Sep
29
End of Watch
Saw End of Watch – a South Central LA cop drama that’s one of the best movies I’ve seen this year. Part found-footage film and part not, it had me guessing to the end if our heroic cops would come … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Drama
Jul
07
Magic Mike
So, I saw Magic Mike today… not my kind of movie, apparently. I couldn’t even appreciate the dancing because it was all so stripper-club skeevy (and, you know, a bunch of dudes). And it wasn’t as much about ambition and … Continue reading
Jan
29
Artist, The
So The Artist is the front-runner for Best Picture this year. Saw it. Can’t say I agree in the least. It’s a story any movie goer familiar with the classics has seen before (can the silent film actor adjust to … Continue reading
Dec
24
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The (2011)
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo… based on a long slog of a book I gave up on a third of the way through is a movie that’s too long for its story. It’s certainly watchable (when it’s not being graphically … Continue reading
Dec
24
We Bought a Zoo
We Bought a Zoo… they did. It was a cute movie. Charming and sweet. Matt Damon does his usual solid work. I’m not sure there’s much to say about this flick other than it’s well worth seeing. Score: 82
Dec
17
Young Adult
Saw and really dug the movie Young Adult… Charlize Theron movie directed by Jason Reitman (Juno, Up in the Air) and written by Diablo Cody (Juno and Jennifer’s Body). It’s a really good, extremely well acted movie that’s not as … Continue reading
Dec
03
Descendants, The
Saw the Clooney movie The Descendants… see it if you want a movie about real humans instead of people obeying a plot. Really good, well acted stuff. Score: 85
Oct
08
Footloose (2011)
Everybody cutloose… not many 80s remakes are good, but the new Footloose was. Kudos to them. Some nice call backs to the original film and I really liked the intro credit sequence that’s a direct, but far less innocent and … Continue reading
Apr
01
127 Hours
Wow. So much better and uplifting and horrifying than I expected. This is the true story of the hiker who got trapped under a rock for 127 (derp) hours and how he survived. Not for the weak-stomached – the director … Continue reading
Mar
20
Limitless
Saw the new Bradley Cooper On Smart Drugs flick Limitless. Good, solid film – the only problem was conceptual (you take some pills and become the smartest man on Earth and all you can think to do is invest? play … Continue reading