Archive for 'United States' Category
Clash of the Titans by Louis Leterrier (2010)
29 August 2010A darker high budget effects remake of the classic 1981 film that does not live up to it’s promise. The effects are good, but the story isn’t nearly as accurate to greek mythology here, more like they are just making it up. It has so much promise, but really it kind of falls flat. I [...]
Repo Men by Miguel Sapochnik (2010)
25 August 2010I was looking forward to this film as the idea of people repossessing organs is a great idea (and I didn’t want to see the previous musical which had the same premise), but boy do I wish we had stayed away. This movie is all around completely awful. It is shot well, but that is [...]
The Expendables by Sylvester Stallone (2010)
15 August 2010It is really too bad, because I was so looking forward to this film, but really it is such a let down. It is awesome to have all these action stars together, but the story is mediocre at best, and even the action is not that impressive, with not much gore (and with most of [...]
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World by Edgar Wright (2010)
14 August 2010I am a huge fan of Edgar Wright, but was a little worried to not have Simon Pegg or Nick Frost in it, and honestly I have gotten sick of Michael Cera, but I have to say my worries were unfounded because this is a great film. Fun witty, enjoyable and just plain bad ass [...]
Inception written and directed by Christopher Nolan (2010)
16 July 2010With Christopher Nolan I either love or hate his films, but this trailer has had me really excited for some time. Still I was a bit wary. I refuse to see Insomnia because I love the original too much, and I absolutely hated the Prestige (I mean the ending was just painfully bad), but Memento, [...]
The Invention of Lying by Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson (2009)
14 July 2010I don’t know why I stayed away from this because I love all of Gervais’s British shows and his standup, and this continues along with those, being enjoyable and funny. And I can easily see why this film did not do better, because this country is too religious for such a blatant attack on religion [...]
Despicable Me by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud (2010)
4 July 2010I was really looking forward to this film, as it had good previews and is getting awesome reviews, but have to say it was a total let down. It had potential and good moments, but overall it just fell completely flat. Maybe it would have been better in 3D, but I doubt it, as there [...]
Toy Story 3 by Lee Unkrich (2010)
19 June 2010I can honestly say that this is easily one of the best films of the year, easily surpassing the second film in the series, and possibly topping the first. This is a fantastic film and it even made me cry! This was not a movie that I thought would make me cry, but it did, [...]
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse by David Slade (2010)
3 June 2010Why couldn’t they have let David Slade direct all of these films, since after watching this he is obviously the most competent director yet? Really this is hands down the best film in the series so far. It really seems like Slade gets it, and Melissa Rosenberg’s screenplay seems more on the mark. The first [...]
Robin Hood by Ridley Scott (2010)
27 May 2010Russel Crowe and Ridley Scott back together again, and in another film that looks and feels a lot like Gladiator. And it is well played and looks great, but the editing and story are lacking. Honestly this feels like Scott knew he would be doing another of his greatly extended director’s cuts on DVD and [...]
Iron Man 2 by Jon Favreau (2010)
9 May 2010For sure not as good as the first film, this film doesn’t have the same heart as the first one, and the story gets a bit muddled, but it is still an enjoyable popcorn action film. I think I am just too much of a fan of Iron Man comics, so the story confusion really [...]
Whip it by Drew Barrymore (2009)
29 April 2010A cute enough coming of age tale, with an enjoyable cast, and well directed by Barrymore (in her directorial debut). Nothing too deep here, except a message about doing what you love, and never giving up and just doing what other people want of you. Ellen Page is perfect, though basically playing the same roll [...]
Kick ass by Matthew Vaughn (2010)
18 April 2010I have been looking forward to this since I first heard about it. Not only do I like Matthew Vaughn (Stardust was such an an underrated fantastic film), but the fact that it is based on a comic that was drawn by my favorite artist John Romita Jr. made me even more excited. And I [...]
The Runaways adapted and directed by Floria Sigismondi (2010)
21 March 2010I am a fan of Kristen Stewart, and I of course know the music of Joan Jett, so I was interested in seeing this movie from when it came out, and we went and saw it opening weekend, and enjoyed it quite a bit. It is well made and enjoyable, with some great performances, but [...]
Bangkok Dangerous by The Pang Brothers (2008)
5 February 2010Normally I am not a fan of remakes, and most of the time think they should not be made (like the possible OLD BOY and HARVEY remakes that are in the works), but this one I was actually impressed with. First off it it is the Pang’s themselves who are remaking their own film, now [...]
Encounters at the End of the World by Werner Herzog (2007)
1 February 2010I had heard of Werner before I worked on his Blu-Ray disc of RESCUE DAWN, but did not know too much about the man, but after seeing RESCUE DAWN I was fascinated by this strange and possibly insane documentary and narrative director. This is the story of his journey to Antarctica to see the people [...]
Whatever Works written and directed by Woody Allen (2009)
24 January 2010I would call myself a Woody Allen fan. I love most of the films he made in at least the first half of his career, and I thought Match Point was a return to form, but his films since then have been mostly misses, and this is another one. Of course I am also not [...]
The Brothers Bloom by Rian Johnson (2008)
19 January 2010I was really looking forward to this caper film because of it’s incredible cast, and impressive looking trailer, but after seeing it, can honestly say I was pretty let down by the film. Especially the ending, which I found pretty weak. The lead up seemed decent enough, but the film needed a real kicker of [...]
Che Part 2: Guerilla byu Steven Soderbergh (2008)
5 January 2010The more depressing sequel, again Shot with a red, but with spherical lenses, continues the life of Che Guevera, from where the last film left off, having won the Cuban revolution and going on to his death fighting in Bolivia on October 9th, 1967. This really shows his struggles, and what he wanted to do [...]
Che Part 1: El Argentino by Steven Soderbergh (2008)
30 December 2009I am a huge Benicio del Toro fan, and have been wanting to see this since it came out, but it does not even come out on DVD until next year, but with the new Criterion streaming deal with Netflix I was finally able to watch this first of 2 films in HD and was [...]
Sherlock Holmes by Guy Ritchie (2009)
25 December 2009This Sherlock Holmes reboot was a strange choice for a Christmas Day release, because it is nothing more than a summer blockbuster. A pretty fun one, but not amazing, and certainly not worthy of it’s Oscar release date. Still having Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes as perfect, and Jude Law as Watson is also spectacular, [...]
Avatar written and directed by James Cameron (2009)
20 December 2009I was looking forward to this film for some time, being a fan of Cameron’s films, but have to say was very put off by the trailer, which did not look very good at all, but I still wanted to see it, especially in 3D. We went to see it at the Cineramadome at the [...]
Up in the Air by Jason Reitman (2009)
14 December 2009Easily one of the best films of the year, this one is hard to describe. I guess it is a drama, though it has elements of both comedy and romantic comedy, but it certainly is not either of those. Jason Reitman has really knocked it out of the park here with amazing performances all the [...]
Terminator Salvation by McG (2009)
12 December 2009I have to admit to never liking any McG films, so even with Christian Bale in the lead, I ended up staying away from this in the theaters and watching it on Blu-ray via netflix. And I can honestly say at least I did not see it on DVD, because this is pretty visually impressive. [...]
(500) Days of Summer by Marc Webb (2009)
5 December 2009Of late I have enjoyed the films that Joseph Gordon-Levitt has been in, so I was interested in seeing this, but never got around to it until now, and am sorry I waited so long, because this is a great film, really the perfect version of what would be called a romantic comedy, because it [...]