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
Tag Archives: Drama
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
Mar
03
Faster
Saw the new Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson action flick Faster. I think I’m alone on this, but I thought this was a brilliant, sad, sorrowful film. I’m probably wrong on this one! It shouldn’t be good, but there was just … Continue reading
Jul
04
Karate Kid, The (2020)
To my surprise, the remake of the Karate Kid is pretty good. It’s basically a direct remake only with younger kids, an old guy who can do actual kung-fu (unlike Mr. Miyagi’s stunt double), and a change in setting (China). … Continue reading
Aug
22
Inglorious Basterds
Inglourious Basterds – the new Quentin Tarrentino flick… The trailers and other ads are lies – this is not an action flick. This is a 2+ hr talkfest… which works for me. The dialogue is very much a fencing match … Continue reading
Mar
25
Bridge to Terabithia
Bridge to Terabithia is based on the book of the same name. I wasn’t going to watch this movie because it looked like they had totally destroyed the book in order to make a fantasy story OR they were totally … Continue reading