Category: Movie Reviews

  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – A Movie Review

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    The fourth installment of the Indiana Jones mythos was adequate and entertaining, but failed to capture the charisma of earlier films. I thought something that worked particularly really well was the pairing of Harrison Ford and Shia LaBeouf.  LaBeouf takes a lot of flak from the internet community, and I’m not sure why.  He’s got…

  • The Incredible Hulk – A Movie Review

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    If you’ve ever been a fan of the Hulk, hardcore or otherwise, go see The Incredible Hulk.  You’ll be glad you did.  This version of the Hulk is not the psychoanalytical drama of Ang Lee from a few years ago (which, while a little boring, didn’t particularly bother me).  No, this Hulk is directed by…

  • Sweeney Todd – A Movie Review

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    How can you go wrong with Tim Burton and Johnny Depp?  Answer: You can’t.  First and foremost, you must understand that Sweeney Todd is a musical.  Many people don’t make this realization before they sit down to watch the film.  If you’re among them, don’t feel bad-you’re not alone.  However, bear in mind this is…

  • Atonement – A Movie Review

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    I’ve read a few of Ian McEwan’s books, and while I’ve always found them stylistically impressive, I’ve never been too enthralled with the actual stories.  Because of this, I wasn’t in a huge rush to watch Atonement, a movie based upon one of his novels. In all honesty, I brought this movie home only as…

  • Iron Man – A Movie Review

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    You don’t need me to tell you this movie has been warmly received by the masses, and for good reason. When I first saw the trailer many months ago, I knew this movie would be the Iron Man I wanted.  I wasn’t sure it’d be a hit with the general public, but I was fairly…

  • Cloverfield – A Movie Review

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    (Notice:  Spoilers Ahead) By far, the best thing about Cloverfield was the previews hyping its release. Granted, by the time I finally got around to watching it on DVD, I’d seen the creature, but that’s really about all I knew.  I hadn’t heard much about the storyline or any major revelations.  Of course, I now…

  • Walk the Line – A Movie Review

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    I knew nothing about Johnny Cash, literally, before watching Walk the Line.  Seriously.  I knew only one of his songs, “Ring of Fire,” because they used to play it all the time in college at a local bar where we played pool.  Other than that-zilch. That being said, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie Walk the…

  • Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story – A Movie Review

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    Due to Judd Apatow’s involvement with Walk Hard, I really had high hopes.  I’m afraid those hopes were dashed.  Walk Hard was an exercise in gratuitous vulgarity that totally doused the few truly funny moments that existed.  While the lyrics to Dewey Cox’s songs were uncouth, they were so creatively dirty you couldn’t help but…

  • No Country for Old Men – A Movie Review

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    It’s a rare occurrence indeed when a film adaptation lives up to its source material, but with No Country for Old Men, Ethan and Joel Coen have done right by Cormac McCarthy.  In McCarthy’s novel, he is terse and economic with details.  The book moves at an incredibly frantic pace and he shows no mercy…

  • The Darjeeling Limited – A Movie Review

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    Not as eccentric as The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou or as dark as The Royal Tenenbaums, The Darjeeling Limited falls somewhere in-between and is an entity unto itself.  However, make no mistake; this is a Wes Anderson movie through-and-through.  In other words, it’s well-made and very fun to watch. Owen Wilson plays Francis, the…