| Movie | Rating | Review | Date | Your Rating | Match | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherlock Holmes - PG-13 | January 17, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| The Cabin in the Woods - Unrated | January 17, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Shutter Island - Unrated | January 17, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Jennifer's Body - R | January 17, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| The Informant! - R | January 17, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Brüno (Bruno) - R | January 17, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| The Lookout - R | January 17, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| 13 - Unrated | January 17, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| The Expendables - Unrated | January 17, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| War (Rogue Assassin) - R | January 17, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Revolutionary Road - R | Sam Mendes returns to American Beauty territory with another tale of a disintegrating marriage. Absent this time is the occasional comedy offered up to lighten the mood. What's left is a well-made, albeit dreary and depressing, look at what happens when the honeymoon is over. | January 12, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Gran Torino - R |
Clint Eastwood movies have never done much for me. As an actor, he holds little appeal to me, and most of the films have been great cures for insomnia. While this one didn't change my mind about him, I didn't hate it.
The story is nothing groundbreaking, but it's sufficient enough to hold your interest for a couple hours. Eastwood really stretches his range here, playing the grizzly old man who spends the whole film growling and snarling. (can you sense my sarcasm?) As for the rest of the cast, I can't remember when I've heard stiffer dialogue reading. It sounded like a bad high school play. Acting aside, it's actually a decent movie, but once again, I am truly baffled by the praise and awards talk. |
January 12, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Frost/Nixon - R |
On the surface, I would never have thought I would have any interest in seeing the film. Frank Langella? In a movie set in a period history I neither know much about nor care to learn? Centered around an interview? Based on a play? But the trailers piqued my interest, and the film didn't disappoint. It's a tremendous showcase of great acting from top to bottom. Sheen and Langella are brilliant in the titular roles, and a talented roster of supporting actors (including Sam Rockwell, Oliver Platt, and Kevin Bacon, to name just a few) turn in strong performances as well.
Like most play adaptations, you can tell it was a play, yet director Ron Howard has crafted this riveting chess match of words in such a way that it never loses moviegoers' interest. |
January 12, 2009 | N/A | |||
| The Wrestler - R | Solidly acted - but dreary, somewhat boring, and hugely overrated. | January 12, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Jumper - PG-13 |
To sum it up quickly: Too much setup. This entire film should have been the first half-hour of a bigger story. They try to make this just a first chapter, like an "origin" story in a superhero film, but if you're gonna spend the whole film setting up a story, and leave an ending wide open for sequels, you better be damn sure the public will actually care enough to see more. I don't think that will be the case here. Perhaps if it had been filmed and marketed as a teen flick as the book was, the series could have a longer life; but as an adult franchise I'd be surprised if there are further installments.
It wasn't a bad flick. It was a fun distraction for an hour or two, with some good action and visuals, but it was certainly nothing special. I think much of that is due to the cast. Diane Lane is always good, but she was barely in it, and Samuel L. Jackson was just distracting - partly because of the pointless white hair, and partly because pairing him with Hayden Christensen constantly reminded you of Star Wars and took you out of the movie. The main stars, Christensen himself and Rachel Bilson, were just so...blah. I actually would have preferred if Jamie Bell had been the star instead of just a supporting role. |
January 12, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Eagle Eye - PG-13 |
Take Enemy of the State, remove all logic and believability, and what you get is Eagle Eye.
Wait... Enemy had logic and believability? Compared to this, yeah it did... Eagle Eye is a movie that should rate higher. So much about it works. The cast and acting is great across the board, especially Shia LaBeouf; the direction is fine; the action sequences are intense and exciting. All the elements are there... except for one key element: the story. The story is SO far out there, with so many holes and completely unbelievable aspects, that it's difficult to suspend disbelief enough to fully enjoy the film. You can still give it the benefit of the doubt for the first half, but then it takes a turn that just makes you go "are you kidding me?" ...And the ending is a total cop-out that wreaks of test screening reshoots. I won't spoil anything, but let's just say in a real situation like that, it would definitely not have ended with the same result. (If after seeing it you still don't know what I'm referring to, message me and I'll elaborate.) A decent popcorn flick, but I had high expectations and the story just caused this to fall well short of meeting them. |
January 12, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Zack and Miri Make a Porno - R | For me, this was one of those odd movies where I enjoyed most of the scenes, and found most of the jokes to be quite funny, but found the overall story of the film to be uninteresting and unbelievable. But you know what you're getting into with a Kevin Smith film, and this is no exception. The jokes are dirty and the language foul, but if such things don't bother you, it's a fun enough way to kill an hour and a half. | January 12, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Transporter 3 - PG-13 |
The first Transporter flick was fun. It came from out of nowhere, was greatly entertaining, and showed Jason Statham to be a true action star.
The second film proved largely disappointing, due largely to some cartoonishly unbelievable sequences that exceeded any suspension of disbelief. However, upon watching it again recently, it's still a somewhat enjoyable flick. This third entry again falls far short of the original. Aside from one or two good fight scenes, I found it actually somewhat boring in parts, and I didn't care for the girl at all. The biggest drawback, however, is the baffling inclusion of a gimmick far better suited for a Crank sequel than Transporter . It's unnecessary and completely out of place. There are a couple exciting scenes that remind us why we liked Transporter in the first place, but like the last entry, this one pales in comparison to the original. |
January 12, 2009 | N/A | |||
| The Unborn - PG-13 | January 11, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| The Sting - PG | January 10, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Hamlet 2 - R | January 10, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Confessions of a Superhero - R | January 9, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Mystery, Alaska - R | January 9, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| The Devil's Own - R | January 8, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| The Mexican - R | January 8, 2009 | N/A |
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