Archive for the 'Movie Reviews' Category
Hoping to resume normal service
… soon! Got lots of movies to catch up on. Thanks for checking in.Original post by DTW
The Departed
This has been a enlarged date coming… Back in 2003, I guess, I heard a lot of buzz about a film that was about to revitalize the Hong Kong movie scene, which had been flagging after a flurry of interest in its “heroic bloodshed” genre in the early 90s, thanks largely to much name-checking from the…
The Punisher
I watched that on TV about three nights ago, and until I saw it on my list of films to review just now, I’d forgotten I’d seen it. So, totally forgettable, I guess. Points: 16 out of 100Original post by * (asterisk)
The Punisher (2004)
I watched that on TV about three nights ago, and until I saw it on my list of films to review just now, I’d forgotten I’d seen it. So, totally forgettable, I guess. Points: 16 out of 100Original post by * (asterisk)
Come and See
A few months ago, I went through a few days of watching war movies. It wasn’t intentional as such, but the cards just happened to fall that way. One of those films was the 1985 Russian WWII film Come and See (Idi i Smotri).I’d seen a clip of that movie in a documentary about war films some months e…
Once
Apt name. You wouldn’t want to watch it more than … once. Lawdy, what a bore. It’s basically like a promo video for an album that you wouldn’t want to buy, with a few little dialogue bits thrown in. She was kind of appealing; he was a dick. And those songs… So, so dull. I got nothing more to say…
Mamma Mia!
How do I follow my review of California Dreamin’, which was better than any other film I’ve seen in the past couple of years? How? By reviewing Mamma Mia!, that’s how. From the sublime to the ridiculous.Mamma Mia!’s paper-thin plot revolves around the looming wedding of Sophie, the daughter of loner…












