Tim's Recent Reviews
The Phantom
PG
Fun and unique superhero movie. With a moral hero who takes on evil without flinching and with a quip to boot this is a supernatural adventure that is quite enjoyable. One of the few heroes out there who doesn't have any superhuman abilities. Stealth and confidence are his main weapons and with his wolf and horse he protects the jungle. He adapts to city life easily having been raised there. An ode to the comics of old where there was easy distinctions between good and bad. The villian is like those old comic villians in that he is truely sinister and evil, but slightly humorous (Batman comics anyone?). Good 'ol fun that has a decent plot as well.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
PG-13
The look is great. The characters are awesome - using literary characters from the 19th century is great! The thing really is smart with great costumes, sets, effects, and Sean Connery. Sadly the story lacks as it doesn't ever really feel that concerned with itself. It puts the characters together well, but just not enough of a reason for me. It's still cool and enjoyable fun.
Tim's Favorite Movies
Back to the Future
PG
Perhaps the ultimate time travel film as well as an excellent comedy. This film is widely known and popular and will remain a classic. Michael J. Fox is great as Marty McFly and Christopher Lloyd is absolutely brilliant in perhaps his greatest ever character role. The story is gripping and intense and follows through on all its tie-ins. My personal favorite movie of all time. Zemeckis does wonderful work with camera movement and the set-ups for cinematography are brilliant. An added bonus is that Empire magazine listed Back to the Future in spot 23 for their 500 greatest films of all time - the 23rd film! Top 25 is awesome and shows that people love this film.
Back to the Future Part II
PG
Just as fun and exciting as the first with even more twists and turns. Double the time travel chaos and make the Delorean fly and you have a recipe for a great new story. The way they film this using the actors in different roles and in the same places at the same time showed that the editors were working overtime on this one. Not as classic as the first in some ways, but not any less fun! The only thing that hurts it is the fact that Back to the Future is a trilogy. It's one main story and this is the middle of it, that's all. When looked at a whole this film feels much better.
