Archive for February, 2008
No Country big country at Oscars
Sunday, February 24th, 2008No Country for Old Men got off to a killer start at the 80th annual Academy Awards.
Javier Bardem, who portrayed a particularly brutal serial killer in No Country, won the first of the “big six” Oscars, in the supporting-actor category.
During his acceptance speech, the Spaniard — directing his comments toward his mother in [...]
Movie review: ‘Be Kind Rewind’
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 Be Kind Rewind
Directed by Michel Gondry
Partizan
Rating: 4
Michel Gondry’s newest work, Be Kind Rewind, is a shamelessly feel-good film encased within the witty dialogue and whimsical camera work that defines Gondry’s style.
The movie’s heart and soul is the Be Kind Rewind video store, owned by Mr. Fletcher (Morgan Freeman). When the store starts to lose money [...]
Al Pacino to Take On James Bond
Friday, February 15th, 2008
You read that right. Apparently there is a new rumor that was floated to the guys over at AICN that Al Scent of a Woman Pacino would play the head honcho of the new, evil terrorist organization in the upcoming Bond film Quantum of Solace.
This is certainly a crazy rumor which may [...]
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (review)
Friday, February 15th, 2008I should have walked out at the “comical” dog-sex scene. Instead I endured until Martin Lawrence got skunked in the face — that should have made me happy, and yet I felt dirty all over, and had to escape. Still, I feel confident in saying, though I saw only two-thirds of the film, that this [...]
‘Jumper’ Movie Review
Thursday, February 14th, 2008One ‘Jumper’ Not Worth Saving
Fallen Ones Rating
America’s litigious society has now made it so that you can’t get coffee from a fast food chain without drinking it out of a cup warning you its contents may be hot. Everything has some sort of warning label attached, most of which we ignore. But [...]
New DVD releases include ‘Gone Baby Gone’
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008‘Gone Baby Gone’
Ben Affleck returns to his hometown of Boston with a sweeping crime drama that undoubtedly leaves viewers in a haze of moral uncertainty. Decisions don’t come easy in “Gone Baby Gone,” Affleck’s highly successful directorial debut. Of course, Affleck isn’t the only reason to check this one out. Shining performances from Ben’s [...]
At the movies, 3D’s hot all over again
Monday, February 11th, 2008 Features like ‘Hannah Montana’ are the big hope
If it didn’t get huge amounts of attention, that’s not entirely surprising. It was Super Bowl weekend, after all, when nearly 100 million Americans, a record, tuned in to watch the underdog New York Giants yank a late-game victory from the grip of the favored New [...]
‘Strange Wilderness’
Sunday, February 10th, 2008I don’t get paid to do this job. I don’t even get compensated to see the movies I’m supposed to review. And I was OK with that — until I saw Strange Wilderness.
The newest offering from Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions was a sloppy film that makes Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo look Oscar-worthy. After I [...]
Movie Review: In Bruges
Friday, February 8th, 2008Visually stunning photography of the silent byways and crannies of the ancient medieval city of Bruges frames a story of guilt and honor played out by wonderfully demented hit men
Ray has a problem. He is a murderer who has done a very bad thing. And doing a very bad thing is difficult for a man [...]
Fool’s Gold Movie Review
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008You would have to be a fool to enjoy the aptly titled “Fool’s Gold.”
More than that, the film by director and co-writer Andy Tennant (“Hitch” and “Sweet Home Alabama”) couldn’t entertain a chimpanzee. Or a naked man playing the bongos while high, for that matter. And one would hope that star Matthew McConaughey (“A [...]