Movie Review Archive

  • [Review] Red (2010)

    I’d be lying if I said that I hadn’t been anticipating this movie since I first heard about it. In fact, this was one of the movies I was interested in hearing about when I went to San Diego Comic Con this year. Usually, when...

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  • [Review] The American

    If you’re expecting the typical spy/assassin thriller with a lot of explosions and gun battles with bullets flying around, this is not that movie. That does not, however, mean that this is not a good movie. There seemed to be a number of people who...

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  • [Review] The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

    This one has been out there for awhile but we already had a review for The Expendables and there wasn’t anything else out that I was going to see without someone paying me to do it. I’m glad that won’t be an issue in the...

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  • [Review] Scott Pilgrim vs The World

    A brief confession before I get into the meat of the review: I have not read all of the comics by Brian Lee O’Malley. I was going to do so but then I realized while I can see a movie and then appreciate the book...

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  • [Review] The Other Guys (2010)

    This is a hard review to write because I came out of this movie not entirely certain what it was I’d just seen. The Other Guys is a hot mess of a movie. Some times it works and when it works it works really, really...

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  • [Review] Date Night and The Bounty Hunter

    I’ve been doing a lot of traveling recently and because of that have spent a lot of time in airplanes and in airports. As I don’t sleep well on planes, I have also been in dire need of distraction. Recently, a lot of airlines have...

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  • Cinematic Blues – July 6, 2010

    It's an embarrassment of movie riches this week. Horror! Lots and lots of Horror! Also, a little bit of Horrible. REALLY horrible. Let's go to the videotape:

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  • Cinematic Blues – 6/29/2010

    This week's batch of movies moved me to tears. Of boredom. OMG these films were numb. In lieu of actual reviews, I'm just going to flesh out my notes and post them as-is.

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  • Brothers (2009)

    Brothers (2009)

    BROTHERS (2009) Screenplay by David Benioff Based on the movie Brødre (2004), Written by Suzanne Bier and Anders Thomas Jensen Directed by Jim Sheridan Lionsgate Films ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ “I can’t feel it. Shouldn’t I be able to feel it?” I wanted to like this movie. I...

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  • [Directed By] John Ford (part I)- Judge Priest

    [Directed By] John Ford (part I)- Judge Priest

    I’ve always wanted to write something on a great director, but I could never really think of how. I didn’t want to be boring and just write some summary of the guy’s life and style. Instead of that, I have gotten the idea to write...

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