Sunday, December 30, 2007
Friday, December 28, 2007
I now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (* 1/2) HD-DVD
I caved in and finally got a HD-DVD player. Unfortnetly this was the first full length movie i watched on my new system. The video quality was pretty good, but i had some problems with audio syncing and buzzing. I updated the firmware which took a while, but it fixed the problem nd everything worked great. The movie was pretty bad. I excepted a gayier movie , but Adam Sandler and Kevin James chose to keep the material relevantly tame. I would not recommend this movie to anyone, but if there is one thing it has is a nice scene with Jessica beil in her underpants.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Hairspray (***) Blu-Ray
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Aliens VS Predator Requiem (* 1/2) In Theatres
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Blade Runner Final Cut (****) Blu-Ray
Monday, December 17, 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (*** 1/4) Blu-Ray
Saturday, November 10, 2007
The Shining (****) Blu-Ray
Friday, November 9, 2007
No Country for Old Men (****) In Theatres
The Coen bros are such interesting directors. They have made many neo noir movies and most of the their movies are throwbacks to the classic hollywood genres. This is there western film and boy did they nail it out of the park. I love the different guns in the film that are western staples. I really enjoyed how Sugar treated his wound and how the bounty hunters act throughout the film. This is my favorite movie of the year and maybe my favorite Coen Bros film.
Monday, November 5, 2007
Rashomon (***) In School
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Full Metal Jacket (****) Blu-Ray
Got two of the five Kubrick movies on Blu ray.(The other three are on fucking backorder...cock sucking Warner Bros) Awesome disc with a pretty cool doc and commentary on it. I watched the movie yesterday and i really feel this movie grows on you every time you watch it. Especially the ending. I love the Mickey Mouse song ending. The Blu ray transfer is good not great, but for an old movie it is a perfect upgrade to the DVD. If you have not seen this film watch it immediately. If you haven't leave me a comment I will burn you a copy.
Monday, October 29, 2007
28 Weeks Later (***) Blu-Ray
Wow!!! Not a bad sequel to a forgettable movie 28 days later. Maybe I need to watch the first one again, but I much prefer this film over the original. I like the gore and the acting was pretty cool. There are some nice visual elements and zombieness. Go see it Hopefully there is a third I would like to see how they would complete the trilogy.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Blood Diamond (*** 1/2) HD-TV
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Friday, October 26, 2007
Days of Heaven (*** 1/2) DVD
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
American Gangster (***) DVD
Ridley Scott is an interesting director and this is an interesting movie. It is such a mixture of many gangster films. Ridley has done so many different genres and this really does not feel like he made this. Which i think is a good thing. I wish this three hour movie was longer and you will probably feel the same way after viewing this. I do not want to comment on specifics of this film. I will say that is really is not the first picture of the year according to neither early reviews nor the black Scarface. It is more like a mixture of Zodiac and Serpico. Denzel is really pretty good in this film, but nothing extraordinary. I love the scene with the sugar. Crowe is also pretty good as well. I'm sure this movie is better than We own the Night and in some ways i liked it more than the Departed. When you guys see it let me know what yo
Friday, October 19, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Sunday, October 14, 2007
My Date With Drew (**) TV
I woke up early this morning and stumbled on the documentary. I kind of wanted to see it. Blockbuster always has a copy for like $2, but I never bought it. I thought the movie was cute, but seemed childish and very amateur. I couldn't make anything better, but i can't get Super Size me out of head when i watched it. If Super Size didn't exist it think I would apperate the style a little more. There were some cute ideas like faking a press pass or buy and camera and returning it 30 days later. Brian seems like the dorky film geek kid i don't want to work in
Twilight Zone: The Movie (*** 1/2) Blu-Ray
Finally available on Dvd/Blu Ray. It is actually in short supply on Blu Ray. I luckily found it. It looks great and it was a blast watching this film for the 100 time. I now have all of Spielberg’s movies on dvd/bluray.... yeah..... I love Joe Dante's segment it's my favorite followed by the last one. The monsters are awesome. Also, I forgot the credence’s
Friday, October 12, 2007
3:10 To Yuma (****) R5
Excellent film. I absolutely love the ending of this film. Russell Crowe and Christian Bale are again terrific as usual. Russell has elements of his character from Quick and the Dead which I thought was interesting. If I would complain about this film in any way was the first act was a little strange in pacing and development. It took a little bit to understand how the film was going to play out. Go see this or download this film immediately of the year’s bests. Also the blood and violence was also terrific.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Wyatt Earp (***) Blu-Ray
I think i like this movie more than
Monday, October 8, 2007
The Kid Stays in the Picture (****) In School
Deliver Us From Evil (****) DVD
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Delta Farce (Zero Stars) Blu-Ray
Friday, October 5, 2007
TekkonKinkreet (***) Blu-Ray
Monday, October 1, 2007
West Side Story (****) In School
Monday, September 24, 2007
My Darling Clementine (*** 1/2) In School
I never knew this film was about Wyatt Earp. Well it is not as good as
Friday, September 21, 2007
Deliverence (****) Blu-Ray
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Friday, August 31, 2007
Halloween 2007 (*** 1/2) DVD
I really enjoyed the movie. Rob Zombie is turning into a fine director. After Devil's Rejects and this film i would say he is no longer a joke. The work print version is drastically different than the theatrical edition. So download it now and check out how the studio can mess up a pretty fine film.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Out for Justice (* 1/2) Blu Ray
Thursday, July 26, 2007
The Simpsons Movie (*** 1/2) In Theatres
What can i say about a show that I've seen all 400 episodes at least twice and now a movie finally appears this year. The movie was meant for the fans that ditched the show years ago(those fucking idiots the show has never been better in my option). The movie, went back to the roots of the early Simpson days. Like season 2-6. I'm glad they writers did this. They made a movie that can stand the test of time, and not feel old after a decade or two. The
Can you imagine the numbers that this movie will make this weekend, and all of the fans that ditched the show over the years come crawling back to it next season! This show may last another 10 years if they do. This is what i wish for. 400 is a lot of time spend with the Simpsons, but my hope it still stays sharp for many years to come and reach 500 or even 730 episodes so we can have at least two years worth or Simpsons to watch. So go see it Many Many Many times. Bart's Penis.... The theory still stands!
