Year: 2008

  • The Legend of Zorro – A Movie Review

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    I greatly enjoyed the film The Mask of Zorro, so when I heard they were finally going to follow it up, I naturally became quite excited. Soon the previews arrived, and I started to lose my enthusiasm a bit.  Okay, Zorro’s married now with a ten-year-old in the sequel.  Okay, I can handle that.  I’d…

  • The 40-Year-Old Virgin – A Movie Review

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    I’d heard a great deal of good things about this film starring former Daily Show star Steve Carell.  I won’t lie to you, it had its funny moments.  It had many funny moments.  However, my biggest issue with this film was not its vulgarity, because face it, if you’re watching a film about a 40-year-old…

  • The Fantastic Four – A Movie Review

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    Let me begin by stating that while I am a self-admitted comic book fan, I am by no means a die-hard Fantastic Four fan.  I’ve always thought they were a neat team, but I’ve never really been interested in them or their comic.  Okay, with that out of the way, I think we all understand…

  • Cinderella Man – A Movie Review

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    When this film initially came out I thought it looked good, but it didn’t look good enough to spend my hard earned cash on.  I think this may have been the underlying problem when it came to this film’s promotion.  I now wish I’d trusted my instincts and gone to see this film on the…

  • Red Eye – A Movie Review

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    You know, I really didn’t have a problem with this movie.  It starts off with pretty standard dialogue, but that didn’t bother me so much as I knew it was simply working to establish character.  This is, of course, so that when a shift in character arrives later on it seems more surprising and threatening. …

  • War of the Worlds – A Movie Review

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    In my book, Steven Spielberg rarely goes wrong.  I’m happy to announce that his latest film, an adaptation of H.G. Wells’ novel War of the Worlds, is no different. This film had me on the edge of my seat from about twenty minutes in until it ended.  Non-stop action, total suspense, very frightening moments (both…

  • In Her Shoes – A Movie Review

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    I’ll admit it.  The only reason I watched this movie was because I thought my wife deserved a “chick flick” after weeks of watching my picks.  And, though I’m loath to reveal such a thing, this film wasn’t terrible. It stunk in the beginning.  Cameron Diaz plays a deplorable character so well that you really…

  • Hidalgo – A Movie Review

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    This movie stars Viggo Mortensen and, well, er, a bunch of people we’ve never heard of.  Nonetheless, I really enjoyed this film.  It’s about a man and his horse, a Mustang named Hidalgo that he’s partnered with but never tamed.  They seem to have an understanding between each other where neither is master, but both…

  • King Kong – A Movie Review

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    It is no secret that I have been looking very forward to this film.  I am one of those people that do not subscribe to the notion that we’ve already had two King Kong films, what’s the point of a third?  Here’s my argument to that: How many of us have seen either of the…

  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – A Movie Review

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    Brilliant.  Absolutely brilliant.  I think, when on their own, Tim Burton and Johnny Depp are very, very talented, but when working together-geniuses.  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is exactly what it should be:  visually incredible; surprisingly sentimental; purely entertaining; superbly acted.  Depp continues to amaze me, and his Willy Wonka falls somewhere between utterly charismatic…