Stalingrad is a Russian-made, Russian/German language (with subtitles) World War II movie that’s more-or-less about the Battle of Stalingrad. I say more-or-less because, for a movie named after the city / battle, it’s almost entirely focused on a smaller battle … Continue reading
Non-Stop is the newest Liam Neeson modestly-budgeted, drops-early-in-the-year, makes-a-lot-of-money for-its-budget, and is some-level-of-quality-without-being-a-great-movie for 2014. Previous movies in this sub-genre of one would be Taken, Taken 2, The Grey, and Unknown. All of these are some level of modest good … Continue reading
Saw 3 Days to Kill, the new Kevin Costner spy-with-a-daughter flick. Is it a spy movie or a family comedy? Yes. I’m sure this isn’t going to do well, but I was surprised – shocked – at how much I … Continue reading
So someone got the chocolate of Gladiator in my peanut butter of Titanic and out spilled Pompeii… a disaster flick with gladiators, a rich girl who falls in love with a poor boy (ok, a slave/gladiator) while her unwanted rich … Continue reading
Saw the remake of About Last Night… a romantic comedy with no hooks or gimmicks… just a relationship movie with ups and downs. It’s not a bad movie and these are fairly mature adults with adult issues (and adult language). … Continue reading
So I took my imaginary Canadian girlfriend to see Endless Love, the new romance flick released just in time for Valentine’s Day. It’s a remake of an 80s flick I didn’t see. It stars the least convincing 18 year old … Continue reading
I skipped it for a few weeks, but finally got to see The Nut Job, the shockingly unfunny CG cartoon starring various small rodents who want to rob a nut store (which is being used as a front for generic … Continue reading
So… went to see Winter’s Tale… the new romantic magical realism film starring Collin Ferrell and a really curious cast including Russel Crowe, Jennifer Connely, William Hurt, and an insane cameo by a big movie star giving a wildly weird … Continue reading
Back when I was 16 or so, I saw RoboCop twice on the same day… the first time it blew me away… the second time was sharing it with a friend. I’d never done that before. My point being: I … Continue reading
The new movie Vampire Academy is a desperately hip attempt at cross-breeding Harry Potter and Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Twilight (though it pretends it’s better than Twilight by attacking it directly). The dialog is trying hard to be clever, … Continue reading