Tag: review

  • Roger Ebert Doesn’t Give A Damn…In The Best Way Possible

    One of the reasons I really like Roger Ebert is the guy just loves movies in such a way that if he enjoys himself, he doesn’t really care if the movie doesn’t necessarily make sense or is cliched, or so on. This makes him unpredictable as a reviewer, which is interesting. I was inspired to…

  • Utterly Immoral and Disgusting (not in the way you think)

    The Last House on the Left (2009) Review There was another movie called The Last House on the Left in 1972 (directed by Wes Craven) and it was seriously messed up (Special Note: There Are Apparently Multiple Versions of the 1972 Film, some which may be even more graphic than what I saw). How messed…

  • The Rock No More

    Race to Witch Mountain Review I’m all for The Rock continuing to have a career. In every movie I’ve seen him in he’s acquited himself as well as you could hope for, and he does that again in Race to Witch Mountain. But here, as well as you could hope for means The Rock is…

  • Watchmen Ultimately Gives Way To Its Own Hype

    Watchmen Review (Movie) When it was announced Zack Synder, he of the relentlessly agressive Dawn of the Dead and 300, was directing the contemplative Watchmen there was understandable concern. Would Synder brings his love for action and visual razzle-dazzle to a graphic novel in which the characters largely stand around discussing life philosophies? Well, for…

  • Perfectly Fine….Which is Saying Something For a Romantic Comedy

    He’s Just Not That Into You Review A lot of romantic comedies are neither funny or romantic. Movies like 27 Dresses and Bride Wars are unfunny, belabored, arguably a step back for feminists, and chock full of contrived situations that don’t register as real. He’s Just Not That Into You is none of those things.…

  • Pretty Classy For A Movie Called Donkey Punch

    Donkey Punch Review Watching this movie it’s difficult to shake the sense that Director Oliver Blackburn is using this as a prom reel for himself. The thing is, for all the movie’s attention grabbing sex and drug use and title, it’s actually a fairly understated affair visually. It’s shot like a Calvin Klein ad by…

  • Ultimately, It’s Actually Pretty Good

    Doubt Review Not to use the cliched press puns I try to avoid on this website, but, hell it kinda fits here. Doubt gives you plenty of reasons to doubt it’s a good movie. It’s about two nuns, Sister James (Amy Adams) sees the priest Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) doing some shady stuff after…

  • The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)–Review In Advance of Remake

    The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951) Review This 1951 film is an eloquent plea for understanding and logic and most of all peace. Klaatu, an alien in humanoid form, arrives to Earth. He says as he exits his spaceship in front of an army something to the effect of, ‘We come in peace..and with…