If it weren’t for the spectacularly corny musical score, Astronaut Farmer would probably be a bigger hit. Instead, everytime a dramatic sequence or something of note occurs, we are treated to the cheesiest, cliche-est, overly sentimental, Kevin Costner-ish* , background music ever. It’s not the worst though. That award, has to go to Jerry Bruckheimer’s… Continue reading ‘Astronaut Farmer’ Movie Review
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‘Once’ Movie Review
When I resolved to watch the movies determined by the Associated Press to be the best of 2007, I admit I wasn’t all too pumped to watch the one that was described as a ‘movie musical’. And here’s where I admit that I was wrong, and my God am I completely and horribly wrong. I… Continue reading ‘Once’ Movie Review
Lust, Caution Movie Review
From the moment that I first saw the movie’s preview I had determined that I wasn’t going to miss it, and when I finally watched it it just went ahead and exceeded all expectations. Lust, Caution (Se, Jie) is an amazing piece of story – telling – an intricate, tightly wound tale between lovers whose… Continue reading Lust, Caution Movie Review
Tropa de Elite and other planned reviews
I just watched the highly controversial Tropa de Elite, which I was desperate to see after seeing just a few seconds of a report about it from BBC news and consequently Googling it up. The movie runs a narrative using the voice of Capitao Nascimiento (played by the amazing Wagner Moura), a fictional leader of… Continue reading Tropa de Elite and other planned reviews
Hairspray Movie Review
If there’s any type of movie I’d say that best reflects my idea of Hollywood, it’s the big grand musical. Now I’m fairly aware that saying that sounds very gay, which I’m sure makes my homophobic girlfriend cringe. But hey, I’m not gonna lie. Big grand musicals are the epitome, to me, of what a… Continue reading Hairspray Movie Review
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Movie Review
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, is the kind of movie that reminds me why I’ve decided at some point, to establish standards in my choice of movies. Not that it’s earth – shattering mind you. Far from it. Rather, Fantastic Four II is the kind of movie that’ll make you answer, when someone… Continue reading Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Movie Review
Spiderman III
Three words: Too many plots. Let me explain why I think that’s what did this movie in. See, movies, or all story telling for hat matter, has to have a main plot. The chief character struggling to maintain his relationship. Or having to face a formidable enemy. Or needing to keep his job and sanity… Continue reading Spiderman III
Review of Wild Hogs
As far as I know, people either hate or love John Travolta. And I don’t blame them. This is the direct result of producing a classic like Staying Alive, then dropping off the planet and getting listed in the celebrity ‘whatever happened to..?‘ list for a decade or two. Then you come back with Pulp… Continue reading Review of Wild Hogs
Review of Pan’s Labyrinth
What’s obvious to me during the watching of ‘Laberinto del fauno, El’ (Pan’s Labyrinth), is that the performance of it’s chief villain, Capitan Vidal, played magnificently by Sergi Lopez, effectively brings to life the best rendition of a movie villain I’ve ever seen. To me, the bad guy is always the juiciest part in every… Continue reading Review of Pan’s Labyrinth
Ms. Potter Movie Review
Beatrix Potter in this movie, is an artist and a 32 year old woman forced to bear with the whims of a social climbing mother and a society that has yet to recognize the value of women in, well, any role other than that of the traditional, which in the 1800s was fairly limited. You… Continue reading Ms. Potter Movie Review