Pain & Gain (2013)
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
I ♥ Huckabees (2004)
I ♥ Huckabees (2004) – So recently, I have been showing my girlfriend a lot of my favorite movies. By and large these are cinematic masterpieces. I suppose one or two would be trashier cult classics of which I am a cult member. You may even find that oddball movie that I and I alone love … Continue reading
Planet of the Apes (2001)
Planet of the Apes (2001) – Sigh… so one of the benefits of having the rather excellent Rise of the Planet of the Apes come out last year was that it would wipe the stain of this ill-conceived remake from our cultural memory. Not so much. It was on cable a little while back and my … Continue reading
Ted (2012)
Ted (2012) – I had a teddy bear growing up. His name was Teddy (I’m the creative type). He was my best friend and truth be told, I still kept him around longer than most kids do (not like in junior high or anything like that but still). He sits on a shelf in my … Continue reading
The Fighter (2010)
The Fighter (2010) — I’m sure one day a movie will come along that doesn’t depict eastern Massachusettes as a bitter hellscape paved with broken dreams, but in the meantime the ones that do are pretty damn good. The Fighter (set in Lowell) follows the life of “Irish” Micky Ward from 1993 to 2000, though … Continue reading
Boogie Nights (1997)
Boogie Nights (1997) — This is a story, basically, of losers bottoming out yet it doesn’t ever get as depressing as that summary would imply (maybe because banding together as a surrogate family helps them cope). I think Paul Thomas Anderson ascended to that Robert Altman level of directed large ensemble casts for epic-in-scale movies … Continue reading
The Lovely Bones (2009)
The Lovely Bones (2009) — So I read and thoroughly enjoyed the book this was based but had heard several negative reviews and therefore didn’t go into this movie with very high expectations. But low expectations were greatly exceeded as I enjoyed the movie quite a bit. True a lot of things were missing from … Continue reading
Persistence of Vision 