How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
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
Coriolanus (2011)
Coriolanus (2011) – Shakespeare… Sometimes seeing Shakespeare’s words brought to life means seeing a very proper Englishman on stage in a doublet and tights enunciating vowels and trilling r’s. Other time it’s a fucking tank bursting through the wall. (That second example is from Richard Loncraine’s Ian McKellen-starring Richard III.) Acclaimed British person (and man … Continue reading
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925) – While the “Golden Age” of the Universal Monster movies began in 1931 with Dracula, Universal Studios was not a total stranger to the horror genre. They had some big hits starring Leonidas Frank Chaney, known as the Man of a Thousand Faces: Lon Chaney. Chaney was rightfully celebrated … Continue reading
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
How to Train Your Dragon (2010) — As much as I bitch about Spongebob, Hannah Montana, and the sorry state of children’s entertainment nowadays, movies like this prove that there’s still a place for quality. If kids today are anything like I was, then they like movies that give them credit for a modicum of … Continue reading
Hell Ride (2008)
Hell Ride (2008) — Booze, broads, bikes, bullets. That pretty much sums it up. By no means is this what you might technically call a “good” movie, but for me that makes it better. The 70s-style exploitation genre has spawned many an imitator, but this is one of those movies that gets that feel right … Continue reading
Gamer (2009)
Gamer (2009) — So my family and I went to see this. My dad went because my mom and I wanted to see it. My mom went because she had it confused with the upcoming Bruce Willis film Surrogates [she realized her mistake when a trailer for Surrogates ran before the movie]. So those were … Continue reading
The Ugly Truth (2009)
The Ugly Truth (2009) — While there was nothing particularly original about this movie I can think of worse ways to spend a couple hours. From here on out I choose to itemize my review. 1. The film’s strength is in its R rating. Not that vulgarity in itself is a way to make a … Continue reading
Persistence of Vision 