This is a very ambitious film. It wants to both prove the existence of God and disprove religion at the same time. It wants to open the door to all belief systems and comment on the art of storytelling, while simultaneously telling a simple story of survival...[more]...

The Bourne Legacy isn't as good as any of the previous three Bourne films. It suffers from the fact that it clearly exists only to keep capitalizing on the Bourne franchise, as well as from the complete lack of Bourne. However, I'm not here to write a critique on the film industry or write a blog about how this movie should not have been made. Instead I'm going to review the movie as a film based on what it has going for it...[more]...

This movie is a hell of a ride. From the opening shots set to a classic Western score followed up by Dr. King Schultz's bouncing-tooth wagon, you know you're in for something special. The movie features a lot of Tarantino's trademarks, from the long, tension-building dialogue sequences followed by explosive, over the top violence to the POV "trunk" shot, if you know Tarantino you have a good idea what you're getting into...[more]...

I wish there was more to this film. That's not to say that I wish it was longer, because it was definitely too long. This isn't the longest Apatow film, but it felt like the longest because it's the first one that doesn't have anything resembling a plot. There are a few moments where a there's ALMOST a plot, but instead this movie is just a connected series of vignettes about life at 40 if you're an upper-middle-class family who isn't very good at communicating...[more]...

This movie is a strange animal. It's a strange hybrid between Quentin Tarantino and Terrence Malick, it has the talky, everyday feel of a Tarantino film, complete with mob setting, and it also has the stylistic beauty of a Malick film and the meandering nature that comes hand in hand. So we have a meandering, talky mob movie in which not a whole lot happens... but it still manages to be great...[more]...

I enjoyed the first Expendables for what it was. I got some intense, awesome throwback action and some one-liners and it entertained me. I can still watch it and appreciate what it's doing. There isn't much of a plot, but it didn't really need much of one, either...[more]...

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So much of this movie is just great cinema. It's absolutely gorgeous to look at, and even the editing is well done. Technically this film is nearly perfect. The writing is also fantastic. For once I felt like these were real conversations that the characters were having. It felt natural, and it felt right. People did things that made sense. The characters were unique and likable, even at their worst. Which made them seem like people. People Like Us (holy shit did you see what I just did I totally used the title of the...[more]...

What the HELL went wrong? Will Smith is really trying in this one. He's really, really trying. Too hard, in fact. He's trying to carry the movie on his own. He's trying to take over. He's trying to play the comedy too hard. And none of it really works. His jokes aren't great, and most of them have absolutely nothing to do with the story. They're there seemingly just to kill time...[more]...

This is a perfectly serviceable Snow White adaptation. It's far superior to "Mirror Mirror" which was released a few months prior, simply due to the quality of the filmmaking and the script. It's a much darker take on the Snow White story which I appreciated, even if the film took itself a little TOO seriously at times...[more]...

Prometheus is a movie that's going to divide people. There are going to be people who love the movie because it's a fun, exciting, sci-fi/horror adventure, and there are going to be people who hate it because of the ending. I'm one of the former, and I'm going to explain why (without spoiling things...[more]...

As difficult as I imagine it was trying to adapt the board game "Battleship" for the big screen, I still think they could have done a much better job than this. Still, I'm going to analyze this film as a FILM, and not as a board game adaptation...[more]...

Sacha Baron Cohen is really trying to create a character as memorable as Borat. The movie takes a different route than his last two character-based comedies by actually following a narrative rather than simply putting a crazy character into everyday situations and letting the cameras roll. Here, he tries to tell a story, and does a pretty decent job of setting it up...[more]...

In one word, this movie is brilliant. In a few more words, it's also scary, funny, surprising, and very entertaining. If you've ever watched a horror movie, you probably know the set up. But right from the get go, literally from the first scene of the movie, you know things are going to be quite different from anything you've seen in a horror movie before this one...[more]...

Drive to Drive. That's a command. You need to drive to the nearest theater that’s playing Drive and see it. That is, if you can handle it. Director Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive is a brutal, violent and shocking movie that will leave many movie-goers at a loss for words...[more]...

I tried. I really, really tried to like this movie. I even tried turning off my brain and just "enjoying it for what it was," which is my usual reaction when a movie starts being incredibly stupid. But I couldn't. I couldn't make it all the way through. I couldn't trudge through 2 hours of monotony and utter shit to come out enjoying this movie at the end...[more]...

Here we have another movie where Jeff Bridges gets to be awesome. He portrays Rooster Cogburn completely realistically-he's a drunk, he's cocky, and he's got a bit of a dark side. At the same time, he's dedicated, hard-working, and has a softer side as well. Rooster is hired by Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) to avenge the death of her father. Mattie is just as determined and hard-working as Cogburn, and she's tough and intelligent to boot. It's extremely entertaining watching Mattie negotiate with a shopkeeper in town, as it's thoroughly enjoyable watching Mattie and Rooster have a battle of wits.

True Grit is a classic western through-and-through, with moments of Coen Brothers genius seeping through. Here I think they've outsmarted most of their audience, as the story being told is very simple to follow, but the message isn't quite as clear. I won't pretend to be an expert on the film or on the Coen's intentions, but I'm sure there's more to this movie than most people are giving it credit for.

That being said, even without an extra level of depth, it's a great movie. The direction is fantastic, the cinematography and scenery are beautiful (I can't wait to pick this up on blu-ray), the story is great, and the actors are all on top of their game. You can't go wrong here.

OH MY GOD, WHY? Here we find ourselves with a completely unnecessary movie that nobody asked for that's completely devoid of plot or sense of logic. After proving himself to be a quality husband twice, DeNiro still doesn't trust Gaylord Focker to be with his daughter. Why? Because a different guy cheated on his other daughter...[more]...

I think the title of this movie should have been The Fighters. Fighting doesn't have to be merely physical, and every character in the movie fights for something. Yes, the emphasis is supposed to be on Wahlberg's Mickey Ward, but the movie focuses much more on his family than it does on him...[more]...

Up until we meet Cyrus, this is a pretty good movie. It begins as the tale of a terribly depressed man named John who still hasn't gotten over his divorce from his wife seven years prior. She's getting remarried and invites him to the engagement party where (she hopes) he can meet a new woman. As luck would have it, he meets a quirky, awesome woman named Molly and even after embarrassing himself completely, manages to take her home...[more]...