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Rescue Dawn (*** 1/2) In Theatres
Werner Herzog's Remake of his own Documentary Little Dieter Needs to Fly.
Christian Bale(who is one of my favorite actors) was really effective in the role, but i enjoyed Jeremy Davis performance the most. The film has many great moments, i liked the dog, but if your looking for the better of the two films the doc blows it away. The last ten mins of the movie i hated, and the fact that the real life Dieter has a German accent and Bale didn't was a little disappointing.. I watched almost all of Herzog movies all 55 of them last year and this one is nowhere near his greatest work(some of my personal favorite Aguiree the Wrath of God, My Best Fiend, and Strosek), but it still brilliant and I'm glad he did the feature film and didn't get killed by another director. Go see this movie. Let me know what you think. And if you have seen
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Disturbia (** 1/4) Telesync
I enjoyed this film, but it seems like every teen horror film that comes out. Not to mention the whole Rear Window, simpsons episodeness of the film. Shia is good again, and I thought the first hour of him doing nothing around the house was pretty amusing. The movie felt apart during the end sequence, but it had is moments. I liked the creepy pit in the basement. Overall worth watching for the cheap thrill and the sexy next door neighbor.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Spielberg on Spielberg (*** 1/2) TV
TMC had a Documentary on Spielberg the other night directed written and produced by Richard Schiekel. It featured just Spielberg talking about his films with film clips etc.. No narration and on other outside interview etc. I highly recommend this doc to any Spielberg fan. Spielberg answered many question and themes shown throughout his films. My favorite scene was him telling the audience how the ending of A.I. was Kubrick and not his, and he gets alot a heat from it. Spielberg is one of the greatest filmmaker alive and my personal favorite. I only wish during the Documentary that he apologized for Lost World.
Bring on Indy.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (*** 1/4) In Theatres
I really enjoyed this dark chapter in Harry life. The style felt fresh along with the music and characters but not enough to make it feel too different. The cast is huge in this film, and they all get some decent screen time. Gary Oldman is the man, and one of my favorite actors so that is added plus. There is plenty of really fun moments and cool montages throughout the film. I especially like the one with Azkaban prison. The dark feel of the first 30 mins was really creepy and nice to see they didn't ruin it with some kiddy lines and slap stick. There was only one bad line in the film. The line that was "you gotta hand it to Dumbeldore he goes out in style" was pretty poor. I Also enjoyed, Harry teaching defense sequences. The battle at the end was I can't wait to watch in IMAX 3D. I love the sugar coated ending, when we the audience's know there is more battles to be fought. Overall this is my second favorite Potter. Number three is my favorite. This is easily one of the best movies of the summer. I can't wait until next fall when Half Blood Prince comes out and not upset that David Yates is directing it. What did you think?
Monday, July 9, 2007
Arthur and the Invisibles (** 1/2) DVD
Flushed Away (***) DVD
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Music and Lyrics (** 1/2) Blu-Ray
If.. (****) DVD
I've been wanting to watch this film for the last 10 years, Sadly it has not been available until two weeks ago when it arrived on a glorious Criterion two disc DVD. Malcolm McDowell pre Clockwork Orange (Which of course is my favorite movie) is brilliant. The transfer on this almost 40 year old film is one of the best i have ever seen. The movies themes are very interesting to watch based on the numerous school shooting that have occurred over the last few years. This movie deals with motif a little better than Gus Van Sant's Elephant, even though the movie are very different i can not help see the similarities in the two films. Do yourself a favor and check out Malcolm in this film. This film, Clockwork, and Caligula are classic McDowell in great form as usual. Next up for me is maybe try to finally watch Time after Time another film that has been on my list for some time. Let's hope Criterion puts out the two sequels O Lucky Man! and
Monday, July 2, 2007
Transformers (**) In Theatres
** Story ...The script was so bad.
**** effects but without a good story this movie is an average ** The movie is a tough one to shallow but maybe after another home viewing it may grow on me. Who knows?
I liked the first 30 mins and the last 30 mins. Shia was good and he will make a good Indiana Jones character i think other than that i really didn't care much about this film. There was a few wow shots, but nothing groundbreaking.
The B story was horrible with Anthony Anderson it was so pointless. Frenzy was stupid.
There is a fucking Mountain Dew Transformer.....
The transformers pee.. I just don't get it.
Why did hugo weaving due the voice of Meagtron they just added effects to it? Seems pointless not to use Frank Welker.
I can't wait for Transformers 2 maybe without the character development and such it will have a better story. Get rid of the humans and focus on the robots.
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Ratatouille (*** 1/2) At the Drive In
I still think Monsters Inc. is Pixar's Masterpiece. I sure people will argue with that, but this movie is very well done. It seems like it needs a second viewing to sink in all the cartoon details and story elements. It's really an adult film. Like Iron Giant and Incredibles. Brad Bird really seems like he does what he wants and doesn't throwing any unnecessary kiddy elements. This is one of pixar's finest and a vast improvement over Cars which was pretty weak. Go see it right away you will not be disappointed.