| Movie | Rating | Review | Date | Your Rating | Match | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zombieland - R | December 22, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Where the Wild Things Are - PG | December 22, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| The Damned United - R | December 22, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Capitalism: A Love Story - R | December 22, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| An Education - PG-13 | December 22, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Fantastic Mr. Fox - PG | December 22, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire - R | December 22, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Ninja Assassin - R | December 22, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| District 9 - R | December 22, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Brothers - R | December 22, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Disney's A Christmas Carol - PG | December 22, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Invictus - PG-13 | December 22, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| The Twilight Saga: New Moon - PG-13 | December 22, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| The Princess and the Frog - G | December 22, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Avatar - PG-13 | December 22, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Sherlock Holmes - PG-13 | December 22, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Taken - PG-13 | December 15, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Vals Im Bashir (Waltz with Bashir) - R | December 9, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Up in the Air - R | December 3, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) - PG-13 | December 2, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Law Abiding Citizen - R | Abandons the best idea it put forward in favor of cheap thrills and a serial killer, generic thriller action scenes. It's well-shot and entertaining but completely preposterous, over-the-top and ridiculous for a movie that makes itself out to be something extremely serious. | November 24, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Entre les Murs (The Class) - PG-13 | Masterpiece! Bound to be on my year-end top 10! | September 17, 2009 | N/A | |||
| The Informant! - R |
Featuring a terrific performance from Matt Damon, and perfectly arriving at a time when corporate greed, corruption and scandals are at the fore of the spotlight, Steven Soderbergh’s The Informant! is the director’s most entertaining and enjoyable film since Ocean’s 11. Based on a true story as reported in the book of the same name by Kurt Eichenwald, The Informant!, set in the early 1990s, centers around Mark Whitacre (Damon), a high ranking executive at agricultural industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and how his life turns into a media circus after he abruptly decides to become a whistleblower for the FBI. When we first meet Whitacre, he has a great job, and seems to love it too. The wheels begin to turn when he is tipped off that someone has been selling ADM’s secrets to its Japanese competitors. Instead of paying off $10 million for the identity of the mole, ADM executives decide to bring in the FBI forcing Whitacre to cooperate with them. Soon his wife Ginger (Melanie Lynskey) is forcing him to tell the agents about the crime ADM forces him to commit – participating in a multi-national price fixing scheme. Eventually he’s wearing a wire, envisioning himself as James Bond, and positioning himself as the savior of the company. Films dealing with this subject tend to be ultra-serious but instead Soderbergh chooses to lighten the tone, focusing on Whitacre, who is frankly, one of the most bumbling, idiotic informants in history. Marvin Hamlisch’s over-the-top jazzy score which plays like something out of a James Bond film, adds to the film’s breezy tone. Soderbergh even adds an exclaimation point to the film’s title, accenting its quirkiness. This is definitely not The Insider or Michael Clayton. What sets this film apart from others in this genre is Whitacre’s voiceover narration. As written by Scott Z. Burns, the narration, gives us insight into his thought process and personal life. However, more often than not, Whitacre’s narration unexpectedly goes completely off the chart becoming bizarre observations on completely unrelated, wildly inappropriate, yet hilarious topics. One moment he’s giving us the rundown of his job, the next he’s babbling about Japanese men buying used girls’ panties in vending machines on the streets of Tokyo. As Mark Whitacre, Matt Damon delivers the best performance of his career. Being aware of his status as the star of an action spy franchise (the Jason Bourne series), Damon buries himself to become Whitacre, who is as far as you can get from Bourne. For the role, the actor put on 30 lbs, and hides his face under big glasses, a weird haircut and a goofy looking moustache. When you compare this role to Jason Bourne, it really is evident how much of an underrated talent Damon is. It’s hard to think of any other actor playing this role as he brings so much charisma and likeability to the character even if Whitacre’s a moron who keeps making stupid decisions. |
September 17, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Observe and Report - R | Disturbing, bizarre and at times down right offensive, Jody Hill's Observe & Report is unlike any comedy I've seen in the last few years. It is certainly a massive departure for Seth Rogan. Rogan plays Ronnie Barnhardt, a bipolar, delusional mall security guard who dreams of becoming a cop some day. He plans on making his dreams a reality by apprehending a streaker who's been terrorizing the mall. The way he goes out about it makes up the bulk of the film. Many have compared Rogan's character to Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver and to be honest, the comparisons are quite valid. This is a really disturbing, very dark but humorous film. Paul Blart it isn't. | September 7, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Adventureland - R | September 6, 2009 | N/A |
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