Solitary Man
Grade: B (Watch it)
Review: This is a nice drama/comedy. Michael Douglas does a good job playing Ben a once successful dealership owner. Some of the cast is better than others. Movie had the potential to be great if it explored little more the sentimental side of the character relationships; it rather stays superficial resulting in impersonal conclusion.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
City Island (2009)
City Island
Grade: A- (Watch it)
Review: Astonishing! Warm, funny and sad movie about a dysfunctional family with secrets. Innocent yet serious social drama. No special effects, no big budget blockbuster, but I guarantee it that it will make you laugh and move you at the same time. Even some of the hyperbolic dialogues seem natural.
Grade: A- (Watch it)
Review: Astonishing! Warm, funny and sad movie about a dysfunctional family with secrets. Innocent yet serious social drama. No special effects, no big budget blockbuster, but I guarantee it that it will make you laugh and move you at the same time. Even some of the hyperbolic dialogues seem natural.
Monday, September 6, 2010
The Expendables (2010)
The Expendables
Grade: B- (Watch it)
Review: The Expendables is a good old style guilty fun action movie. A bunch of tough guys go out and kick some bad guys ass. What's not to like?!
Grade: B- (Watch it)
Review: The Expendables is a good old style guilty fun action movie. A bunch of tough guys go out and kick some bad guys ass. What's not to like?!
Salt (2010)
Salt
Grade: B (Watch it)
Review: A well done spy thriller. From the first minute this movie is full of good action. Movie keeps the adrenaline high till the end. Very entertaining.
Grade: B (Watch it)
Review: A well done spy thriller. From the first minute this movie is full of good action. Movie keeps the adrenaline high till the end. Very entertaining.
Harry Brown (2010)
Harry Brown
Grade: C (Rent it)
Review: I'm a sucker for vigilante movies but this was not that good.
Grade: C (Rent it)
Review: I'm a sucker for vigilante movies but this was not that good.
The Art of the Steal (2010)
The Art of the Steal
Grade: B- (Watch it)
Review: Fascinating documentary about the destiny of Albert C. Barnes's more than $25 billion private art collection (that among others includes 181 Renoirs, 69 Cézannes, 60 Matisses, 44 Picassos, and 14 Modiglianis). Movie explores the power plays of Pennsylvania political establishment and other power-brokers in the effort of breaking Albert C. Barnes's will.
Grade: B- (Watch it)
Review: Fascinating documentary about the destiny of Albert C. Barnes's more than $25 billion private art collection (that among others includes 181 Renoirs, 69 Cézannes, 60 Matisses, 44 Picassos, and 14 Modiglianis). Movie explores the power plays of Pennsylvania political establishment and other power-brokers in the effort of breaking Albert C. Barnes's will.
Death at a Funeral (2010)
Death at a Funeral
Grade: D+ (Skip it)
Review: Major comedy giants try hard to make another funny movie about a funeral but unfortunately they fail. The movie and its jokes are predictable. On top of being unoriginal it delivers very few laughs.
Grade: D+ (Skip it)
Review: Major comedy giants try hard to make another funny movie about a funeral but unfortunately they fail. The movie and its jokes are predictable. On top of being unoriginal it delivers very few laughs.
Inception (2010)
Inception
Grade: B (Watch it)
Review: Original idea, great special effects, good cast, good directing equals good movie. Movie explores Existentialism in original manor but comparison with Matrix is inevitable. While Inception is not as good as Matrix it is still an astounding work of art.
Grade: B (Watch it)
Review: Original idea, great special effects, good cast, good directing equals good movie. Movie explores Existentialism in original manor but comparison with Matrix is inevitable. While Inception is not as good as Matrix it is still an astounding work of art.
The Losers (2010)
The Losers
Grade: C+ (Rent it)
Review: Zoe Saldana is hot (had to be said). Surprisingly it was fun action movie to watch. Simple action with straightforward story.
Grade: C+ (Rent it)
Review: Zoe Saldana is hot (had to be said). Surprisingly it was fun action movie to watch. Simple action with straightforward story.
Splice (2010)
Splice
Grade: D- (Skip it)
Review: Another debacle of Adrien Brody. The interesting ethical problem of inter-specie cloning is reduced to an unwatchable movie.
Grade: D- (Skip it)
Review: Another debacle of Adrien Brody. The interesting ethical problem of inter-specie cloning is reduced to an unwatchable movie.
Predators (2010)
Predators
Grade: D- (Skip it)
Review: I'm a big fan of the franchise but this was truly awful. Story doesn't stay faithful to other movies. Poor acting by everyone (Adrien Brody sucks). Movie starts with promising premise, but it turns into an hour and a half running sequence that we are to believe some humans can rival Predators (even Arnold couldn't measure up to them :-))
Grade: D- (Skip it)
Review: I'm a big fan of the franchise but this was truly awful. Story doesn't stay faithful to other movies. Poor acting by everyone (Adrien Brody sucks). Movie starts with promising premise, but it turns into an hour and a half running sequence that we are to believe some humans can rival Predators (even Arnold couldn't measure up to them :-))
Grown Ups (2010)
Grown Ups
Grade: D+ (Skip it)
Review: Not funny. It seems that Adam Sandler might need to sell few more things to the devil to get his mojo back.
Grade: D+ (Skip it)
Review: Not funny. It seems that Adam Sandler might need to sell few more things to the devil to get his mojo back.
Greenberg (2010)
Greenberg
Grade: D+ (Skip it)
Review: Way overrated by critics. Attempts to be a dark comedy but it only succeeds to be dark and boring.
Grade: D+ (Skip it)
Review: Way overrated by critics. Attempts to be a dark comedy but it only succeeds to be dark and boring.
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