| Movie | Rating | Review | Date | Your Rating | Match | |
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| Before Sunrise - R | Two strangers wondering about life are a nice combination for a film. I really liked this one. The dialogues between Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke are incredible. Also the acting is really good. The places they visit during their only night together make you wanna travel around Europe. | December 27, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Do I Love You? - Unrated | I like philosophical films, but this is certainly not my type. Didn't like it at all. Bad acting, boring and cliche subjects... Bah. Couldn't take it. | December 27, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Open Your Eyes (Abre los ojos) (Permanent Midnight) - R |
There are some movies that due to their complex nature defy one interpretation and can't be pegged into a certain category. Much has been said -- in fact, entire books have been written -- about Alfred Hitchcock's VERTIGO which started as a routine thriller to turn into something completely revelatory. OPEN YOUR EYES (ABRE LOS OJOS) falls into that vein of films and in doing so establishes Alejandro Amenabar as one of the most original writer-directors making films today. Here is the story of Cesar (Eduardo Noriega), a spoiled rich kid who lives in a swanky loft apartment in Madrid, Spain, and who carries an apparently no-strings-attached sexual affair with Nuria (Najra Nimwri), but who one night falls hopelessly in love with his best friend's girlfriend Sofia (Penelope Cruz). Nuria in a jealous frenzy decides to take matters into her own hands and literally drives Cesar into an accident where she dies and he wakes up, his face disfigured beyond repair. His life in shambles, Sofia beyond reach, and virtually a freak of nature, he decides to take one last step in regaining his lost life... and here is when the film becomes something totally unpredictable. Amenabar is extremely clever in weaving together elements of very different genres in a way one would never tell when it moves from one to the next. In doing so, there is no way one can ever second-guess what may or may not be the next step in this very intricate story that has to be seen at least a second time, and here is where the wonderful suspense lies -- one that would have had Hitchcock beaming with a smug smile in seeing someone had got it right after he had created (and redefined) suspense film after film. Stunning, maybe a little complicated for some, OPEN YOUR EYES will really make you open your eyes and pay attention. |
December 27, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Pee-wee's Big Adventure - PG | Yeah, this film is okay. Back in 1985 Pee-wee was great. This film is clever and soft. I really enjoyed it. Tim Burton did a great job. | December 25, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Ice Age 2: The Meltdown - PG | December 25, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Ice Age - PG | December 25, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| 2012 - PG-13 | Saw this movie to check out how they would show the natural catastrophes, but the film turned out to be so boring that I couldn't even take it. Bah... | December 24, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Mulholland Drive - R | Okay, Lynch, now that's what I call a good film. | December 24, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Besouro - Unrated | December 16, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Princesa - Unrated | Really enjoyed this film. Sensational portrayal of the plight of transvestites from undeveloped countries who emigrate to developed countries to earn a better living. | November 13, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Bicho de Sete Cabeças (Brainstorm) - Unrated | November 9, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| The Machinist - R | November 9, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Midnight Express - R | November 9, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire - R | November 9, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| The Princess Bride - PG | November 5, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Total Recall - R | November 5, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Surf's Up - PG | The animation in Surf's Up is really good. I really enjoyed it Surfing penguins are so cute :) | October 29, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Shopgirl - R | I found "Shopgirl" to be very entertaining, but what's new here? | October 29, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Where the Wild Things Are - PG | October 24, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Pleasantville - PG-13 |
Some critics here are saying the movie takes itself too seriously - but I believe some people are taking it too literally. ... Saying that the topics that are addressed have no impact on society anymore, clearly misses the point. ... The 50s -- or more specifically, 50s TV -- is used as a metaphor, because of the way 50s TV portrayed life in America. ... Thematically, this movie is about "Living Life" to the fullest, whatever that means. More specifically, to live life to the fullest -- to truly feel "alive" -- you need to take the good with the bad. Sweeping things under the rug and just acting "pleasant" all the time, is no way to live. That's what Tobey McGuire's speech at the end to his "real" mother is all about. Bad things happen, it's part of life. Having passion brings with it positives and negatives -- but suppressing true feelings for the sake of "pleasantness" is an empty life. THAT is the key ... and that "issue" is everlasting to the human condition. Another point: People fear change. This is universal from the start of time until the end of time. The film suggests that changing and growing as a society and as people -- even if scary -- is good. Just because the 50s were used as a metaphor for that, don't believe for a minute this isn't a universal issue that exists today and forever. This is not a perfect film. I liked its subtlety, but then the racism correlation, and the censorship stuff, got a bit more overt. The courtroom scene at the end is a bit cliche ... and I also agree with one poster who said that, to make the point about taking the good with the bad, we should've seen a bit more about the consequences of their actions. |
October 24, 2009 | N/A | |||
| The Basketball Diaries - R | Kalvert's portrayal of a catholic school basketball star, turned junkie is touching, but definitely flawed. DiCaprio is pretty good in the lead role of Jim Caroll, although he had some problems with the drug scenes (especially the first one) and the basketball scenes (he played like he sucked), other than that his performance was pretty good. The film had a great supporting cast, with Lorraine Bracco shining as his mother and Mark Wahlberg, Bruno Kirby and James Madio were all great in their roles, as well as Michael Rapaport, who stole his single scene from DiCaprio. The problem I had was that the film was not the most realistic, although a lot of the stuff it did portray I can either relate to or have seen go on in my high school (not exactly the most safe environment, California high schools or NY...). The direction was good keeping it interesting at most times, but i felt the screenplay was a bit weak and especially in the 3rd act it fell apart, although the ending was a bit cliché, it still helped as it rescued the 3rd act which seemed to be going nowhere. The acting was good, direction was nice and music used was also well done, screenplay was lackluster however. | October 18, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Brothers of the Head - R | Very disappointing. Almost deliberately gimmicky, the film is also too clever by half (if you'll pardon the pun). By mixing genres, styles and moods, the directors (whose previous film was the excellent documentary Lost In La Mancha) lose their way pretty quickly. I was never sure whether I was meant to take it all seriously or not. Flashbacks, dream sequences, it was all just a bit much. Plus, the promised rock and roll just didn't move me. I was reminded a bit too much at times of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, a film I found original and moving. But in this case, the songs just weren't as good, nor were the main characters sympathetic. | October 18, 2009 | N/A | |||
| What the Bleep Do We Know!? - Unrated |
I had read the controversial comments other people have written about "What the Bleep Do We Know," which is what made me want to see this when I usually stay away from documentaries. All my worst fears were realized in this film. They really dumb down the concepts of Quantum Mechanics and then go into the power of positive thinking and some other New Age philosophy. They never go into great detail about anything and the whole presentation is very amateurish and not very cinematic. The incessant music was among the worst I've ever heard in a film. Most of the talking heads have legitimate credentials but the inclusion of "Ramtha" undermines the credibility of the entire film. This was a good idea but it is very hard to sit through. Still, if you have no idea about what quantum physics is about, this film might be a way to get your toes in the water. |
October 12, 2009 | N/A | |||
| After Hours - R |
Such a dark, ironic and uncomfortably funny string of events plus a large helping of bizarre, paranoid and unpredictable characters have never before been forged into one story. The film follows Paul Hacket (Griffin Dunne) on a date from hell, where from square one it all goes horribly wrong. As we move on, the mood winds up into a frenzied nightmare as this poor mans' plight goes from bad to worse. "All I want to do is go home" he says, running for his life from an angry mob.The story isn't complex, which you may think could bore, but the characters are so delightfully wacky that you can't help but be transfixed. |
October 11, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Macbeth - Unrated | October 3, 2009 | N/A |
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