Atonement opens with the clickety-clack of a old 1930’s typewriter, that if you pay really close attention, serves as a huge symbolism later in the story. This is a beautiful, 60-year spanning romantic epic with a twist ending that rivals even The Usual Suspects and The Sixth Sense, and amazing performances from James McAvoy and [...]
This intense, tight thriller is possibly the greatest film of 2007. Period. Why? Well…The performances, especially that of Javier Bardem as a cold-blooded sociopath. The script, which doesn’t rely on violence and blood, a rarity in thrillers. The editing. The editing is what makes the film click, what makes it run. It literally kept the [...]
The Water Horse, despite its terrible marketing and more than one idea taken from E.T., overcomes your expectations. Why? Because it depends on the story, not the slick editing or flashy special effects. In fact, I’d even go as far as to say it was a minor modern family classic.
I have never believed in the [...]
PS I Love You has a pattern so repetitive and clichéd that they could have just looped the first 20 minutes over and over, tacked on the ending, and voila, there wouldn’t be much difference. Hilary Swank receives letter from dead husband. Hilary Swank does crazy or funny thing. Hilary Swank laughs, but then realizes [...]
Juno is such a warm, sweet, funny, witty, smart, touching movie. I’d say less adjectives, but then it wouldn’t feel fully justified. And at this point, it practically has Best Actress and Screenplay in the bag. I repeat. IN THE BAG. Ellen Page is excellent as whip-smart, sweet teenager Juno MacGuff, and first-time writer Diablo [...]
It’s almost an insult to America that there’s a series so unrealistic, physically and historically. At that, it kind of attempts to tell us some absolute garbage. So…Queen Elizabeth was a Confederate sympathizer? Wow…Uh…Area 51 actually exists? Wow…It’s almost amazing to think that we plopped down $400 million to see the first one…That in itself [...]