Since it’s so much easier and more fun to write about bad movies, I was almost not going to say anything at all about this one – there’s simply nothing wrong with it. A quirky, irreverent feel-good-drama if there ever was one, this movie does it just right. From the incredible Nicholson and Hunt performances […]
Read MoreThis movie was recommended to me by my video clerk, and I will now do my utmost to get him fired. It is a terrible movie. And I’m not even talking about the terrible script, terrible direction, terrible acting – pretty bad editing too. What’s wrong with? God, where to start. Okay, let’s start with […]
Read MoreThough I would prefer to write a more extensive review of this bad, bad movie, it has made so little impression on me that even now, five minutes after the dvd ended, I remember hardly anything about it. Except, of course, how bad it is. Admittedly, they started out with a terrible script, and that […]
Read MoreNow there’s been enough said about the embarassing quality of this movie, so I will refrain from thrashing it some more (except to state that it is, in fact, a terrible, terrible movie). Instead I’d like to focus on whatever it is that Matthew Broderick thinks he is doing all through the entire 140 minutes […]
Read MoreOn the strength of trailers and a glowing review by an action-lover friend of mine, I rented this movie only to find that I was left with one question after watching: Why? Once upon a time there was a tv series called The Fugitive. Then a marvelous action movie was made of it starring Harrison […]
Read MoreI guess we had to have this part. With The Matrix an excellent, exceptional prologue to the trilogy, and the Revolutions promising to be a worthy epilogue, it is perhaps sad that Reloaded is such a plain movie. Admittedly, there are a series of very well-executed special effects in the movie. The fighting is great, […]
Read MoreWhen I saw The Man in the Iron Mask through to the end, I thought I’d reached the depth of cinematic embarassment. Color of Night, amazingly, is worse. In this straight-to-trashcan production by Alan Smithee wannabe Rush, Bruce Willis and Jane March co-star in what was probably intended as a psychological thriller, but turned out […]
Read MoreHere’s a well-made war story, nicely shot and well-acted. The portraying of the Italian and German occupancy of Greek island Kefalonia is well-done. John Hurt as Pelagia’s father and the island doctor is superb, Nicolas Cage does a good job as the Captain from the title, Penelope Cruz does a good job of being beautiful […]
Read MoreA word to the wise – stay away from this film!!! If you’ve seen any of Lars von Trier’s work (I hadn’t), and based on what you’ve seen you decide to watch Dancer in the Dark, DON’T! It is horrible, depressing, sad, unhappy movie with an ending that makes Sommersby look like a comedy, and […]
Read MoreIt is always nice to see that some people know how to cast Ashley Judd. While she doesn’t actually know how to act, she does very well in this predictable thriller. Don’t expect too many surprises, but the movie is entertaining enough. Tommy Lee Jones is great as ever, and with Judd in place, the […]
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