Archives for the 'film' Category
Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
Since I’ve been out of the Navy, I’ve picked up a certain reverance and curiosity for what Tom Brokaw dubbed “The Greatest Nation”. That being said, I read the book this movie is based on back in 2002 and then RE-read it about a year ago. Yes, it IS that good.
What I find appealing about […]
the one about…the movies
Watched 2 movies yesterday; Flags of Our Fathers and Marathon Man…
Hope to get a review or two up in the next few days…We’ll see…
Click (2006)
It’s very difficult to write this review. I really, truly enjoyed the movie. Let’s get THAT out of the way. Bottom line is that YES I did enjoy the movie. I even was choked up in several places. As far as emotions go, this movie did a great job of tugging on the strings when […]
Dreamcatcher (2003)
I have a really hard time being objective when it comes to a genre or a movie that I love. I have two reasons for announcing that; one is to let you know that these reviews are definitely NOT the work of a professional and another reason is to keep my points objective in this […]
Signs (2002)
I have to be honest here. I really don’t care much for M Night Shyamalan’s movies. I hated The Sixth Sense with a passion (I thought that Stir Of Echoes was a better film, around that same time), and was even more angry at Unbreakable. Both of those movies were completely overrated, in my opinion. […]
Super Troopers (2001)
As my wife and I were nearing sweet delirious sleep last night, I was perusing the trailers available for watching on our DVR and came across “Beerfest”. So is this review about Beerfest? Nope. But it IS about the comedy team who created that one. Yes they made “Club Dread”, which was pretty bad in […]
Hard Candy (2005)
Never one to shy away from “uncomfortable” subject matter, I added this to our Blockbuster online qeue a month or so back.
Billed as a “drama/thriller”, the film centers around a young 14 year old girl named Hailey and the man, Jeff, she has been talking to online. A professional photographer, they set up an appointment […]
Battlefield Earth (2000)
This is the sort of movie that critics LIVE for, I really think. I’d heard that this was a definite stinker, but I’d never actually seen it myself. Until now. I am now in the club of people who can say they sat thru this “film”.
If you’re in the mood for a muddled plot […]
Derailed (2005)
In the interests of not violating any possible copyrights, I went out and googled the term “when bad movies happen to good actors” before I started into this. I really thought I was onto something with the term. I mean, I actually chuckled to myself and thought “boy I can’t wait to put THAT in […]
Vanilla Sky (2001)
Cameron Crowe is, by far, one of my favorite writer/directors. He creates characters that, to me, feel like “real” people. Although his screenplays are full of witty banter, he also gives said characters alot of dialogue that we the moviegoers can relate to. I like that quite a bit. I think that this associating with […]