It takes too long to realize it's a farce, and the main actress is just all wrong, but it becomes the right thing in the end.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1862079/
Monday, December 31, 2012
Arbitrage
I think the moral of this story is that everybody sucks. And everybody's more complicated than that.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1764183/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1764183/
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Lawless
Bored, boring, bored, bored, bored. Oh, and also, who cares?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1212450/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1212450/
Doctor Who: Season 19
That last episode seems to have been a very expensive advertisement for the Concorde.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056751/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056751/
ParaNorman
This opened the middle of August? What, Focus Features couldn't compete for a Halloween opening?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1623288/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1623288/
Friday, December 28, 2012
Game of Thrones: Season 1
For someone who has read the books, this alternates between redundant and intriguing.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Premium Rush
I'm sure they got the bike messenger culture correct, unfortunately otherwise it's standard fare.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1547234/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1547234/
Saturday, December 22, 2012
People Like Us
From the screenwriter of Cowboys & Aliens. I would like to see the process behind both films to see how this one succeeded and that one tanked.
A League of Their Own
(Rewatch.) Besides the no-crying-in-baseball quote, the "it's supposed to be hard" speech is something we often forget to attribute to Marshall/Hanks.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104694/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104694/
Friday, December 21, 2012
Mixed Nuts
All comedies should have Madeline Kahn stuck in an elevator.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110538/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110538/
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
I really want to say that Andy Serkis is worth the 2.75 hour wait, but I just... can't.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903624/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903624/
Monday, December 17, 2012
Restless (mini-series)
Now why would the author, who wrote the screenplay, add something to the movie that makes his protagonist more, well, evil?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2241676/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2241676/
The Amazing Cynicalman
This is a hoot, especially if you've visited Hamtramck.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2366153/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2366153/
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Doctor Who (new): Season 7, Part 1
More dinosaurs on a spaceship, please. Or, actually, more of that writer, please.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436992/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436992/
To Live
Not to be flippant, but this resonates as a Japanese "It's a Wonderful Life."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044741/ (Original title: Ikiru)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044741/ (Original title: Ikiru)
Friday, December 7, 2012
Doctor Who: Season 18
Bye-bye, Mr. Baker. You were getting a little too weird by the end.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056751/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056751/
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
I was pretty sure that nothing could be catchier than I Like to Move It. Damn you, Chris Rock.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1277953/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1277953/
Weekend
If A.O. Scott says this is one of the best films of 2011, will you see it? You really should.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1714210/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1714210/
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Arthur Christmas
The Christmas spirit is alive and well at Sony/Aardman/Columbia.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1430607/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1430607/
Upstairs Downstairs (2010): Season 2
And the further trouble with this series is that they are simply jumping on the period-drama bandwagon without forethought.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1782352/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1782352/
Sunday, December 2, 2012
The Expendables 2
Those aren't movie homages, those are tired old cliches. (Plus, Rotten Tomatoes? You sucked on this recommendation.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1764651/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1764651/
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Men in Black 3
You know I love any movie with a rocket launch.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1409024/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1409024/
Prometheus
Never. Never is there a sci-fi film where the scientists simply make mistakes, instead of being utter idiots (and not scientists at all).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1446714/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1446714/
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