May 2010
1 post
Red Cliff (International Version) Parts 1 & 2
10 out of 10
Absolutely amazing retelling of an evil Prime Minister’s attack on Chinese rebels in Southern China. Epic two part movie with battles as big in scale as Lord of the Rings’ but with a heavier focus on the strategies involved. The strategy elements of the film are easily the most entertaining bits and I haven’t even mentioned the wonderful scenery, martial arts, and fleshed out...
January 2010
2 posts
UP Reveiw (9 out of 10)
AVATAR running time = 161 minutes
TRANSFORMERS 2 running time = 140 minutes
UP running time = 96 minutes
I do this to make a point. Pixar’s recent release UP is one of the best paced films I have seen in recent memory. Here is a touching animated flick that has not one wasted scene in it and cruises by at the perfect viewing time for what it is about. Not to say that long running...
Sherlock Holmes Review (5 out of 10)
OK so this is the saying we should all be getting used to by now:
“Everything old is new again…”
We’ve had BOND 2.0, BATMAN 2.0, SUPERMAN 2.0 etc etc etc…. The first BOND with Craig was great and Nolan’s BATMAN movies are amazing. SUPERMAN was a blown effort and now we have another blown effort in HOLMES 2.0.
Here is a list of the reasons why this movie...
December 2009
3 posts
Funny People Review (7 out of 10)
Funny People is an amusing movie that will give you a chuckle or two but the movie as a whole is more melancholy than upbeat. It’s a shame because what we have here is a movie that was marketed to be another “Knocked Up” when in fact to have pushed the drama aspect would have lead the audience to angle their viewing experience to a more appropriate level.
Adam Sandler plays a...
Up in the Air Review (6 out of 10)
Ooooooh boy…. How do I say this? In the words of Public Enemy, ‘don’t believe the hype!’ The critics have all been gushing over this one but I failed to see anything more than a ‘good movie.’
Up in the Air plays it by the numbers and stars George Clooney as a man who fires people for companies that don’t have the scones to do it themselves. He is a...
Avatar Review (8 out of 10)
AVATAR has finally been unleashed on the public after years of hype and for the most part it doesn’t disappoint. The story is fun, the acting and motion captured acting is great, and when the 3D works it REALLY works. The formula of the movie is basically…
Take the characters from ALIENS, add the “we are one with nature” message of FERN GULLY, make the movie as long as...