Archive for the 'Movie Reviews' Category
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for prepare Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
What a fucking terrible film.NOT!(Of course, that is a Borat in-joke; I would personally never tell a “not joke”.)It took me a expanded instance to get around to watching Borat, it must be said. But I had been reasonably interested since day one. I mean, I liked Ali G and other Sacha Baron Cohen cre…
Best Film Editing
This is a first on that site: a post that’s not a movie review (such as they are).I have written an article on Best Film Editing for the Large organization of Movie Blogs (LAMB).Why not go check it out?Cheers, and have a great weekend!Original post by * (asterisk)
Malèna
Giuseppe (Cinema Paradiso) Tornatore’s film Malèna is a paean to the beauty of the eponymous Sicilian woman, played by Monica Bellucci. As such, it is additionally an ode to La Bellucci.And that, my friends, is about all it is. Plot (such as it is): Malèna is the town sex bomb, turning heads where…
Million Dollar Baby
So, Million Dollar Baby was on TV the other night, and I figured I’d give it a go, being as it had won a few Oscars and all.Man, are you fucking shitting me?! What a lame-ass piece of fluff! I mean, come on, public: that is a Tuesday-afternoon disease-of-the-week picture with a bigger budget. It’s j…
Breakfast on Pluto
I had low expectations of Breakfast on Pluto — is that a common theme in my attitude towards movies?! — largely considering I find director Neil Jordan to be more miss than hit, but it had Cillian Murphy in it, and he has impressed me in a few films lately, so…All I knew was the following: trans…
Sheitan (aka Satan)
What drew me to Sheitan was knowing that it had Vincent Cassel in it. Cassel is a fine actor, and to be honest, I’ll watch nearly anything with him in (except Ocean’s Twelve, natch).I didn’t know what I was letting myself in for…The basic premise is slasher suitable. A few kids go off to a abandon…
Constantine
Back in the day, when I was a comic-store worker, I used to read Hellblazer. It was one of very few DC titles that I read, being more of a Marvel and Dark Horse fan. So when I first heard that a film was being made based on Hellblazer, I was daintily interested.Despite that interest, it has taken me…
