Sound of Thunder, A
A Sound of Thunder is based (loosely) on the short story by Ray Bradbury. It’s really quite dumb and some of the FX are just kind of quaint and silly and 5 years old… but they are ambitious, I’ll give … Continue reading
A Sound of Thunder is based (loosely) on the short story by Ray Bradbury. It’s really quite dumb and some of the FX are just kind of quaint and silly and 5 years old… but they are ambitious, I’ll give … Continue reading
The Dukes of Hazzard movie was a pretty average-to-less-so movie. Some bad editing and pacing which made some things make very little sense. But I guess I’m not looking for massive logic in this movie so I guess I can … Continue reading
Fantastic 4 was pretty dumb and sometimes wildly illogical but I’ve seen much worse… in the end, the best compliment I can give it was, “Wow. That was fairly pointless”. I mean… the movie happened and then it was over. … Continue reading
Shock! BAM! WOW! I checked out Sky High and – SHOCK – it’s really very good. I was never bored and always entertained. There were only a few moments where I wished the movie had done something different – and … Continue reading
The Island is yet another winner from the suddenly pseudo-intellectual wiz-kid Michael “I’m not a hack and this proves it” Bay. According to EW at the time, there was a great script that Spielberg gave to Bay for some reason, … Continue reading
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a sublimely weird movie that is going to have some people just scratching their head in bewilderment. I certainly uttered a “What the hell?” a few times when things got particularly daffy. The flick … Continue reading
The Bad News Bears is a remake of the original 70s flick. Billy Bob Thornton was cast because of Bad Santa, surely, and the movie has – at least early on – a lot of the Bad Santa in it. … Continue reading
I’m mixed on War of the Worlds though I’m largely positive. Here’s some thoughts: 1. Don’t take the kids. It’s one hellishly brutal movie emotionally and physically (the death rays are just gob stopping). There’s very little humor – it’s … Continue reading
Alone in the Dark is somehow feels like watching three hours of a 90 minute movie. It’s one of the biggest piles of garbage that Christian Slater ever found after falling out a NYC window into a garbage bin. Not … Continue reading
Assault on Precinct 13 wasn’t that bad. All in all, the original 1970s version was better in terms of building the tension and payoff but this one had a lot better acting and a lot more starpower (that is, it … Continue reading