Posted in Movie Reviews on Oct 4th, 2010 No Comments »
Director: Susan Koch/Jeff Werner Genre: Documentary Year: 2008 Admittedly, I am prone to give any film regarding football — as it is known to the world — a huge nod. Unfortunately there is not that many good films regarding the sport. That is not to say they do not exist, Bend it Like Beckham and [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Sep 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
Director: Akira Kurosawa Genre: Foreign/Action/Adventure/Drama Year: 1954 Epic. There is really no other word to describe this film and upon watching it you will easily see why this film is a classic and why it has been so influential over time. 7 Samurai tells the story of a village under the oppression of former samurai, [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Sep 22nd, 2010 No Comments »
Director: Christine Jeffs Genre: Drama/Comedy Year: 2008 For whatever intrinsic reason, I am not a huge fan of Amy Adams. That could be that the first role I ever saw her in was as Giselle on Enchanted. In the past, however, she has proven to be a bit more versatile than I gave her credit [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Sep 17th, 2010 No Comments »
Director: Jim Jarmush Genre: Drama/Crime/Mystery/Thriller Year: 2009 If you are familiar with Mr. Jarmush’s work, then you already know you will be walking off the beaten path. Rarely does he fall in line with what is normally accepted in Hollywood as standard and more often than not he focuses on characters rather than actual plots. [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Sep 16th, 2010 No Comments »
Director: Ramin Bahrani Genre: Drama Year: 2005 A slice of life film written and directed by Ramin Bahrani, Man Push Cart tells the story of Ahmad (Ahmad Razvi; Chop Shop), a former Pakistani rock star now down on his luck. His day starts at three in the morning, dragging through the streets of New York [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Sep 15th, 2010 No Comments »
Director: Vincenzo Natali Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller/Mystery Year: 2002 My interest in this particular movie was entirely accidental. Cube was the first of Natali’s works I ever watched and while I found it to be engrossing and entertaining, I never really searched for much of his work after that. I do own that particular film and have [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Jul 9th, 2010 No Comments »
Director: Nimród Antal Genre: Sci-Fi/Action/Thriller/Adventure Year: 2010 The Predators are back, and this time I do not feel like punting them back to their twisted little planet! Cause–let’s be honest–AVP and AVP 2 were like pushing your forehead to a nail gun and squeezing the trigger. Predator 2 was not that good either but I [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Jul 8th, 2010 No Comments »
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée Genre: History/Romance/Drama/Biography Year: 2009 For whatever reason, after seeing this film it was clear to me that the story lacked substance, or rather…build up. It was an interesting story that overall still seemed bland and lacked any form of climax, and yet, I still felt the desire to watch it all the [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Jun 7th, 2010 No Comments »
Director: Vincenzo Natali Genre: Sci-Fi/Horror/Thriller Year: 2009 The newest addition to sci-fi films done right got its release this weekend (as of 6.7.10) and it goes by the name of Splice. A thriller regarding two brilliant scientists exploring the realm of cloning and insistent on using human genes, even if illegitimately. When their experiment proves [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Apr 26th, 2010 No Comments »
Director: Alejandro Springall Genre: Drama/Comedy Year: 1999 Esperanza lost her daughter! She took her to the hospital and left her there overnight for the removal of her tonsils. Routine procedure. And yet, when she returns the following day, the pre-teen is already in a coffin, wrapped up and under a hazard seal labeling her contagious. [...]