Tag: Movie Reviews

  • Appaloosa – A Movie Review

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    This western directed by Ed Harris stars both he and Viggo Mortensen.  It also costars Renee Zellweger and Jeremy Irons.  I remember aching to get to the theater to see Appaloosa when it came out and really regretting I never made it.  So when I finally got around to watching it on DVD, I had…

  • Hamlet 2 – A Movie Review

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    I loved the ridiculousness of this movie! Hamlet 2 is about a failed actor who teaches a drama class at a local high school.  He only has two students and they produce horrendous play after horrendous play adapted from popular movies.  One day, though, his class is invaded by shop and home economics students after…

  • Tropic Thunder – A Movie Review

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    There’s no doubt in my mind that Tom Cruise made this movie.  I’m no Cruise apologist, but he was absolutely hilarious and nearly unrecognizable as a fat, balding, foul-mouthed movie executive. With that being said, Tropic Thunder was really very funny.  I’m not sure it’s as good as many make it out to be, but…

  • Hellboy II: The Golden Army – A Movie Review

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    With the birth of our daughter over the summer, I was a little too busy to go see Hellboy II:  The Golden Army in the theatre, and boy, after watching the DVD, I wish we’d gotten a babysitter! While I enjoyed the first Hellboy, I found it a little too mired in the occult and…

  • Baby Momma – A Movie Review

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    Though Baby Momma was terribly clichéd and predictable, it’s futile to resist the brilliant chemistry of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.  But while the movie had some genuinely funny moments, Tina and Amy’s characters were undeniably stereotypical and rather bland for two such gifted comedians.  Fey sets the bar so high on a weekly basis with…

  • There Will Be Blood – A Movie Review

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    I won’t lie to you … this movie about the early days of oil prospecting was a little boring.  Yes, the filming was gorgeous.  Yes, the score was bone-chilling.  Yes, the mix of subtle and over-the-top acting was beyond phenomenal.  But, the story, well, the story was rather by the book (no pun intended).  I’d…

  • Speed Racer – A Movie Review

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    I should probably reveal this from the get-go: I never watched the old Speed Racer cartoon.  I knew just the most minimal of facts-Speed’s name, Racer X, the little boy and the monkey-and that was about it. That being said, even while knowing really nothing about the cartoon, I actually enjoyed the Wachowski Brothers’ Speed…

  • The Wedding Crashers – A Movie Review

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    Loved Vince Vaughn in Swingers.  Not so crazy about Vince Vaughn in The Lost World.  Loved Vince Vaughn in Old School.  Not so crazy about Vince Vaughn in Dodgeball.  Loved Vince Vaughn in Clay Pigeons.  Not so crazy about Vince Vaughn in Made. Loved Owen Wilson in Zoolander.  Loved Owen Wilson in The Royal Tenenbaums. …

  • Sin City – A Movie Review

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    I don’t know if I’m getting older or what, but movies like Sin City just don’t do it for me anymore.  I went into this movie thinking I was going to love it.  I mean, it’s based off a comic book, so right there I was pretty excited.  (Yes, I am an unrequited comic book…

  • The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou – A Movie Review

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    What can I say other than I loved this movie?  It’s quirky, it’s understated, it’s inadvertently hilarious, and it’s the opposite of most every other movie I’ve seen lately.  And that’s why I loved it. This film is brought to you by Wes Anderson, the guy who gave us The Royal Tenenbaums (which was also…