I am sure that I don’t need to introduce this summer’s first big special effects action adventure film, Star Trek directed by J.J. Abrams. I went into this movie expecting to enjoy it. Wil Wheaton and LeVar Burton were singing its praises on Twitter. Reviews were overwhelmingly positive. I even enjoyed the only other movie [...]
Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director: Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler
Best Actress: Meryl Streep in Doubt
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams in Doubt
Best Original Screenplay: Milk
Best Adapted Screenplay: Slumdog Millionaire
Cinematography: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Film Editing: The Dark Knight
Art Direction: The Curious [...]
I realized recently that I need a baseline for all of the horrible movies coming out this year. If I could have one standard way to describe just how terrible a movie is, I could make sense of Hollywood’s seeming inability to put out good creative movies. That’s when it came to me. On Rotten [...]
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Special award: Most hilarious cast
Now, obviously, any video game movie directed by Uwe Boll is not going to have anything to do with the game, so I don’t really care about that. I’ve never even played the game. What makes this movie so unbelievably bad is [...]
Did I really spend money on this one? I guess I did. This movie’s main problem can be summed up in three words. No Rachel Weisz. Seriously. They couldn’t have written her out by saying something like “Oh, Evelyn died in the many intervening years since the last movie when we were supposed to be [...]
If you’ve glanced at Rotten Tomatoes this weekend, you might have seen the abysmal 18% that Star Wars: The Clone Wars has managed to receive. This puts it slightly below The Crappening. I have to say, this is one of the times that I totally disagree with the consensus that Rotten Tomatoes came to.
Some of [...]
This review is a bit overdue, but I do have something to say about the film. First a recap… Ang Lee makes a campy cartoony Hulk Movie with Eric Bana, Jennifer Connely and Sam Elliot’s mustache. No one likes it because it’s campy. A few people say that while it is flawed, it has very [...]
George Lucas must be stopped at all cost! He won’t rest until he fills all of our favorite movies with crappy jarring CGI.
Spoilers ahead as I will probably reveal almost every retarded plot point in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull to tell you exactly what is wrong with the latest [...]
At risk of sounding snooty… Iron Man has a third act problem. What was that problem? The writing team. Apparently the film had two writing teams, each working on different parts of the movie. The point at which the switch is made is heart breaking.
Most of the movie is funny, exciting, [...]
Vantage Point
This movie looked like it had potential. With a 25% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, I doubt it will live up to its trailer. Its major story telling gimmick (five points of view for 15 minutes each) is probably going to become majorly cumbersome, frustrating and ultimately the downfall of this movie. Sorry, Dennis Quaid, [...]