Movie Reviews
Mar 10th, 2010 |
By Christopher Lloyd |
Category: Lede Movies, Movie Reviews
Paul Greengrass’ “Green Zone” tries to frame the Iraq War in simplistic cops-and-robbers terms.
Tags: Brendan Gleeson, film criticism, green zone, Greg Kinnear, matt damon, movie review, paul greengrass Posted in Lede Movies, Movie Reviews |
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Mar 5th, 2010 |
By Joe Shearer |
Category: Movie Reviews
A snappy, engaging thriller that overcomes a somewhat bloated midsection with a fantastic payoff.
Tags: England, ewan mcgregor, intrigue, Kim Catrall, London, memoirs, olivia williams, pierce brosnan, political, politics, roman polanski, The Ghost Writer, thriller, torture, US, waterboarding, witty, writer Posted in Movie Reviews |
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Mar 5th, 2010 |
By Christopher Lloyd |
Category: Movie Reviews
Once one of the freshest voices in Hollywood, Tim Burton has become with “Alice in Wonderland” the king of the crappy remakes.
Tags: Alice in Wonderland, Anne Hathaway, film criticism, film review, helena bonham carter, johnny depp, linda woolverton, mia wasikowska, movie review, Tim Burton Posted in Movie Reviews |
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Mar 3rd, 2010 |
By Nick Rogers |
Category: Movie Reviews
If “Brooklyn’s Finest’ were an East Coast retread of “Training Day,” that would only improve this shapeless, shamelessly cliched cop thriller.
Tags: 2010, Antoine Fuqua, Brian F. O'Byrne, Brooklyn's Finest, Burt Reynolds, Catholicism, cliche, cops, crooked, denzel washington, Dian Fossey, Don Cheadle, drama, drugs, Ellen Barkin, Ethan Hawke, film review, gangs, Hassan Johnson, Isiah Whitlock, King Arthur, Macbeth, Michael C. Martin, Michael Kenneth Williams, Mickey Rourke, New York, Patrick Murguia, Penn and Teller Get Killed, richard gere, Shooter, sidney lumet, The Replacement Killers, The Wire, thriller, Training Day, Traitor, Wesley Snipes Posted in Movie Reviews |
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Feb 27th, 2010 |
By Joe Shearer |
Category: Movie Reviews
A quasi-zombie movie that draws natural, but unfair, comparisons to superior films like “Dawn of the Dead” and “28 Days Later,” but is a solid ride all its own.
Tags: 2009, 28 Days Later, Breck Eisner, Danielle Panabaker, George A. Romero, horror, Joe Anderson, Radha Mitchell, small town, The Crazies, Timothy Olyphant, virus, Zombie Posted in Movie Reviews |
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Feb 26th, 2010 |
By Nick Rogers |
Category: Movie Reviews
If you leave “Cop Out” thinking it’s comparable to “Beverly Hills Cop,” “Fletch” and other movies it mimics, you’re apt to fall for a banana in the tailpipe, too.
Tags: 1980s, 2010, 30 Rock, 48 Hrs. Beverly Hills Cop, action, Adam Brody, Another 48 Hrs., Axel F, Beverly Hills Cop 3, Bruce Willis, buddy cop, cop out, Damon Wayans, film review, Fletch, Fletch Lives, Fred Armisen, Guillermo Diaz, Harold Faltermeyer, Heat, homage, Jason Lee, John McClane, Judge Reinhold, Kevin Pollak, kevin smith, Lethal Weapon, Mark Cullen, Parks and Recreation, Patti Labelle, Rashida Jones, Robb Cullen, Scarface, Seann William Scott, Susie Essman, Tango & Cash, The Last Boy Scout, tracy morgan, Training Day Posted in Movie Reviews |
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Feb 24th, 2010 |
By Christopher Lloyd |
Category: Movie Reviews
Set in a pre-WWI German town, “The White Ribbon” is a parable wrapped in a metaphor tucked inside an allegory.
Tags: academy awards, cannes, christian friedal, film criticism, foreign film, leonard proxauf, maria-victoria dragus, michael hanecke, movie review, rainer bock, susanne lothar, the white ribbon Posted in Movie Reviews |
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Feb 18th, 2010 |
By Christopher Lloyd |
Category: Movie Reviews
Mini-reviews of all 10 nominees for Academy Awards in the Live Action and Animated short film categories.
Tags: a matter of loaf and death, academy awards, film criticism, french roast, granny ogrimm's sleeping beauty, instead of abracadabra, kavi, logorama, miracle fish, movie review, oscar-nominated shorts, oscars, the door, the lady and the reaper, the new tenants Posted in Movie Reviews |
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Feb 17th, 2010 |
By Joe Shearer |
Category: Movie Reviews
A weaker Scorsese film, but still better than most of what’s out there
Tags: adaptation, asylum, Ben Kingsley, Dennis Lehane, dreams, drugs, Gone Baby Gone, goodfellas, hallucinations, Jackie Earle Haley, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Martin Scorsese, mental institution, Michelle Williams, mindbending, Mystic River, nightmares, novel, Shutter Island, thriller Posted in Movie Reviews |
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Feb 17th, 2010 |
By Joe Shearer |
Category: Movie Reviews
A riveting documentary about the life and times of a famous civil rights attorney through the eyes of his daughters.
Tags: 1960s, Abbie Hoffman, attorney, central park jogger, Chicago 7, civil rights, defense attorney, Disturbing the Universe, Documentary, fighting for rights, free speech, Indianapolis International Film Festival, Indianapolis Museum of Art, lawyer, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., social justice, Sundance Film Festival, Toby Theater, William Kunstler Posted in Movie Reviews |
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