbus will have a tough time picking up the pieces of his career after this atrocious and unwatchable mess that everyone involved with should be ashamed of for participating in or even letting it get to production. I am not going to sum up the plot because it doesn’t matter, if you see this […]
Tokyo Sonata
This Japanese import is an engaging and effective look at the struggle of feeling trapped by a countries traditions and cultures, that minus an odd 20 minutes near the end, is pretty solid all around. The Sasaki’s are an ordinary middle class family living a rather normal existence in modern Japan. Composed of mom, dad, […]
