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Archive for the 'Movies' Category

Mission Impossible 3

• Sunday, May 7th, 2006 • 1 Comment

All in all not a bad movie. Can’t really say much else. It was… like a really long episode of Alias, or 24, or some other television show. No, really, distinct television feel, not so much movie. But that’s ok, because…

The shoe.

When you see the movie, you’ll know what I’m talking about. Trista and I [...]


Reminded

• Wednesday, March 8th, 2006 • No Comments

Thanks to a post in the comments on… some site… I remembered that I should say this:

Kevin Bacon was totally robbed by not getting a nomination (nor the Oscar) for his performance in The Woodsman. Here’s my review of The Woodsman for people who are not aware of what a superb movie it was. If [...]


New(?) A Scanner Darkly Trailer

• Monday, February 20th, 2006 • No Comments

I don’t normally post stuff like this, but I Watch Stuff! has a link to a newish trailer for A Scanner Darkly, my favorite Philip K. Dick book.

This new trailer is fairly awful in comparison to the older trailer, but I love it regardless.

Man, I cannot wait for this. Still looks like it’s following the [...]


Red Eye

• Thursday, January 26th, 2006 • No Comments

Perhaps this exposes my skewed outlook on life, but when presented with a situation in which an obviously dangerous man was telling me to make one phone call in order to spare my father from a potentially brutal murder… you know what I would do? I would make the fucking phone call, regardless of how [...]


Doom (2005)

• Sunday, January 22nd, 2006 • No Comments

As someone who grew up playing Doom, the only complaints I can make about the Doom movie are the fact that Imps don’t throw fireballs, and Hell has no part in the plot. But, those things aren’t really a big deal when you think about the overall goodness that it is.

I guess a lot of [...]


May (2002)

• Monday, January 2nd, 2006 • No Comments

I’m going to get hell from my girlfriend for this review, because she loves this movie. I haven’t felt like reviewing anything lately, but this one grabbed me and, I warn you, much like my review of The Constant Gardener, this is going to be a bitter review. Warning in mind, onward we go…

May falls [...]


Just Like Heaven

• Thursday, December 1st, 2005 • No Comments

Some part of me is a softie for a well acted, well made chick flick. In particular, I am a major softie for Mark Ruffalo. I think it’s the nice guy vulnerability he manages to bring to the role. Every time he is rejected there is a look in his eyes that I indentify with [...]


The Constant Gardener

• Friday, September 9th, 2005 • 3 Comments

I’m going to warn you in advance, I’m feeling sassy and this movie pissed me off, so this might get a bit harsh and unprofessional. Course, when I have ever been professional?

I wanted to see The Constant Gardener from the moment I saw the poster. It’s a really cool poster. It’s got Ralph Fiennes looking [...]