a I’m not sure why this film is not getting more Oscar buzz. I liked it. Will Smith does a nice job. Rosario Dawson is showing more of her range. “Seven Pounds” is a good film. The trailers are mysterious and so is the first hour of the film. Maybe that’s what has kept the…
I lived in Germany for a year when I was kid. My dad had a research grant so we left Madison, WI and moved to Munich. Germans by and large are a bunch of humorless bureaucrats. Living up to all the stereotypes. Some of them were nice loving people. None of them had English accents.…
I first want to thank my parents for never putting my brother and sisters in Catholic school. We went to a “hippie” church in the 70’s that had guitar mass with weirdo modern dancers, patchouli oil and insane amounts of plaid and hair. It wasn’t until I was in my 20’s that I learned that…
James Bond travels back through time to fight the Nazis and their pals. All right! Well that isn’t exactly what this film is but I liked it anyway. Daniel Craig plays a man who chooses to fight in a true story that is being skipped by Oscar’s buzz parade. Listen up “Valkyrie”: THEY ALL HAD…
Super powers, secret government agencies, Hong Kong– I’m in. Also, I couldn’t review “The International” as Mike Schmidt beat me to it. That sonofabitch! So ok, let’s see the guy from the Quatro Fantastico (they put the 4 first in Brazil) and Dakota Fanning get crazy. The film is about Chris Evans who saw his…
I would of gotten this review up sooner but I have an aversion to writing about bullshit. Well, the trailer looked good. And it started out interesting, but then agendas started to rear their crazy beaks and it all went to hell. Literally. Maybe if you’re on a plane this film can pass the time…
I’m here at SXSW in Austin, Texas, and I just watched an amazing film. “Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo” is everything documentary filmmaking is all about – taking the audience into an American sub-culture and showing real humanity. If the word “documentary” elicits feelings of being stuck in a classroom in high school while an…
“State of Play” is a competent movie. Decent script, good direction and a solid cast. I was interested in the story throughout my viewing. Viewing? What am I some pompous art critic? Someone please smash a glass of white wine on my head and jam some brie (the most pretentious cheese) in my yap hole.…
If you only saw the trailer for “Fast & Furious” then you have seen the movie. Number four in the car, sex and fight series. And always a crazy time. But you could just play the video game and it would be the same. But then again what’s wrong with watching cool cars, Vin Diesel…
I heard some reviews of this film called it “slow” and “boring”. Well if chasing mystical secret societies around Rome trying to prevent clergy murders is boring then call me slow. ‘Cause I’m all about Professor Hanks solving historical mysteries. I liked the first one and this was a nice follow up. Hanks reprises his…