Tag: movie

  • Virtuality (TV)-Review, Analysis of Fate

    Virtuality Review/Analysis of Fate I read Variety almost daily and watch plenty of TV, but I wouldn’t even have known the TV movie/pilot Virtuality existed were it not for it being on Hulu’s homepage. It’s a sci-fi movie that was meant to be a TV pilot, about a group of astronauts on a 10 year…

  • What Should I See Tonight, Dan? (5/29/09)

    You have an embarassment of riches. You could see Up, which I’ve heard from a friend who caught an early screening was great, and comes from Pixar, currently the most consistent creator of great films that I can think of. It’s also at 98% on Rottentomatoes, which is ludicrously good. If you like horror, there’s…

  • It’s Good, Bottom Line, But It Won’t Change Your Life

    Star Trek Review Riding on a ton of positive reviews Star Trek comes loaded with positive expectations. So that may unfairly bias viewers going to see it. It is without a doubt a very polished film made with a lot of skill. Visually it looks fantastic, the special effects seem first-rate, especially compared to the…

  • Make Peace With What It Is, And Laughs Will Come

    Next Day Air Review This movie is currently at 17% on Rottentomatoes.com, with the critical consensus “Rife with half-baked jokes and excessive violence, Next Day Air is an uninspired stoner comedy.” I didn’t have that experience at all. More importantly the bulk of the audience also didn’t seem to be having that experience. They laughed.…

  • I know you want to go see it anyway, but don’t!

    Wolverine Review Listen, at this point you probably pretty much know if you’re going to go see this movie or not. And if you love Wolverine it’s hard to blame you, surely even if the movie sucks you want to at least see what it was like, right? WRONG! Don’t do it. I mean it.…

  • No Honestly, It’s Not Even Guilty Pleasure Fun

    Fighting Review Listen, when you go see this movie you’re probably not expecting much. Which is actually kind of sad, because this underground fighting movie has the magnificent Oscar nominated Terrance Howard and director Dito Montiel’s A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints was decent, energetic, personal and had the best performance I’ve seen Channing Tatum…

  • What Should I See Tonight, Dan (4/18/09)

    Well, there’s actually a number of options this week. Probably the safest bet according to Rottentomatoes is State of Play, starring Maximus himself, Russell Crowe. The film is currently at 81% on Rottentomatoes, a pretty high mark. My colleague Thomas Floyd felt like it had a huge plot hole (which it sounded to me like…

  • What Should I See Tonight, Dan? (3/28/09)

    I’d go with Monsters Vs. Aliens, it’s got a pretty good score on Rottentomatoes and depending on what theatres are next to you, you might be able to see in 3-D. It seems The Haunting in Connecticut is your typical not-scary horror, and it’s gotten bad reviews. 12 Rounds wasn’t screened for critics but actually…

  • Deconstructing Genre: Screenwriting

    *In response to the popularity of my Fireproof article, here is another screenwriting article. Deconstructing Genre Is something tough to do. It seems like it should be easy right? But it’s not that easy, movies that just point out genre cliches (i.e. something like The Comebacks) tend to be pretty bad. Because just pointing out…

  • 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.…