| Movie | Rating | Review | Date | Your Rating | Match | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kids in the Hall - Brain Candy - R | April 27, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| The Spirit - PG-13 |
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a new winner for WORST film of 2008: THE SPIRIT (Keeping in mind I never saw the likely winner by far: Disaster Movie).
It starts out just looking silly, then is just plain bad; but as it goes on, every time you think it's hit it's low point, it gets worse. Where to start? The look? It's easy to compare its style to Sin City based on its spot-color, cgi-background visuals. But it didn't work for that movie, and it's even less worthwhile here. Between the annoying look and the HORRIBLE writing, I don't know if they worked in the graphic novel, but it damn sure don't here. There is such a thing as too faithful to source material. The acting? A new low for every actor involved, especially Scarlett Johannson - she never could act, but is worse here than ever. I have to think that every actor in it looks at the finished film and is simply embarrassed. But the worst of the worst here - the biggest share of the blame - is writer/director Frank Miller. He manages to fail at every imaginable aspect of the film. Stick to the comic medium, Frank. You're first directorial effort is officially a steaming pile of crap and a disaster of epic proportions. |
April 26, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Obsessed - PG-13 | April 25, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Notorious - R |
It's hard to look at this film objectively. Maybe I'd enjoy it more if I didn't think the music was all complete crap. Maybe I'd enjoy it more if I didn't think the whole gangsta rap "thug" lifestyle was a joke. But as it is, the characters are caricatures and the soundtrack is full of music that makes you wonder why anyone liked this guy.
So why did I even watch it? Well, even if I don't know or care much about someone, biographies can still be interesting and entertaining. This is not one of them. A subject unworthy of a biography. |
April 25, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Married Life - PG-13 | April 24, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| The Day the Earth Stood Still - PG-13 | April 24, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Yes Man - PG-13 | April 18, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Dead Like Me: Life After Death - R |
A disappointing epilogue to another great cancelled-too-soon show. It's always a pleasant surprise when a show gets a posthumous chance to wrap things up or even just continue the story after its run has ended. But here they may have been better off letting things be.
Two of the five leads are missing - Sarah Wynter takes over as Daisy, but is a pale imitation of Laura Harris' version. Mandy Patinkin's Rube has simply been written out. Instead they introduce Cameron, played by "Lost"'s own Desmond, Henry Ian Cusick. So much potential here, but his character is barely present, never really explained, and is just a waste of viewers' time and Cusick's talent. The plot can't decide if it wants to simply be another episode of the show or something bigger, and spends its time waffling between the two, so it fails on both counts. It just barely touches on some larger issues and ideas, and then suddenly decides to wrap that up and get back to a simpler story. Still, I guess I'd rather see a less-than-stellar "Dead Like Me" than none at all. It was a fun show with an entertaining cast of characters. I only wish the movie could have stayed more in line with the original series' quality and writing. |
April 12, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Adventureland - R |
Adventureland struck me as kind of an emo version of an 80's John Hughes flick. It's got angst, quirkiness, comedy, and heart - all wrapped in an 80's soundtrack. Unfortunately, while many of Hughes' films were hysterical from start-to-finish, this one is far more low-key than the marketing would have you believe, and most every "funny" moment was shown in the trailer.
My major complaint is its 80's setting. Completely unnecessary. Why set a film 20 years ago when it serves NO purpose whatsoever? Theme parks still exist today, and nothing else in the film required it to be set in that era. So we're subjected to horrible 80's fashion and music for no reason. The supporting cast far outshines the two leads. Hader and Wiig are criminally underused, and Martin Starr goes back to his "Freaks and Geeks" roots for what is probably the best performance of the film. Jesse Eisenberg does a passable job, but is a bit too neurotic and whiny for my tastes, and Kristen Stewart, well... it's now evident that she peaked with "Panic Room" and everything since then is further proof the girl cannot act. A decent film, and worth a watch, but another disappointment for 2009. |
April 6, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Fast and Furious - PG-13 | April 5, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Star Trek: The Motion Picture - G | April 4, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home - PG | April 4, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Star Trek - First Contact - PG-13 | April 4, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country - PG | April 4, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Knowing - PG-13 |
*SPOILER*
Not the film I expected or hoped for it to be. I was very excited about the whole mysterious numbers/end-of-the-world thing, and I LOVED that they had the balls to actually have the world end, but the whole alien angle really detracted from the flick. Take out all that and I'd rank it higher. |
April 3, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Killshot - R | From the director of Shakespeare in Love(??) comes this Elmore Leonard adaptation, delayed for years and finally arriving with a whimper. As it turns out, it's a decent premise, but loses focus and goes on unnecessary tangents. It has assembled a great cast, but half of them are terribly miscast - most notably Rosario Dawson. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a talented guy, but he's trying a lttle too hard here. What on paper should have been a great film - Leonard, Madden, Lane, Levitt, Dawson... - ends up instead more on par with most direct-to-dvd fare. I'm curious to see if the DVD will have an extended cut including Johnny Knoxville's scenes, whose role was cut entirely. | April 3, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Fantasia 2000 - G | April 3, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Rapunzel - Unrated | April 3, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| The Sum of All Fears - PG-13 | March 30, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Låt den Rätte Komma In (Let the Right One in) - R |
Well now I have to go back and change my 2008 year-end lists. Because we have a new winner for the "Most Bafflingly Overrated Film of the Year" award.
Why is this film getting so much love? The story, the acting, the direction, ..and oh GOD the dialogue... there's just nothing in this movie that lives up to the praise. Quite the contrary - it's a yawn-inducing snorefest and a waste of my time. |
March 29, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Smokin' Aces - R | March 28, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Dead Snow (Død snø) - Unrated |
I can say without a doubt that this is the best subtitled Norwegian movie about Nazi zombies that I have ever seen.
All kidding aside, it really is a decent addition to the zombie genre. At times it's a typical cabin-in-the-woods horror flick, other times it leans more into Shaun of the Dead territory. But it gets points for creativity, and for opting for fast zombies rather than the slow "zombie shuffle" variety. (and it's always refreshing these days to see a zombie film that doesn't try to turn it into a "virus" or something) |
March 28, 2009 | N/A | |||
| Monsters vs. Aliens - PG | March 28, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| Fa Yeung Nin Wa (In the Mood for Love) - PG | March 22, 2009 | N/A | ||||
| No Direction Home: Bob Dylan - G | March 22, 2009 | N/A |
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