The Other Boleyn Girl–Movie Review
The Other Boleyn Girl is a 16th century soap opera. At the beginning of the story Sir Thomas Boleyn learns that King Henry VIII’s marriage is on the rocks. Naturally… Read more »
Category: Movies
Definitely, Maybe–Movie Review
Definitely, Maybe is a romantic comedy with a twist. Or maybe it’s a twisted romantic comedy. Will Hayes (Ryan Reynolds), is a political consultant who is about to get divorced…. Read more »
Air: The Movie
At about the same time that the Air television series was released, an alternate version of the story, made by another studio, appeared in movie theaters. After renting the TV… Read more »
Persepolis–Movie Review
Persepolis is the first animated movie that I’ve ever seen that is a non-fiction film on a serious subject. It’s based on Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical graphic novel about growing up… Read more »
But Really, Did You Like It?
Isn’t it massive consumer fraud to charge $10.50 for a barely hour-long movie? Perhaps, but it would’ve been unforgivable to make Meet the Spartans any longer than an hour. This… Read more »
There Will Be Blood–Movie Review
There Will Be Blood was not quite the movie I was expecting. Hollywood loves to tell stories about evil oilmen, not only because everyone hates oil companies these days, but… Read more »
27 Dresses–Movie Review
I probably wouldn’t have seen 27 Dresses except for the fact that my daughter is a big fan of Katherine Heigl. Now that I have seen it I can say… Read more »
Philip Pullman: Kill humans and ration heating
Since I gave a favorable review to The Golden Compass, a movie based on a book by Philip Pullman, perhaps it’s only fair to link to an article in The… Read more »
The Savages–Movie Review
The Savages is a well-written, insightful and often funny movie with a talented cast, but I find it strangely unsatisfying. The subject matter sounds disturbing, but it really isn’t upsetting… Read more »
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
I had some idea what to expect going into this movie. As expected, the sets were dark and gloomy, the blood spurted high and the orchestra roared dramatically like surf… Read more »