Posted in Movie Reviews on Apr 22nd, 2010 No Comments »
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Genre: Drama/Biography/Crime/Action Year: 2008 Michael Peterson (Tom Hardy; Layer Cake, RocknRolla) just wants to be famous. He knew he was destined for something big but he was born into mundane circumstances, to a nondescript family and really…he has a temper. What starts as bad behavior in school, petty thievery and yard [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Apr 8th, 2010 No Comments »
Director: Quentin Tarantino Genre: Action/Comedy/Drama Year: 2009 Quentin Tarantino what Quentin Tarantino does best, but somehow this film got blown up with hype and tossed into nominations for Best Film which I am not sure are deserved. While I did enjoy this film as I tend to enjoy most Tarantino films; while it is entertaining [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Mar 26th, 2010 No Comments »
Good things come in threes–or is that bad things? No matter, the point is that today, I have three reviews for you, all of them being for documentaries regarding Iraq. I actually watched all three of these, back to back, which was a pretty cool experience in and of itself, considering how much of the [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Mar 22nd, 2010 No Comments »
Director: Terry Gilliam Genre: Drama/Fantasy/Adventure Year: 2009 You sort of have to know what you are getting into when you go see a Terry Gilliam film, otherwise you are going to run out of there feeling like you want to thump somebody’s butt with your boot. The fact is, from my experience, that Gilliam tends [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Mar 16th, 2010 No Comments »
Director: Michel Gondry Genre: Comedy/Drama Year: 2008 All that Elroy Fletcher (Danny Glover; Blindness) has that comes close to a claim to fame is that Fats Waller, a famous jazz player, once lived in the corner apartment that is now both his house and his movie rental business. At a time when everybody has moved [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Jan 7th, 2010 No Comments »
And as promised, here is the second part of that movie dump I promised. This ought to catch me up with my movies and hopefully I can skim a little less when reviewing the next one. Thank you for your patience! -Fco. Couples Retreat Director: Peter Billingsley Genre: Comedy/Romance Year: 2009 OK, so not every [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Jan 5th, 2010 No Comments »
As I am wont to do when I fall behind on film reviews, which I unfortunately did towards the end of the year, rather than not reviewing some of the films I have watched at all, I put them in a dump of mini-reviews for you. So, here it is, do forgive me if I [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Dec 29th, 2009 No Comments »
Director: John Hillcoat Genre: Drama/Adventure/Thriller Year: 2009 If Avatar was one of the best films you will see 2009, The Road is likely to be one of the greatest films you will not. Which is a shame, but it seems the universe has been conspiring against this movie from the very start, to the point [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Dec 28th, 2009 1 Comment »
Director: James Cameron Genre: Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi/Thriller Year: 2009 It is rare that Hollywood manages to give us something that balances the mainstream with the intellectual, the entertaining with the insightful and so, when it does happen, it is bound to be noticed. This holiday season, people have taken notice of Avatar which is a pleasant surprise, [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Oct 21st, 2009 2 Comments »
Director: Oren Peli Genre: Horror/Thriller/Mystery Year: 2007 (released 2009) This feel did sort of creep up on us like its subject matter, didn’t it? When I initially heard of it it was set to be playing in something like thirteen places and only for a limited time. Next thing I know it is everywhere, playing [...]