 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2009) |
|
"Adventureland finds much of its comedy in its often brutal honesty."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2009) |
|
"Several anti-war films have come along in the past couple of years calling out the war in Iraq. They've covered various conspiracies, big personalities and the frontlines. But, perhaps, none have been as human as Neil Abramson's American Son."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2009) |
|
"An exercise in tedium and yearning for the good, old days where straight-up action films were respected by the masses."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2009) |
|
"Charm can go a long way in making a film. Or, in the case of Confessions of a Shopaholic, the charm of Isla Fisher makes the film bearable."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2009) |
|
"Life After Death is a disappointing continuation and maybe letting go will be for the best rather than let it continue at an inferior level."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2009) |
|
"Although it starts out somewhat bland, as the season progresses and the ideas are made more clear, Dollhouse emerges as a smart, sexy, action-packed techno-drama."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2009) |
|
"Reminds us that no matter where you are, this third rock from the sun of ours is a gorgeous thing."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2009) |
|
"The film is sweet and innocent, just as one might expect. While not horrible, I can't heap praise on it either."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2009) |
|
"There's nothing that stands out in any way from the script to the directing to the acting."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2009) |
|
"Magic swords, beautiful enchantresses, approaching darkness, sweeping landscapes, white bearded wizards, it`s all been done before. Yet the first season of The Legend of the Seeker makes a lot of it feel fresh."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2009) |
|
"Boring and unoriginal, this new version might have some fancy visuals and a loud soundtrack but they're just a smokescreen for how boring and lifeless the film is."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2009) |
|
"As much as I adore Babe, it's times like these when I wished he were turned into bacon."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2009) |
|
"Featuring beautiful nature animation and possessing a passable plot, if nothing else, Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure opens up a world beyond the Neverland everyone seemingly knows."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2009) |
|
"Filled with wonderment and intrigue, it tells a timeless tale of adventure and aging that touches on almost every emotion."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2009) |
|
"Finally, a solid film in which the Amazon's story can be told to current audiences."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"I can't help but think that 10,000 BC started out as an idea that sounded like, "Wouldn't it be cool if we had wooly mammoths and saber toothed tigers and people all in the same movie?" and went from there."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"Several anti-war films have come along in the past couple of years calling out the war in Iraq. They've covered various conspiracies, big personalities and the frontlines. But, perhaps, none have been as human as Neil Abramson's American Son."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"American Teen presents itself as getting inside the lives of America's current youth culture. But the very idea of individuality is lost because it doesn't go deep enough into the lives of its subjects to fully convey the idea."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"Part The Graduate, part Fitzcarraldo, The Art of Travel is a tribute to living on the road less traveled. Filmed entirely on location, it offers a more rounded portrayal of culture outside of the standard Hollywood clichés"
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"Enjoyable, silly and a wee bit whimsical. It's also treacherously predictable at times, the two leads lack chemistry and it has the token horrible Rob Schneider cameo."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"Blindness - despite its director, despite its pedigree as a well respected piece of modern literature, despite its stellar cast - is a bitter disappointment."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"Focused, fun and action-packed, Disney's Bolt proves that it doesn't need the Pixar banner to make an excellent CG animated film."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"Occasionally interesting, always beautiful and regularly tedious, the film attempts to capture a time and a feeling yet it ultimately fails to provide the depth needed to make it wholly successful."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"The Disney tween machine continues to plug along mixing sugar-pop ballads with the simple structure of summer camp in Camp Rock. The familiarity makes for something comfortable, nothing spectacular, but mindlessly enjoyable."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"Andrew Adamson shows a more confident and defined vision that works on several levels, however it's unable to overcome a nagging feel of disconnect."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"Cloverfield brings chaos and terror in one of the most memorable American monster films in some time."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"Leave it to Stephen Colbert to go post modern on the Christmas special and come up with a cheeky variety-format program of his own to take the modern mantle in the holiday television canon."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"Horton started as a book, less that 40 pages long. To make it a feature seems just a little bit wrong. The magic of Seuss isn't quite there. It's got the look but it's missing some flair."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"Has enough heart and insight into the complexities of being a teenager today that you can overlook some of its other shortcomings - primarily in the tired act of the titular character."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"At its simplest, it's a gorgeous film with beautiful period costumes and intricate set designs. However, something tells me that's not the level director Saul Dibb wanted to achieve greatest on."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"Attempting to tap into the public's collective fears and suspicions comes D.J. Caruso's preposterous Eagle Eye, an action film with plenty of thrills but I have no idea what alternate reality it's set in."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"A delightful comedy with an edge of romance that is taken down a notch from its utterly drippy ending."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"Like the burnouts who stick longer than their leather jackets warrant, the shtick has gotten stale."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"Although it carries a certain level of slickness to it, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull shows that although the times have changed - both in the film and for the viewing audience - Indiana Jones hasn't. And that's a problem."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"Terrifying Times is a timely look at the Western-dominated world from the point of view of someone who's firmly plugged into the inner workings of the American political machine."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"It leaves the explanation of the funny business to the funny people that are in the business."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"Marley & Me is a film of moments and many of them are cute. For anyone who has ever had a dog or a close pet, there's bound to be some connection."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"While it does have its weak points, it's held together by its unique angle on the war as well as strong characterization for its central characters."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"Offers some of the strangest and worst the movies have to offer and makes it, at the very least, watchable if not entertaining."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"A movie that looks and sounds a whole lot bigger than it actually is."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"As an action movie, Quantum of Solace is solid, albeit nothing memorable. But this is James Bond."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"More than a concert film, Scorsese's Shine a Light not only throws yet another spotlight on the rockers but also carves out a story to pay tribute to the "Satisfaction" musicians."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"Even though I have read a comic or two in my life, it's not just for us nerds....It's a universal story. Honest."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"Even in pointing out the falseness of talking down to people for the sake of coming across as intelligent, Smart People does just that."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"Although some of the characters are obnoxious beyond belief, the show as a whole is just as smurfy now as it was 25 years ago."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"Although the drama goes a little too Shakespearian at times to the point of predictability, the show's an intelligent and human take on a subject that is normally either idolized or cartoonized."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"Based on the series of five serial children's novels, The Spiderwick Chronicles is a hollow spectacle that's good for the action and effects but light on everything else."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"A few cute gags aside, this is an exercise in stupidity aimed at those who find 15 different names for a bong to be funny."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"Although something of a confusing and befuddling mess, Miike's foray into the Western genre, Sukiyaki Western Django is another showcase for his playful and often gory style."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
(2008) |
|
"Although there are many familiar elements, the overall look and feel of Transformers Animated is very different from the original show. It's not all a bad thing just as long as I remember that I'm no longer the target audience."
[movie review] |
|
Movie Views |
|
|
