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The Hurt Locker Kills Avatar
Posted on March 8, 2010 | No CommentsSuddenly a sigh of relief knowing that the people running the Academy Awards still know what good films are. Don’t get me wrong, Avatar was a great film and certainly deserved the awards that it won, but The Hurt Locker was quite simply a better... -
Movie Review – A Single Man (2009)
Posted on March 5, 2010 | No CommentsLooking for an awesome performance from Colin Firth; well, then look no further. Sure, he may be playing a character that is a little harder to like than some (he is no hero here), but if you are looking for great acting from an actor... -
Movie Review – The Lovely Bones (2009)
Posted on February 12, 2010 | No CommentsOften visually stunning, rarely emotionally stimulating. Maybe it was the fact that the entire movie was in the previews or maybe it was Peter Jackson’s sleepy directing. If there is anything I never thought I would say about Jackson’s directing it would be just that,... -
Movie Review – Crazy Heart (2009)
Posted on February 6, 2010 | No CommentsJeff Bridges. Awesome. I have always been a fan, but Crazy Heart takes Bridges’ acting to a whole new level. There were Golden Globe rumblings and there are Oscar rumblings and rightfully so. Crazy Heart proves that sometimes the most realistic and honest story is... -
Movie Review – Invictus (2009)
Posted on January 21, 2010 | 3 CommentsInvictus is a movie that looked really good from the previews and being a Clint Eastwood film and all I had high hopes for, but did it really live up to those expectations. In short, no, but it was a very good film none the... -
Movie Review – The Princess and the Frog (2009)
Posted on January 9, 2010 | No CommentsIt is less often that I review family animated movies, but they are often finding my DVD player these days. The Princess and the Frog is a great Disney movie to remind us what animated movies used to be like. It is rare to find... -
Movie Review – Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Posted on January 6, 2010 | No CommentsGuy Ritchie’s new film Sherlock Holmes takes us on a whole new adventure with the well known character. I have heard that this one does not follow any of the normal stories, but even if I had read the stories I think something new and... -
Movie Review – Terminator Salvation (2009)
Posted on December 30, 2009 | No CommentsTerminator Salvation sure doesn’t bring us back to the good old days, but who really expected it to after Terminator 3. To be honest though, Terminator Salvation more than lived up to my expectations; it always helps if you set those really low going into... -
Movie Review – Nine (2009)
Posted on December 26, 2009 | No CommentsNine was a waste of perfectly good Daniel Day-Lewis. It would seem that Rob Marshall thought he could somehow recreate the magic of La Dolce Vita or another great Italian film from the 60s and then mesh it with some off beat modern musical. The... -
Movie Review – Avatar IMAX 3D (2009)
Posted on December 18, 2009 | 1 CommentSo, does Avatar live up to all of the hype? James Cameron has put so much time and money (estimated $230 million budget) into Avatar that it sure would be shame if it didn’t. This is the first feature film Cameron has written since Titanic,...
