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99 – Movie Review! Nothing is more frustrating than being stuck on 99, where only one run can bring you glory or the lack of it can make all your hard work seem like a waste. The Laurel and Hardy of this Friday’s release 99 are stuck in a similar situation. The world is their […]
Se7en (1995) – Blast from a past! If, for some reason, you need your films more intense and scarier than Se7en, then seek help immediately. Se7en instantly turned me into a fan of David Fincher. Few films leave one thinking about them and their images days, weeks and even years later as does Fincher’s 1995 […]
The Forgiveness of Blood – Movie Review There’s something strange about Albania, at least to Western eyes. No, two things are spooky. First, when that country was under Communist rule, it was as isolated as North Korea is today. Sporting monuments of Stalin, the Albanian government was against the road of moderation that the Soviet […]
Man on a ledge – Movie Review The rage against the economic machine that exploded forth from movie theatres in late 2011 (Margin Call, Tower Heist, In Time) continues in Man on a Ledge. In this slight, but crowd-pleasing caper, a blue-collar hero (Sam Worthington) seeks revenge against an unrepentant 1 percent (Ed Harris) who […]
A walk to remember – An evergreen romantic story! "A Walk to Remember" is a love story so sweet, sincere and positive that it sneaks past the defences built up in this age of irony. It tells the story of a romance between two 18-year-olds that is summarized when the boy tells the girl’s doubtful […]
The girl with a dragon tattoo – Movie Review The actual main character is a disgraced magazine editor named Mikael Blomkvist (Craig), but The Journalist with the Legal Problems doesn’t make for a sexy title. The titular girl, Lisbeth Salander (Mara), is a hacker extraordinaire with a troubled past which aids Blomkvist in a decades-old […]
Undefeated – Oscar Nominated Documentary! There is a moment in Undefeated that, like so many of the moments in the Oscar-nominated documentary, seems unbelievable. Scripted or storyboarded; contrived in the way those bad MTV shows are. The white, volunteer coach of an all-black, inner-city high-school football team in Memphis awards his version of player of […]
The Vow – Movie Review A romantic "what if" heart-tugging teaser, The Vow addresses true love, and whether history can repeat itself if the couple involved has to start afresh as if they’d never met. That’s the test newlyweds Leo (Channing Tatum) and Paige (Rachel McAdams) confront when a brain injury from an accident induces […]
When A stranger calls – Movie Review When A Stranger Calls is a remake of the 1979 movie of the same name but unfortunately the standards have dropped considerably. I know I have seen the original movie a couple of times but not for many years. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the […]
Safe House – Movie Review While working for the CIA may seem like a dream job, Matt Weston’s (Ryan Reynolds) current position at a Safe House is certainly no picnic. He’s a new agent, stationed alone in South Africa, waiting for the chance that he will have a "house guest" (someone who is taken prisoner […]
In Time – Movie Review! Andrew Niccol’s "In Time" is the winner of this year’s "Most Obvious and Pun-Filled Allegory" competition and while it gets points for an excellent premise, some fine acting and for being, occasionally, genuinely exciting, the execution of the idea fails far more often than it succeeds. "In Time" is set […]
War Horse – Review I overheard someone last week say they saw Steven Spielberg’s latest film “War Horse” twice the week it opened in theatres. It made me curious about a film with a horse during World War I that could resonate so much. There’s a lot in the film, more than one particular theme, […]
