Posted by moviegeek916 on July 20, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Oldboy (2013) – I have gone on record many times saying I am not against remakes. I do, like many people, bemoan the sheer quantity of them because Hollywood studios have become so risk-averse that they don’t want to take chances on anything that doesn’t have an established brand or other proven performance record… but … Continue reading →
Category Film, Reviews · Tagged with 2013, 25th Hour, Bamboozled, Clockers, Do the Right Thing, Elizabeth Olsen, Elvy Yost, Hannah Ware, Inside Man, Josh Brolin, Lance Reddick, Malcom X, Michael Imperioli, Oldboy, Park Chan-wook, remake, Samuel L. Jackson, Sharlto Copley, Spike Lee, Summer of Sam
Posted by moviegeek916 on July 19, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Alien 3 (1992) – So in 2003 the Alien series came out in a deluxe edition box set somewhat stupidly called the Alien “Quadrilogy.” (Quartet. The fucking word is quartet.) Ridley Scott came out with a new Director’s Cut of Alien. James Cameron supervised the restoration of his Director’s Cut of Aliens. Jean-Pierre Jeunet created … Continue reading →
Category Film, Reviews · Tagged with 1992, Alien, Alien 3, Alien: Resurrection, aliens, Brian Glover, Carrie Henn, Charles Dance, Charles S. Dutton, Danny Webb, David Fincher, Fight Club, James Cameron, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Jesus Christ, Lance Henriksen, Michael Biehn, Paul McGann, Ralph Brown, Ridley Scott, sequel, Seven, Sigourney Weaver, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Zodiac
Posted by moviegeek916 on July 18, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Some Girl(s) (2013) – To cinema-goers the legacy of Neil LaBute may be secured as the writer and director of 2003’s remake of The Wicker Man. I still have yet to gaze upon its awfulness but it replaces the slow-burn (pun sort of intended) of the original with Nicolas Cage in a bear suit punching … Continue reading →
Category Film, Reviews · Tagged with 2013, Adam Brody, based on play, Brooke Smith, Daisy von Scherler Mayer, Death at a Funeral, Emily Watson, Eric McCormack, Fat Pig, Fran Drescher, In the Company of Men, Jennifer Morrison, Judy Reyes, Kristen Bell, Lakeview Terrace, Maura Tierney, Mia Maestro, Neil LaBute, Nicholas Cage, reasons to be pretty, Some Girl(s), The Mercy Seat, The Shape of Things, The Wicker Man, Zoe Kazan
Posted by moviegeek916 on July 17, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Once (2006) – Oh, what a thing is hype. There was a time when I worked at the Virgin Megastore in San Francisco. Periodically we would get passes to see movies well in advance of their release. That’s actually how I saw Slumdog Millionaire and Knocked Up. One day I was in the break room … Continue reading →
Category Film, Reviews · Tagged with "Falling Slowly", 2006, Academy Award Winner: Best Song, Christin Milioti, Glen Hansard, How I Met Your Mother, John Carney, Knocked Up, Markéta Irglová, musical, Once, Slumdog Millionaire, The Swell Season
Posted by moviegeek916 on July 17, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Braveheart (1995) – Every time a new Roman Polanski movie opens it typically get lavished with praise from film critics but there is always an outcry of “how can you celebrate the work of a convicted child rapist?” The same happens for Victor Salva. Even for film-makers like Woody Allen and Bryan Singer, who have … Continue reading →
Category Film, Reviews, The Best · Tagged with 1995, Angus Macfadyen, Apocalypto, Braveheart, Brendan Gleeson, Brian Cox, Bryan Singer, Catherine McCormack, David O'Hara, Isabella of France, James Cosmo, James Robinson, King Edward I of England, King Edward II of England, King Robert I of Scotland, Machete Kills, Mel Gibson, Patrick McGoohan, Peter Hanly, Peter Mullan, Roman Polanski, Sandy Nelson, Sean Lawlor, Sophie Marceau, The Expendables 3, Tommy Flanagan, true story, Victor Salva, William Wallace, Woody Allen
