Pass the Muselix, I must be getting old; I’m just not enjoying these tangly noisy fight scenes anymore. Or maybe its because I’ve been seeing some guy dressed like a bat fight some purple clown for 30-something years now. Heath Ledger, you’ll be missed.
More...Mesmerizing, completely original movie is perhaps a bit uneven, but so what? There is so much to gawk at and be brutally entertained that any excesses are easily forgiven.
More...Persepolis makes its way into theaters at a perfect time as American - Iranian political tensions build once again. The movie serves to remind us that most Iranians are not religious wackos but the victims of bad leadership — leadership even worse than ours!
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So many wizard meetings, so many wizard hearings, so much wizard politics, this
series is starting to resemble Wizard C-Span.
Cutesy infuriating magical crap about four guys and one girl who aren’t Bob Dylan.
Richard Gere, especially, is not Bob Dylan. Watching it, I wished I was not there.
Oh-so-tasteful Anglophile period piece, full of atmospheric country manor interiors,
about a kid who sees grownups humping and frames the dude for kiddie-rape.
A superior sequel to 2006’s “Ralph Slipowitz, about about a fixer at a major Kansas City dry cleaner’s.
More...BEOWULF
(Robert Zemeckis, 2007) Thoroughly entertaining: yes. The future of cinema: I hope not. 3D a mixed bag of gimmick and wow.
– Demon
THE GREAT DEBATERS
(Denzel Washington, 2007) The inspiration-film plot is paint by numbers, but the language is fresh, and Denzel, Forest, and great young faces live up to […]
More...BROTHERS GRIMM
(Terry Gilliam, 1999) Gilliam could use lesson from the fairly tale authors he depicts. Keep the story simple!
– Demon
DOWNFALL
(Oliver Hirschbiegel , 2005) Detailed attempt to convince my mother in law that Hitler is NOT living in Brazil, but actually died in Germany a miserable and insane.
– Demon
HOUSE […]
More...Confining yourself to writing no more than 25 words on a movie is harder than you think. So if you think we are short changing these movies, remember, it could have been much worse.
AMERICAN PIE (DVD)
(Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz, 1999) “Saved By The Bell’ with dick jokes.
– Hexagram
AMERICAN PIE II (DVD)
(J.B. Rogers, […]
More...At 10 cents a word, we have some of the worst paid critics in the business.* To add insult to injury, check out the movies some of them saw…
BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM
(Gurinder Chadha, 2003) Can’t decide between soccer and a nice Sikh wedding? Fun-and-lighthearted soccer-chick-flick social-commentary triumph-over-all cinematic experience.
— […]
Does it seem like we have a bad attitude this edition? Well - look what we paid for, and tell us if you blame us:
BLUE CRUSH
(John Stockwell, 2002) The reason Al Quaeda hates us. Well, screw you Al Quaeda - can your chicks surf?
— […]
Who needs a meal when you can eat a bucket of popcorn?
BETTER LUCK TOMORROW
(Justin Lin, 2003) Despite the misplaced hiccup of ultraviolence near the end, this Asian American POV flick — directed by UCLA film alumnus Justin Lin — is worth checking out.
– Xtian
Daredevil
(Mark Steven Johnson, 2003) Better than Batman (remake), but not […]
More... CALL THIS CONSUMER PROTECTION
Movies are now ten bucks a pop. Time is more valuable than that. Discerning consumers, take a minute to read our reviews and maybe we can spare you the pain. Then again, everyone has their own opinion…
A BEAUTIFUL MIND
(Ron Howard, 2001) Complex mind, simple movie. […]
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BLACK HAWK DOWN
(Ridley Scott, 2002) Scott’s photoslick war kick - G.I. Jane, Gladiator - continues with this action exploiter disguised as serious drama. […]
More...Tens of weeks, hundreds of skilled people, millions of dollars, trillions of pixels. These are what go into today’s movies. And what do we offer in return? 25 words at best. Kind of selfish, ain’t it?
Then again, we do pay to see these things…
BROTHER
(”Beat” Takeshi Kitano, 2000) Chick flick polar opposite. Beat’s […]
More...We admit, even the critics writing on this website can be a little long winded. Not to mention pretentious, elitist, short sighted, impulsive — all right, just don’t say we aren’t open to a little self criticism. Thankfully, we control ourselves here and tell you only what you need to know, in […]
More...Tired of long, convoluted reviews that do little more than give away key plot points? Angry at the blabber-mouth critics who espouse little more than intellectual redundancies? Want quick, short and to-the-point synapses? Here they are, guaranteed to be 25 words or less: […]
More...Tired of long, convoluted reviews that do little more than give away key plot points? Angry at the blabber-mouth critics who espouse little more than intellectual redundancies? Want quick, short and to-the-point synapses? Here they are, guaranteed to be 25 words or less: […]
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