Latest movie reviews.
Jan 31
The story on this film is that while Joel and Ethan Coen were writing “Miller’s Crossing” (1990) they hit a massive case of writer’s block. To help them get past this they wrote this little film about a writer with writer’s block. It must have worked, because they resumed work on “Miller’s Crossing” and it …
Jan 28
If you know me at all, you may have noticed that I am an unabashed fan of the Coen brothers. So I was pretty excited to see their latest film, “True Grit” which is based on the Charles Portis novel of the same name. I just got back from the theatre and had to share …
Jan 27
Re-watching Martin Brest’s “Midnight Run” is a reminder of how talented the director was. Today his reputation is marred by the film “Gigli” (2003) starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, now considered one of the worst films ever made (and definitely worth a re-watch sometime this year). It seems hard for people to remember that …
Jan 25
I saw “Toy Story 3” twice in 3D at the cinema, reviewed it on the podcast Film Actually and listed it as one of my five favourite films of 2010, so I am not sure what more I can say about it here, but I’ll try anyway. My son and I pulled out the Blu-Ray …
Jan 23
Just got back from watching “Tangled”, Disney’s 50th animated film. The film is a re-telling of the classic fairytale Rapunzel in glorious computer animation. I was sceptical going into this film, I was worried that it would be schmaltzy and overly sweet which, with the exception of the Disney/Pixar films, is kind of a trademark …
Jan 21
Josh and I watched this tonight as a review film for an upcoming episode of the podcast Film Actually (episode 116), so for a full review listen to the show. These are just my first thoughts and impressions of the film. Darren Aronofsky doesn’t pull punches. “Requiem for a Dream” (2000), his film about drug …
