The Curious Case of Benjamin Button–Movie Review
This movie shines from a technical standpoint, with competent acting and advanced makeup and special effects, yet as a story it leaves me cold. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,… Read more »
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Seven Pounds–Movie Review
Usually Will Smith makes upbeat movies, either comedies or uplifting dramas like The Pursuit of Happyness. Seven Pounds is different; it’s rather dark and sad and not everyone is going… Read more »
Twilight–Movie Review
I going to try to be fair with this one, since I’m clearly not the targeted demographic. This movie delivers what it intends to deliver, which is a 90 proof… Read more »
Nothing Like the Holidays–Movie Review
OK, you know the drill. The far-flung members of a family return to their parents’ house for Christmas (or for Thanksgiving, or whatever) but things aren’t what they used to… Read more »
Australia–Movie Review
Australian director Baz Luhrmann seems to be trying to recreate the sprawling, glamorous blockbuster movies of the 1940s and 1950s. I think he does a pretty good job of capturing… Read more »
Bolt–Movie Review
I’m not sure that Bolt qualifies as a “classic” but it may well prove to be the best family film of this holiday season. Bolt (John Travolta) is a dog… Read more »
Synecdoche, New York–Movie Review
I guess that after writing movies like Adaptation and Being John Malkovitch Charlie Kaufman decided that he wanted to do something really weird and surreal. The sort of movie where… Read more »
Role Models–Movie Review
The standard formula for a movie comedy these days seems to involve thirty-something men who haven’t yet grown up. There is nothing particularly original about Role Models but it manages… Read more »
Happy-Go-Lucky–Movie Review
Happy-Go-Lucky is a mostly-cheerful, mostly-upbeat slice-of-life film featuring a character who is so perky that she at first seems rather annoying. After a while it becomes clear that she is… Read more »
Rachel Getting Married–Movie Review
Rachel Getting Married turned out to be quite a bit darker than I expected. I’m not saying it’s bad–it’s actually a pretty good psychological drama, but you shouldn’t go in… Read more »