Post Grad–Movie Review
Post Grad is no great classic, but it’s rather cute and pretty funny–not a bad way to spend 89 minutes. Ryden Malby (Alexis Bledel) has just graduated from college and… Read more »
Category: Movies
Ponyo–Movie Review
Finally after all these years I got to see a Hayao Miyazaki movie in a theater on a big screen. This mini-review is based on the dubbed version currently in… Read more »
The Time Traveler’s Wife–Movie Review
Henry DeTamble (Eric Bana) has a problem: a time travel disorder. Every so often he has something like a epileptic seizure which causes him to vanish from the present and… Read more »
Princess Mononoke–Anime Review
Hayao Miyazaki’s second most successful movie (after Spirited Away) is a dark, exciting adventure story that resonates with the power of myth.
The Hurt Locker–Movie Review
The Hurt Locker is a riveting film, thoughtful and realistic. It is a slice-of-life (and death) story about a bomb squad stationed in Baghdad in 2004, about the time that… Read more »
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince–Movie Review
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth movie in the series, and I actually liked it more than the previous two. It is dark, stylish and witty. Like… Read more »
Public Enemies–Movie Review
At this time of year the theaters are filled with action movies based on comic books. Public Enemies has a similar style even though it is actually based on a… Read more »
Away We Go–Movie Review
Away We Go is an offbeat take on the road movie genre. Burt (John Krasinski) and Verona (Maya Rudolph) are a 30-something couple expected their first child. They suddenly realize… Read more »
O’ Horten–Movie Review
O’ Horten is a quirky little Norwegian art-house film. The aptly-named Odd Horten is a shy, taciturn railway engineer who retires and then wanders around for the rest of the… Read more »
My Neighbor Totoro–Anime Review
This may not be Hayao Miyazaki’s most profitable film, but it is probably the most beloved. Totoro toys and memorabilia are perennial favorites, and his image appears on the Studio… Read more »