Archive for the ‘Movie Reviews’ Category

Review: The American Basically a George Clooney Coffee-Table Book

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

The AmericanReview in a Hurry: If you like beautifully composed, static shots of George Clooney being kinda quiet in Italy, this is your movie. If you were hoping for much else, it ain’t.
The…


Review: The American Basically a George Clooney Coffee-Table Book

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

The AmericanReview in a Hurry: If you like beautifully composed, static shots of George Clooney being kinda quiet in Italy, this is your movie. If you were hoping for much else, it ain’t.
The…


The Winning Season

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Set in suburban Indiana, the film stars Rockwell as Bill Greaves, an adult misfit recruited by the local high school principal (Corddry) to coach the school?s floundering girls? basketball team. Initially retreating from what appears to be a hopeless situation, Bill perseveres and manages to help the team and its captain (Roberts) ratchet up its competitive spirit, while the girls offer Bill a renewed life focus. THE WINNING SEASON also stars Shareeka Epps, Emily Rios and Margo Martindale.

The Last Exorcism

Friday, August 27th, 2010

An exorcism movie that’s well aware of the horror history that comes before it, The Last Exorcism takes a canny approach to its tale of malevolent spirits and haunted houses by pretending it doesn’t believe in any of that junk at all.

Review: The Last Exorcism’s Comedy-Horror Schizm

Friday, August 27th, 2010

Ashley Bell, Patrick Fabian, Louis Herthum, Caleb Landry Jones, The Last ExorcistReview in a Hurry: A nasty spirit may (or may not) be causing all sorts of schizophrenic mayhem on numerous Linda Blair wannabes. But producer Eli Roth’s The Last Exorcism doesn’t…


Review: Takers Almost a Good Little Heist Movie

Friday, August 27th, 2010

Hayden Christensen, Idris Elba, TakersReview in a Hurry: A well-rounded cast of character actors (plus Paul Walker) tries to pull off a big robbery while obnoxious alcoholic cop Matt Dillon attempts to stop them. Very nearly a good…


Takers

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Takers is the logical result of watching Heat over and over and over until your brain burns out, and then wondering what it would look like if the whole thing were remade as a Smirnoff Vodka commercial.

Get Low

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

All the great films have a certain detachment about them. They don?t manipulate their characters so much as trust them enough to live. Get Low is set in the past, in a town where the people aren?t in a hurry to die. They don?t walk so much as amble, tell stories so much as confess long-winded anecdotes. Felix wants to do things at his own pace. He wants to tell his secret on his time, when he?s ready, if he ever will be. Get Low has the confidence to let him.

Piranha 3D

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

Piranhas, like mastadons, like wildebeasts and sometimes like boozed-up college kids on spring break are ludicrous pack-traveling creatures who seem to lack long-term goals. They exist only in the moment to satisfy the most basic of human desires. This strikes me as a bad strategy for planning one?s retirement but a totally reasonable way to spend a Saturday night.

The Switch

Friday, August 20th, 2010

An unmarried 40-year-old woman turns to a turkey baster in order to become pregnant. Seven years later, she reunites with her best friend, who has been living with a secret: he replaced her preferred sperm sample with his own.