Drama, 3,000-some-odd-Minutes, 2008
Look at that box! All those awards! This must be a great movie, right? My 10 year-old daughter is going through a horse phase so an uplifting feel good movie about a horse should go over well, right?
Tag: Film
Movie Review: The Raid: Redemption
“The Raid: Redemption” on IMDB
Action, 101 Minutes, 2011
My daughter’s one-line review: “THAT WAS AWESOME!”
Who knew that Indonesians could make one of the absolute best action movies that I’ve ever seen? Hong Kong maybe. Japan, possibly. But Indonesia? Really? How in the hell did this happen?
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Movie Review: The Descendants
Drama, 115 Minutes, 2011
This is one of those dramatic comedies where the name of the movie is based upon the least interesting thread of the plot. In this case the King family has owned a huge, never-developed, pristine chunk of Kauai worth hundreds of millions for over 150 years. The trust on the land will be running out in a few years and the family has decided to cash in.
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Movie Review: Going the Distance
Movie Review: Tower Heist
Comedy, 104 Minutes, 2011
What do you when Alan Alda [IMDB] screws you (and I mean screws you bad)? Well you put together a completely inept crew to break into one of the most secure buildings in the world and steal from him. You know, people who mentioned that they might know how to do things or other people who you barely know and wouldn’t trust with your neighbor’s cat. Those people. Collect them into a room and tell them all about how you plan to steal 20 million dollars.
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Movie Review: Poe
Horror, 105 Minutes, 2012
Bad movie! No! Not on the new rug!
(This movie just shit all over my new rug.)
The script – which announces proudly that it’s based on true events (it’s not) – really likes to repeat itself. I think the screenwriter thought it sounded smart (it doesn’t) and that the actors could pull off sounding smart (they can’t… oh dear Lord in heaven they can’t).
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Movie Review: Men in Black 3
Sci-fi/Comedy, 110 Minutes, 2012
The original “Men in Black” [IMDB] has always been one of my favorite movies. It was irreverent, bombastic and populated with insanely likable characters. (It was also based on a comic book – so if you liked it too maybe you should bolster the flagging comic book industry and buy some?) The effects were bright, innovative and wonderfully cartoonish in all the right ways. Most of all it was just plain fun.
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Movie Review: The Adjustment Bureau
“The Adjustment Bureau” on IMDB
Sci-fi, 106 Minutes, 2011
First, this was very good. The acting, the pacing, the script – all very good. Matt Damon [IMDB] is as likable as ever, Emily Blunt [IMDB] is insanely hot and who doesn’t like to see John Slattery [IMDB] wandering around? Do not let the following prevent you from seeing this film!
I’m going to spoil quite a bit of this movie. Starting… now.
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Movie Review: The First Grader
Biography/Drama, 103 Minutes, 2010:
I honestly know very little about the Kenyan revolution (or Kenya in general actually). Like most “true stories” it’s very difficult to parse what’s being presented as actual truth. Some things are just so terrible that you hope fervently that they just can’t be true. The message of the movie concerns the unbreakable nature of the human spirit but the lesson that you’ll probably come away with, just as I did, is this:
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Movie Review: Revenge of the Bridesmaids
“Revenge of the Bridesmaids” on IMDB
Comedy, 95 Minutes, 2010
This is a made-for-TV movie. I didn’t realize that at the beginning and probably wouldn’t have considered it if I’d known but my wife likes rom-coms (no matter how stupid) and I thought she’d like it. It looked a little off (I assume this was shot on video). It really started to dawn on me when about 30 minutes into the movie I hadn’t heard a single “shit” or “ass”.
