Sunday, November 29, 2009 at 11:41PM This is a very funny and beautifully prouduced piece of whimsy. The characters are interesting, the story is clever, the dialog is witty, and the voice performances are superb.
Monday, November 9, 2009 at 11:17AM Here are my favorites among all the films I saw in 2009 (not all of these were released in 2009); my top 5 are tagged with an asterisk (*):
Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 11:18AM This 1929 silent film by Metropolis director Fitz Lang is quite amazing.
Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 07:24PM I see elements from The Matrix, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and Resident Evil. And vampires, of course.
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 07:44AM Sam Raimi’s DRAG ME TO HELL is fitfully entertaining. But it commits what I consider the unpardonable sin for a horror movie:
Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 12:07AM At first I thought, “Uh-oh, this is another one of those interminable animes about Japanese high school kids dealing with adolescent angst.” Boy, was I wrong.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 10:55PM Here are the movie reviews I’ve added since January 1, 2009, starting with the most recent.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 08:28PM Don’t be misled. This is one scary movie.
Monday, October 5, 2009 at 12:55PM This animated tale about a young girl growing up in Iran during and after the Revolution as personal freedoms are inexorably removed is simultaneously touching and difficult to watch.
Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 11:55PM This documentary is by no means a comprehensive history of Apple or even of the Macintosh computer.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 09:41PM This horror/sci-fi adventure is a prequel to the DEAD SPACE video game.
Monday, September 28, 2009 at 07:34AM I rented MISSION TO MARS expecting a camp classic, a howler, a real dud.
Sunday, September 20, 2009 at 10:24PM This movie is silly, prepostrous, nonsensical, and the plot has more holes than the strainer I use Sunday mornings to defrost frozen blueberries when I bake muffins. I loved it.
Monday, September 14, 2009 at 02:45PM This is a beautiful, entrancing, enigmatic, and mesmerizing movie about death.
Monday, August 31, 2009 at 08:28PM This is some movie. It’s scary, emotionally draining, funny, exciting, tense, thoughtful, violent, whimsical, cruel, and in a few places, just plain weird.
Monday, August 24, 2009 at 05:13AM So many things are done right with this imaginative and exciting film that it’s hard to know where to start:
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at 08:10PM I’ve seen this movie twice so far. I’d like to see it again in the theater before it leaves. Why? I just enjoyed it so much. It’s funny, touching, exciting, screwball, warm, lovely, and just plain entertaining.
Saturday, July 18, 2009 at 11:10AM I’m a sucker for 18th Century costume dramas, especially if part of the time is spent in sailing ships. This one, despite being landlocked, is heads above most.
Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 05:29AM In KNOWING director Proyas (Dark City, I, Robot, Garage Days) takes disparate elements (end of world, numerology, randomness vs. determinism, single father raising son alone, calamity, Nicolas Cage, and some of the most visceral and amazing special effects I’ve seen since Benjamin Button) and weaves them into a mix you’ll either love or hate.