Category: Movie Reviews

  • Borat – A Movie Review

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    I would have really enjoyed Borat had I not seen seventy-five percent of it already in the promotions.  Even the majority of the extra footage had been aired, despite their claims. Hey, I know, I know … I should have gone and seen it in the theater as soon as it came out.  It’s my…

  • 300 – A Movie Review

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    When I first saw the preview for 300 several months ago, I knew that this would be a film that would have the same impact upon the industry as did The Matrix and the original Star Wars.  It looked so unlike anything else out there! Guess what, folks?  It finally came out last week, and…

  • Casino Royale – A Movie Review

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    Okay, so as much as I enjoyed the previous James Bond movies, at no point did I actually think any of them (yes, ANY of them) had the sort of hand-to-hand combat abilities the characterization would lead you to believe.  James Bond was supposedly a human weapon along with being a lady charmer, and while…

  • Children of Men – A Movie Review

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    A more startling version of our apparently impending dystopian future I cannot imagine.  Children of Men disturbed me greatly because it completely did not deviate from a very realistic, and some would say unavoidable, future. The premise of Children of Men is masterful in its simplicity but the complications that arise are never-ending-the human race…

  • Spider-Man 3 – A Movie Review

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    (I’m almost sure there are no spoilers in this review, but read at your own risk.) From the get-go, I thought Spider-Man 3 looked a bit … crowded.  I had no idea how they were going to incorporate new angles with Sandman, Venom, and Gwen Stacy, as well as follow up on logical story progressions…

  • Smokin’ Aces – A Movie Review

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    Okay, I waited quite a while for this baby to come in through my Internet rental provider, so I had rather high hopes.  My mistake. I equate this movie to the empty calories of your favorite junk food.  Oh, so very yummy, but usually leaves you worse off than you were before.  Could I take…

  • The Fountain – A Movie Review

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    A beautiful film-absolutely beautiful.  Please, if you watch this, you must approach it with an open mind and look at it as a work of art, for like any other work of art, it leaves you with plenty of opportunity to interpret it in a variety of ways and requires more than a little mental…

  • Ghost Rider – A Movie Review

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    I am all for movie studios going hog wild with comic book properties.  Most of these characters have literally decades of stories to pull from, so the quality content is there.  Most of them are visually stimulating because of the nature of their genre.  And most of them, no matter how far down the echelon…

  • Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer – A Movie Review

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    There are some fanatical Fantastic Four comic book fans out there, and you’ll have to take into consideration that I’m not one of them.  I always found them a little lame, and yes, I have been browbeaten on a regular basis by people trying to convince me of the errors of my ways. That said,…

  • Pan’s Labyrinth – A Movie Review

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    First of all, we just have to establish that Guillermo Del Toro is one of the best directors in the business.  Not one of the best international directors-one of the best directors.  The movies that I’ve seen from him always overflow with richness and style.  It’s obvious he treats his craft as an art. That…