Riddley Scott’s new film with Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crow is an okay film. Seriously, nothing has blown me away since Dark Knight. I know I say that in every review now but c’mon! It’s not my fault. Everyone in this is a good actor. Not sure why Russell Crow put on all the weight…
DetailsLet’s call it Pride and Boring because I fell asleep during a daytime showing of this film. I like all the actors in it and they give good performances but this took way to much time. It’s like watching a 2 hour NYPD Blue episode. Wrap it up. I got crappy food to eat on…
DetailsClint Eastwood is a really good director and this is a really good film. Riveting performance by Angelina Jolie and supporting cast makes it even better. I’m so glad oscar season is starting because the late summer/early fall is a train wreck. This film kept me interested the whole time, always wanting to see more.…
DetailsI like the idea of showing a darker Bond. A Bond who doesn’t have gadgets and catch phrases. Just brooding rage and deadly precision. But this film is a little slow at points. Daniel Craig is a great 007, but Quantum was just ok. The film picks up right after were “Casino Royale” ended which…
DetailsWhen I see a biopic I always ask, “Is this how it really went down?” In “Frost/Nixon” I vowed to renew my membership to the Museum of TV and Radio so I can watch the actual interviews. Also want to listen to as many of the Nixon Whitehouse tapes as possible. I want to do…
DetailsI 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…
DetailsI 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.…
Detailsa 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…
DetailsSuper 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…
DetailsJames 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…
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