Alice in Wonderland
At first glance, Tim Burton (the director of Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, Big Fish and The Nightmare Before Christmas, among others) seems like a perfect choice to deliver a unique version of the familiar tale with the proper amount of visual spectacle, ingenuity and darkness.
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From Paris With Love
Since I was a little kid I've been a fan of John Travolta. It's not because he's a great actor, because while he's a highly paid, highly popular star, he's just not what would fall into the category of "great," in my mind. You have to admit, though... John Travolta's got style, baby. Tons of it. From Paris With Love is no exception.
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Whip It
Whip It is a coming-of-age story adapted from the novel Derby Girl by Shauna Cross. It is also the directorial debut of Drew Barrymore, who appears as the character Smashley Simpson and seems to be having an absolutely wonderful time whenever she is onscreen.
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Avatar
This review won’t compare Avatar with any of the other “character in a new, strange culture” films like Fern Gully, The New World, The Last Samurai or Dances With Wolves…mainly because I’ve never seen any of those movies and the only part of Pocahontas that I remember is the song “Colors of the Wind.” Also, everyone knows that Smurfs are blu
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Merlove
Sideways was an okay movie. I haven't written a review on the film but suffice it to say that without any real sympathetic characters in the story there isn't much to root for. I mean, who steals from their mom? What a couple of creeps, those two... But when you're right yo
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The Men Who Stare At Goats
Blown away, I was not. That having been said, The Men Who Stare At Goats is an enjoyable movie, undoubtedly benefiting from the comedy timing and classic deadpan style of George Clooney in key scenes. Ewan McGregor's character is...
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2012
Roland Emmerich has previously destroyed the world in The Day After Tomorrow and Independence Day – and to a lesser extent, Eight Legged Freaks and Godzilla – but in his new film, 2012, he destroys the world like never before.
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Deadgirl
Finally, someone has created a film to answer the age-old question: would you still have sex that hot girl if she were a zombie? As it turns out… wait, what? That’s not an age-old question? …Seriously? …Are you sure? Well, if this movie wasn’t created in order to answer a meaningful and important question then it must be some sort of cruel joke.
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The Tale of Despereaux
The Tale of Despereaux is an animated movie based on a Newberry Medal winning book by Kate DiCamillo. The book told multiple stories and was split into four different parts, but the full title (The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread) implied that the story was about more than the mouse.
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R.I.P. John Hughes
When John Hughes passed away from a heart attack I encountered the news somewhat randomly. There weren’t hundreds of people talking about it on Twitter and if I hadn’t recognized the name I may have missed it entirely. Celebrities are human and, just like regular people, they die all of the time.
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A Perfect Getaway
A Perfect Getaway is the new thriller from David Twohy starring Milla Jovovich, Steve Zahn, Timothy Olyphant and Kiele Sanchez. Twohy first showed up on my radar years ago when I read his scrapped Alien 3 script, but it was Pitch Black that made him a writer/director to follow.
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Mutant Chronicles
Mutant Chronicles is a low budget sci-fi film from the director of Dead of Night (?) and the writer of Event Horizon. The story takes place seven hundred years in the future…when the four surviving corporations battle each other for the remaining resources on the planet.
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The Hurt Locker
The Hurt Locker came out in late June and immediately generated a considerable amount of buzz.
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Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen
You might think that Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen is a mere popcorn flick, but actually, it is the best film of 2009 and could very well be the best film of the decade. That statement is something you won’t read anywhere else and, unfortunately, it is a completely fabricated falsity.
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is the story of a man who is born old and, instead of aging like everyone else, grows younger and it was (very) loosely based on an F. Scott Fitzgerald short story from 1921.
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Terminator: Salvation
The Terminator franchise had apparently fallen so far that it needed to be filled with new life and energy through a slight re-imagining. This fourth movie changes the timeline from the original films, loses the time travel aspect and essentially becomes a prequel where the technology of the machines is concerned.
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Angels and Demons
Ron Howard assumes the directorial duties for another story based on a Dan Brown book, Angels and Demons. This film is the sequel to the movie version of The Da Vinci Code, but the book is actually a prequel.
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Star Trek XI (2009)
The Star Trek franchise has slowly deteriorated over the years and someone finally decided that it was time for a reboot. (Technically, this version of Star Trek is more of a reimagining, but let’s not complicate matters.) And just in case you weren’t aware: any failing franchise can be rebooted after a few years…think “James Bond,” “Batman” or “Battlestar Galactica.” J.J.
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Donkey Punch
If there was ever a name of a film that by its very nature would make someone not want to see it…Donkey Punch is that film. It starts innocently enough with three girls on their vacation in another country getting ready to go out and have as much fun as possible. Then they meet some guys and things start to go wrong.
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Big Man Japan
Big Man Japan is a mockumentary style film about the everyday problems of a regular guy…who just happens to grow into a giant when he is electrically charged in order to fight the monsters that invade the city at random.
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