Category Archives: Film
Doubt – A Short Movie Review
Image via Wikipedia Did he or didn’t he? That’s perhaps the main question you will be asking when you watch John Patrick Shanley’s movie “Doubt,” which is based on his play by the same name. Father Brendan Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is accused by the principal of the school connected to his church of abusing [...]
Ghost Town – A Short Review
Image via Wikipedia This is a great film that received very little attention in the movie theaters when it was released in September 2008. A romantic comedy, Ghost Town made me laugh out loud more than any movie I can recall seeing in the last year or so. This is due largely to the work [...]
The Visitor – A Short Review
Written and directed by Thomas McCarthy (the man who brought us the excellent “The Station Agent”), “The Visitor is another film about how we sometimes form community with people who were previously strangers to us. Richard Jenkins does a great job as the lead character Walter Vale in the film, playing a professor who has [...]
Marley and Me – A Short Review
!!! SPOILER ALERT !!! “Marley and Me” was not as bad as it could have been, despite it’s obvious manipulative tear-jerker ending. Of course, if Marley had been my dog, I would have had the animal put to sleep long before he could have died of natural causes. Then again, I have a kitten almost [...]
The New “Star Trek” Movie
I know this makes me such a geek, but I can hardly wait to see this at the movies. I will have to wait almost six months though (May 8, 2009). Technorati Tags: Star Trek,new movie,movie trailer,J. J. Abrams
One of My Favorite Movies: Terry Gilliam’s “The Fisher King”
I love fantastical films. The odder or weirder the better. “Pan’s Labyrinth,” “Big Fish,” and “O Brother, Where Art Thou” are all at the top of my favorite fantastical films list. But one of my favorites in this category is “The Fisher King.” Blurring the lines between reality and fantasy is often a trademark of [...]
Iron Man: A Brief Review
My daughter and I saw “Iron Man” last night. Starring three of my favorite actors (Robert Downey, Jr., Jeff Bridges, and Gwyneth Paltrow) and featuring a rating of 93% on rottentomatoes.com, I was actually looking forward to see the movie. Yes, my initial reaction to hearing about yet another comic book being turned into a [...]
It Gets Me Every Time!!!
I was just flipping through the channels earlier and happened upon a movie that reduces me to a bawling baby every time I watch it. Yes, it’s a "guy" film (as opposed to those ubiquitous "chick" flicks), and my readers can probably guess what it is after reading one or two of the quotes below. [...]
My Updated List of the Top Ten Movies of 2007
As a person with a real life, I was not able to see as many movies in 2007 as I would have liked. Nevertheless, here is my Top Ten list of movies I have seen that were released in 2007. The links provided are for the movie website rottentomatoes.com. And my number one movie for [...]
Free MP3 – Oscar Winner for Best Song: "Falling Slowly" from the Movie "Once"
UPDATE: I originally posted the wrong of the song for you to listen to (A solo version by Glen Hansard). I have now corrected this with the duet version below. —– I would imagine that it’s not too often that you can get the Song that won an Oscar for absolutely nothing, but I am [...]
