Saw a weird Tuesday showing of the new comedy This is the End starring Seth Rogan, James Franco, academy award nominee Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, and Jay Baruchel with special guest stars Emma Watson, Rihanna, a coked-up Michael Cera, Jason … Continue reading
Saw the horror flick The Purge and see it if you want some heavy-handed messages inexpertly tacked onto an interesting-but-poorly-executed premise full of dull and dreary … scares? I guess. Premise is that in 2022, the economy is booming, unemployment … Continue reading
Saw The Internship today – the Vince Vaughn/Owen Wilson comedy about Google that isn’t so much an advertisement for Google products but a recruitment video for working at Google itself (they have a slide). Vince Vaughn and Wilson plays similar … Continue reading
I saw the new magicians/heist movie Now You See Me (starring Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrolson, Isla Fisher and more)… and it’s a decent movie that’s far too in love with how clever and fun it thinks it is … Continue reading
After Earth (the new Will & Jaden Smith sci-fi flick) is a aggressive assault of stupidity that insults the patience, the mind, all writers, all film makers, and should be ashamed of itself and it should go to its room … Continue reading
When checking e-mail and playing Words with Friends (in the back row so as to not bother anyone) is far more entertaining than the movie you’re watching, you know that Hangover Part 3 is a big dud. And it is. … Continue reading
Fast and Furious 6 is a dunderheaded action film full of meat heads, explosions, and cars… and it’s the best in the series (given a certain level of affection for the first film). I didn’t much like parts 2-4 and … Continue reading
Saw the CGI family-friendly cartoon Epic… about a tiny society of forest warriors duking it out over good (growth) vs. evil (decay). It’s a decent little movie – slightly violent – that kids will probably enjoy. Some of the writing … Continue reading
Saw Star Trek: Into Darkness…. your average movie movie goer and the more casual (or more forgiving) Trek fans should enjoy this flick for the popcorn-eating, gee-whiz spectacle it’s trying to be. It looks great, it’s funny, well acted, and … Continue reading
So movie this week was back to high school – The Great Gatsby with Leonardo DiCaprio. I really didn’t like the first 2/3rds of this movie but I’ll admit to finding the final 3rd or so well acted and effectively … Continue reading