Okay, I didn’t like “Little Miss Sunshine”. Sorry. I thought it was contrived and forced and had every indie screenwriter cliché shoved into it and down the audience’s throat. The performances, which were excellent, masked these weaknesses and went all the way to fooling the Academy, which by the way, isn’t that hard to do…
Sometimes movies are exactly what you expect. Sometimes they’re more, sometimes less. It’s all about expectations. If you want to see this movie, I’m not really sure what you’re expecting. If you’re expecting a gritty realistic crime drama with twists and turns you’re going to be sorely disappointed. If you’re a Keanu Reeves fan then–…
OK, so it’s finally here. But is it any good? I think it is. But there were some parts I was REALLY not sure about. But here’s the thing: This movie is going to make a lot of people angry and a lot of people happy. Which will you be? KINDA SPOILER ALERT BUT NOT…
To put it simply, Stan Winston was a genius. He was often an unsung hero, a behind the scenes magician who brought things to life. Things that only existed in the imagination. I had two projects in development at Stan’s production studio. I only met Stan a few times briefly, but he was warm and…
I am a huge fan of Frank Miller’s comic book work, from “Daredevil” to “Dark Knight”, to “Sin City”. He’s a visionary comic book writer and artist. But unless Robert Rodriguez is around and not making stupid movies for his kids, Frank Miller should stay away from filmmaking. “The Spirit” is based on the Will…
Speed Racer has two speeds. Too slow and too fast. If ever there was a movie that should be around an hour and a half, it’s “Speed Racer.” It is however, a two and a half hour computer generated eye punch that will leave your head spinning and seeing only pastels. Then it slows down…
I do love me some good whiny suburban angsty nihilism. And “Revolutionary Road” has it, and then some. Director Sam Mendes returns to familiar American Beauty territory, winds back the clock, and then casts his wife and the other guy from Titanic in the leads. And you know what? It works. Based on a novel…
This movie was quite a surprise. Mainly because it was two things I did not expect it to be: Really dark, and more importantly, really funny. Mall security guard Ronnie Barnhardt (Seth Rogan) is called into action to stop a flasher terrorizing the mall. But as the movie progresses, we see that Ronnie has a…
At first I didn’t want to see this third Mummy Movie. Then I saw the trailer. OMG, Jet Li, a three headed fire breathing dragon, and some Yeti? This has nothing to do with “The Mummy”. I’m in! Let’s just say my first instincts were correct. The plot is… wait. I think I’m going…
I took my three year old daughter with me to see “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa”. She sat through the whole thing without fidgeting, so that’s a ringing endorsement from the three year old set. Me, however, I was fidgeting a bit. “Madagascar 2” is about Ben Stiller’s character, Alex, a gay dancing lion who unexpectedly…