Blindness

Going to see X-Piles wasn’t a complete waste of time.  Well, the 100 minutes of tense music, enthusiastic Mulder and perpetually skeptical Scully was a waste of time, but the trailers before hand provided some very interesting prospects for the near future.  Of which the most promising is Blindness. This movie seems to have everything going for it.  Literally, everything.  It’s directed by Fernando Meirelles.  The man we can thank for the near perfect City of... Read More

X-Piles – I Just Didn’t Believe

It’s hard to review a film you completely didn’t care about in the first place.  I never watched the TV series, and I think I caught about 85% of the first film on TBS.  If truth be told, I only watched this movie because I had a short window of time that needed to be filled and neither Mamma Mia! nor Space Chimps had times that fit my schedule. Director Chis Carter brings us this second feature length installment in the X-Files (and hopefully the final chapter?). ... Read More

Tuesday Meme…Films

This is NOT a MySpace survey, or anything similar. This is simply a number of questions that will help you understand my movie choices and reviews. Any resemblance to a networking website chain-mail survey is purely coincidental. Name a movie you’ve been meaning to see forever: The Graduate is definitely one I’ve been meaning to check out. But I’m always attracted to the the outer wall at Blockbuster with all the seductive new releases…I’m also working... Read More

The Dark Knight

There’s not really much left to say about ‘The Dark Knight.’  It was a fantastic film.  But everybody knows that.  One visit to TDK Rottentomatoes page will reveal critic after critic falling all over themselves to praise this film almost to no end, calling it a classic, comparing it to Scorsese’s ‘The Departed, and De Palma’s ‘The Untouchables,’ and giving it Oscar buzz like the year was already over and we already knew what... Read More

Hancock…

Now, I know a lot of people really like Will Smith. Who wouldn’t, with mega rap hits like ‘Gettin’ Jiggy Wit It,’ and fan pleasing blockbusters like ’MIB 2.’ But it seems to me that he has a bit of a Messiah complex. And his big studio cronies will pretty much do whatever he wants because a movie starring Will Smith has like, a 50% percent chance of being in the top 100 high grossing films ever (see: I Am Legend, Men in Black, Independence Day, etc., etc.). Hancock... Read More

WALL-E

God knows I really wish I remember watching this film.  As it were, I can’t remember very well since I had just had surgery and was enjoying (perhaps a little too much) my oxycodone prescription when I saw ‘WALL-E.’ Maybe it’s for the best as I’m usually a naysayer when it comes to animated films.  I didn’t so much enjoy ‘Toy Story’ or ‘Monsters Inc.’ I did like ‘The Incredibles’ a whole lot.  That movie... Read More

From the Library: Enduring Love

Occasionally I will be reviewing films from my DVD library. This–is the first. ‘Enduring Love’ is one of those movies that will stay with you long after the credits finish rolling. This is in large part thanks, no doubt, to Ian McEwan, the author of the book from which this film is adapted. Anyone familiar with McEwan’s work recognizes the power of his written word. His book ‘Atonement’ also inspired the 2007 Oscar contender. Scriptwriter Joe... Read More

The Visitor

It’s difficult to summarize ‘The Visitor.’ When you say it’s about a lonely college professor learning to play the drums, it sounds like lame. When you say it’s about immigrants and their plight, it sounds lame. Yet ‘The Visitor’ is anything but lame. This film is written and directed by ‘The Wire’s’ Thomas McCarthy, and despite his inexperience in directing, this film will move you. The story follows widow Professor... Read More

My Blueberry Nights

Released today on DVD is the film, ‘My Blueberry Nights.’ This is the first feature length English-feature film of Chinese director Kar Wai Wong. The film begins by quickly introducing us to Elizabeth (Norah Jones), our quiet, soul-searching protagonist and her cheating boyfriend. Jaded by the city that served as the backdrop of her boyfriend’s betrayal, she leaves on a country-wide journey searching for…well, that’s not really clear (and not really... Read More