It’s like: any great epic without the dire plotpoints and multi-millionaire dollar production costs…it’s a documentary without the boring narration…it’s that movie where you nod your head and say, “That’s why he won the Oscar…” Stars you’d know: Sean Penn, James Franco, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin Synopsis:The story of Harvey Milk and his rise to […]
It’s like: The Da Vinci Code meets Indiana Jones, but instead of archegology, it’s a study in Italian art history. Stars you’d know: Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor Synopsis: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Hanks) works to solve murders and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican. Having read the book the days before seeing this, I […]
It’s like: Cool Runnings (remember that movie!), except instead of Jamacian bobsledders, it’s underachieving wine makers, and instead of the Olympics, it’s a French wine competition. And it’s set in Napa Valley in 1976. Star you’d know: Alan Rickman (Love Actually), Bill Pullman, Freddy Rodriguez (Ugly Betty’s Gio), Dennis Farina (Law and Order & Chicagoan!) […]
It’s like: Star Trek with a Jerry Bruckheimer’s “blow up stuff” budget Stars you’d know: Leonard Nimoy (original Spock), Winona Ryder, Eric Bana (The Other Boleyn Girl), Zachary Quinto (Heroes’ resident serial killer, Sylar) Who you’ll soon know: Chris Pine Synopsis: You learn how James T. Kirk became the most notorious captain of the USS […]
It’s like : every other romantic comedy where complete opposites meet in completely different worlds, only to fall madly in love with one another. It’s trite. Go figure. Stars you’d know: Renee Zellweger (looking particularly old), Harry Connick Jr. (looking particularly haggard), and The Closer’s J.K. Simmons (talking particularly un-Chief Pope like) Synopsis: If you […]
1. Yes, the poster says it all. Somewhere in the Northern Suburbs, John Hughes is throwing up in his mouth. 2. An Elvis impersonator father pressuring his son into winning a basketball scholarship, that Notre Dame father who pressured all his kids into his Alma mater, a manic depressant mother who forces her daughter to […]
1. Having read the book, it stayed very true to it. 2. Kristin Stewart was a little too awkward for me, I would have loved to see what Rachel Evan Wood would have done with the role…however, I can live with Stewart as long as Robert Pattinson stays on as the vulnerable, chivalrous vampire Edward…what […]
1. For someone who didn’t know who Mickey Rourke was or did, I thought he was excellent as a washed-up wrestler trying to make amends. 2. Marisa Tomei, whom I don’t particularly like as an actor, was believable and carried herself well in what could have been a one-dimensional role as a stripper. 3. As […]
1. A complicated story of 2 hitmen who are forced to hide out in Bruges, Belgium, after a particularly stressful hit. Themes include mortality, depression, and first (and last) impressions. 2. Colin Farrell is hilarious and poignant. Totally deserved the golden globe. 3. A midget, coke addict, guns, violence, and a beautiful, yet eerie backdrop […]
I’ve decided that since everyone has a short attention span (myself included), I am going to start writing movie and tv reviews in 5 sentences or less. That way people might actually read my blog all the way through, and it will force me, as a writer, to be succinct. Which is something I never […]