Movie Reviews
When I first heard about the remake of Judge Dredd I was appalled. My thought was “can’t they come up with an original idea?” Well after seeing the preview and reading about this upcoming film, I see now that it is not a remake after all. http://youtu.be/JqqgrUna28w Announced in 2008 that the movie was in [...]
The Hunger Games movie, if you did not know it, is based on a book of the same name by Suzanne Collins. The movie is the first of series released in theaters and on DVD and Blu-ray August 18. When released in theaters, The Hunger Games set opening day and opening weekend records for a [...]
Is Hollywood truly so out of ideas that they have to remake everything from the last 20-30 years? With many of the movies which have come out in the last year or so, and upcoming, it certainly seems like it. Or have directors and writers become so lazy they don’t want to try something new? [...]
The good and the bad about The Dark Knight Rises in this review by Joel Sawyer.
Have you forgiven Pixar yet for Cars 2? Perhaps a girl with red, untamed locks will help you change your mind. Brave is Pixar’s latest CG adventure to hit the big screen, and if you were disappointed by the studio’s 2011 poor vehicular outing, then consider this a peace offering. There is a caveat, however: [...]
Things I learned watching Prometheus: A very good way to recover from invasive surgery and shock (with a stapled incision) is by running around. Running around a LOT! Relatively young Archaeologists are like the Swiss Army knife of exploration teams. They seem to have a working knowledge about…almost any other science put in front [...]
What I learned from Avengers: Why our National deficit is so high and where all the money is going (SHIELD Helicarrier, SHIELD secret weapons, SHIELD secret bases…there is little related to SHIELD in this movie that wouldn’t cost at least a few billion. G. I. Joe wishes they had this kind of operating budget). Bruce [...]
What I learned from The Hunger Games: In film-making, it is perfectly logical to cut from one of the most touching, heartfelt scenes in a movie to one of the ugliest people in the cast for no specific reason. Wasps cannot feel the branch their hive is on vibrating and shaking from the branch being sawed [...]
Review of Dr. Seusses The Lorax in 3D which was an enjoyable family film if a little preachy about saving the trees.
Review of Hugo 3D which is a masterpiece film that captures the wonder of film making in the early 1900's
Review of DVD Release of Thor (2011) and leading up to the Avengers 2012 movie.
Recently saw the CGI animation film titled The Smurfs and there are three things I learned about this movie: Homeless men in bright hats may be wizards in disguise (in New York only) Advertising agents are expected to come up with entirely new campaigns in two days. Gay cowboy film references are [...]
[easyazon-link asin="B0051ZG57Q"]The Gingerdead Man 3 "Saturday Night Cleaver"[/easyazon-link] is a comedy/horror film jointly written by William Butler and Muffy Bolding; and jointly directed by William Butler and Silvia St. Croix and stars Jacqui Holland (The UNsocialites), Robin Sydney (The Lost), Peter Stickles (Shortbus), and Kyle Morris (2012: Ice Age) in a film about a murderous [...]
[easyazon_image asin="B004LWZW4C" alt="X-Men: First Class (+Digital Copy) (Blu-ray)" src="https://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51OQD0PF%2BcL.jpg" align="right" width="375" height="500"] X-Men: First Class is an action/adventure film written by Ashley Miller, Jack Stentz, Jane Goldman, and Matthew Vaugh. The film stars James McAvoy (Wanted, The Last King of Scotland), Michael Fassbender (Inglorious Basterds, 300), Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone, The Hunger Games (2012)), Rose Byrne [...]
[easyazon_image asin="B0051T484E" alt="BKO: Bangkok Knockout" src="https://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cVP58hn8L.jpg" align="right" width="300" height="369"] BKO: Bangkok Knockout is a kick-ass, multi-combat action film directed and choreographed by Panna Pittikrai. His film credits include Ong-Bak and Chocolate. This film is about “Team Fight Club,” who quickly find out that an opportunity to get to go make movies Hollywood changes into a fight [...]
[easyazon_image asin="B0051T47NQ" alt="Trollhunter" src="https://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SCh6OZtwL.jpg" align="right" width="300" height="369"]Troll Hunter (Trolljegeren) is an adventure/comedy/fantasy directed by André Øverdal, and written by André Øverdal and Harvard S. Johansen. The film stars Otto Jespersen, Robert Stoltenberg, and Knut Nærum in a film where a group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear attacks, but learns that there are more dangerous [...]
[easyazon_image asin="B00511N76C" alt="Better Off Dead (Blu-ray)" src="https://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51x99bbBwiL.jpg" align="right" width="300" height="412"] Better Off Dead (1985) is a teen comedy written and directed by Savage Steve Holland. It stars John Cusack, David Ogden Stiers, and Kim Darby in a film about a teenager who has to deal with his girlfriend dumping him, family crises, homicidal paper boys, [...]
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is a fitting swan song for a film and book series that has enchanted us for over a decade. Some of the spells cast during the spectacle fizzle at points but are followed up brilliantly by truly magic moments. There is no denying that the universe of [...]
[easyazon_image asin="B0051MKNV8" alt="Limitless" src="https://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517xQEGpcRL.jpg" align="right" width="300" height="412"]Limitless (2011) is a film based on a novel by [easyazon-link asin="0312428871"]Alan Glynn[/easyazon-link], the screenplay adapted by Leslie Dixon, and the film directed by Neil Burger. It stars Bradley Cooper ([easyazon-link asin="B002Q4VBPQ"]The Hangover[/easyazon-link]), Robert De Niro ([easyazon-link asin="B000P0J09M"]GoodFellas[/easyazon-link]), and Abbie Cornish ([easyazon-link asin="B004EPYZU8"]Sucker Punch[/easyazon-link]) in a film about a [...]
[easyazon_image asin="B004XFZ4JK" alt="Season of the Witch" src="https://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519RqygpELL.jpg" align="right" width="300" height="369"]Season of the Witch (2011) is an action/adventure/fantasy film directed by Dominic Sena, written by Bragi F. Schut and stars Academy Award Winner Nicholas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas), Ron Perlman (Hell Boy I & II film series), and Claire Foy (Going Postal, and The Promise TV Series) in [...]
[easyazon_image asin="B004XFZ3UU" alt="Warrior's Way" src="https://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KFzbIciVL.jpg" align="right" width="300" height="369"]The Warrior's Way (2010) is an action action/fantasy/western written and directed by Sngmoo Lee and stars Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides), Kate Bosworth (Superman Returns), Danny Huston (Clash of the Titans), and Dong-gun Jang (The Promise, Tae Tuk Gi) in a [...]
A a brilliant indie film about a naive guy who has no idea what he is in for when he is sent to Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
