The Visitor
Grade: C+ (Rent it)
Review: The movie is a simple human drama. Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins) a professor in Connecticut living through a boring and fake life. On a work visit to his NYC apartment he "meets" an immigrant couple full of life and no money (life's a bitch). This unconventional friendship inspires Walter for a life reform, pursuit of happiness, and quest for justice. Good acting (great performance by Jenkins), but normal peoples life is a little boring.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Race to Witch Mountain (2009)
Race to Witch Mountain
Grade: C (Rent it)
Review: Decent kids/family movie. Few funny lines, few matrix effects, alien robot killer, bad government agents, chase for "treasure" and voila your Disney family movie.
Grade: C (Rent it)
Review: Decent kids/family movie. Few funny lines, few matrix effects, alien robot killer, bad government agents, chase for "treasure" and voila your Disney family movie.
Knowing (2009)
Knowing
Grade: C (Rent it)
Review: Good premises with poor execution. A strong start is taken through a storyline that gets predictable, boring and filled with dooms day cliches. The movie has some nice suspense moments and special effects but I left disappointed and not really caring about characters (one of the main characters dies; and the rest of characters - unnaturally - seem not to care much either). Religious connotations are forced and make the move more predictable and even more boring.
Grade: C (Rent it)
Review: Good premises with poor execution. A strong start is taken through a storyline that gets predictable, boring and filled with dooms day cliches. The movie has some nice suspense moments and special effects but I left disappointed and not really caring about characters (one of the main characters dies; and the rest of characters - unnaturally - seem not to care much either). Religious connotations are forced and make the move more predictable and even more boring.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Watchmen (2009)
Watchmen
Grade: B- (Watch it)
Review: A comic fan will like this R rated blockbuster: violence, sex, superpowers, special effects (what's not to like). If not a comic fan you'll find the story outdated with too many characters that you end up not caring about. Overall entertaining.
Grade: B- (Watch it)
Review: A comic fan will like this R rated blockbuster: violence, sex, superpowers, special effects (what's not to like). If not a comic fan you'll find the story outdated with too many characters that you end up not caring about. Overall entertaining.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
Grade: B- (Watch it)
Review: Funny weird teen movie. After success of Napoleon Dynamite a lot of poor imitators but this one is funny.
Grade: B- (Watch it)
Review: Funny weird teen movie. After success of Napoleon Dynamite a lot of poor imitators but this one is funny.
Sex Drive (2008)
The Reader (2008)
The Reader
Grade: B- (Watch it)
Review: Kate Winslet's acting saved this movie. The script adaptation of this powerful material is out of the ordinary but little unsatisfying. Worth watching.
Grade: B- (Watch it)
Review: Kate Winslet's acting saved this movie. The script adaptation of this powerful material is out of the ordinary but little unsatisfying. Worth watching.
The Haunting of Molly Hartley (2008)
The Haunting of Molly Hartley
Grade: D- (Skip it)
Review: Sitcom actors with bad story = terrible movie.
Grade: D- (Skip it)
Review: Sitcom actors with bad story = terrible movie.
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