Posted by moviegeek916 on July 17, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Pain & Gain (2013) – I would just like to point out, before venturing into any sort of valid critique, that this is the only movie about which one can say and be grammatically correct “from the director of and starring The Rock.” Had to get that out of the way… Let us consider the … Continue reading →
Category Film, Reviews, The Worst · Tagged with 2013, Adrian Doorbal, Anthony Mackie, Armageddon, Bad Boys, Bad Boys II, Coen Brothers, Daniel Lugo, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Ed Harris, Edgar Wright, Hot Fuzz, Ken Jeong, Mark Wahlberg, Michael Bay, Pain & Gain, Pearl Harbor, Peter Stormare, Rebel Wilson, Rob Corddry, The Island, The Rock, Tony Shalhoub, Transformers, Transformers: Age of Extinction, true story, Tuan "Tommy" Vu
Posted by moviegeek916 on July 16, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) – What is love? (Baby, don’t hurt me… don’t hurt me no more…) Seriously, though. We’re not sexually monogamous by nature, but we pair up with other people exclusively anyway. Also if you really think about it, every relationship you have ever been in or are in or … Continue reading →
Category Film, Reviews, The Best · Tagged with "Everlong", "Fell in Love with a Girl", "The Hardest Button to Button", 2004, adaptation, Being John Malkovich, Charlie Kaufman, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, David Cross, Elijah Wood, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Foo Fighters, Garden State, Human Nature, Jane Adams, Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Maniac, manic pixie dream girl, Mark Ruffalo, Melancholia, Michel Gondry, Sin City, Synecdoche New York, The Lord of the Rings, The White Stripes, Tom Wilkinson
Posted by moviegeek916 on July 16, 2014 · Leave a Comment
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) – Despite the early promise of Antz, I never really felt that DreamWorks Animation existed on the same level as an animation studio like Pixar. Despite some strong showings like the first couple Shrek movies, Megamind, Monsters vs. Aliens, and the Madagascar flicks, DreamWorks Animation films always felt … Continue reading →
Category Film, Reviews · Tagged with 2014, animation, Antz, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Craig Ferguson, Dean DeBlois, Djimon Hounsou, DreamWorks Animation, Gerard Butler, How to Train Your Dragon, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Judd Apatow, Kit Harrington, Kristen Wiig, Madagascar, Megamind, Monsters vs. Aliens, Pixar, sequel, Shrek, Shrek 2, T.J. Miller
Posted by moviegeek916 on July 16, 2014 · Leave a Comment
22 Jump Street (2014) – Continuing with his meta streak from the first film, virtually all of Nick Offerman’s dialogue (and he isn’t in that much of the movie) is a reference to the film itself. He says that nobody expected the 21 Jump Street program to work. It shouldn’t have worked. Everybody was surprised … Continue reading →
Category Film, Reviews · Tagged with 2014, 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street, Amber Stevens, Channing Tatum, Christopher Miller, Dave Franco, Ice Cube, Jillian Bell, Jimmy Tatro, Johnny Depp, Jonah Hill, Nick Offerman, Patton Oswalt, Peter DeLuise, Peter Stormare, Phil Lord, Rob Riggle, sequel, Wyatt Russell
Posted by moviegeek916 on July 15, 2014 · Leave a Comment
A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014) – So for some time, I have been having some issues with Family Guy. It still has a certain way with irreverent and offensive humor, but it’s best jokes tend to be in cutaway gags that have nothing to do with the main narrative. I mean, … Continue reading →
Category Film, Reviews · Tagged with 2014, A Million Ways to Die in the West, Aaron Seltzer, Amanda Seyfried, American Dad!, Blazing Saddles, Charlize Theron, Family Guy, Giovanni Ribisi, Jason Friedberg, Liam Neeson, Neil Patrick Harris, Sarah Silverman, Seth McFarlane, Ted, There's Something About Mary
Persistence of Vision 