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(Marco Chacon) 09/14/2009 1:53 PM EDT Some day we are going to run out of number-names for movies. We have recently seen 300. I remember Ten. If you accept articles, the "The One" probably counts. If we let in dates, then Ridley Scott's 1492 might count (although they added 'Conquest of Paradise'). We all saw Seven. There was a movie named Thirteen.&n... Read More |
 
(Nathan M Rose) 09/07/2009 8:17 PM EDT Gamer is one of those movies that you either love or hate. Online gaming takes on new meaning in a futuristic world. In that world, players at home can direct convicts to do their bidding in a wickedly violent, multiplayer competition, and death-row inmate Kable (Gerard Butler) has no choice but to play. As millions satisfy their ... Read More |
 
(Marco Chacon) 08/24/2009 8:09 PM EDT Quentin Tarantino may be the only guy I can think of to have created his own genre. When you say it is a Quentin Tarantino movie, people pretty much know what you are talking about. That, by itself, is a hell of an achievement. Of course, his achievements in film, the influential Reservoir Dogs, the even more influential, Pulp Fic... Read More |
(Roger Longenbach) 08/23/2009 11:25 AM EDT One of my biggest complaints with Hollywood in the last decade has been the lack of new ideas. More and more we're seeing remakes of classic movies -most of the time they're not that great, but in some cases they are. Because of this, it seems some of my most favorite movies have been the "independent" films. Shorts is one ... Read More |
(Marco Chacon) 08/16/2009 8:03 PM EDT In 1966, the apartheid government forcibly relocated 60,000 people from District 6 in Cape Town. Today we see a science fiction analogue of that in the 2009 movie District 9 by Neill Blomkamp. Apparently, Neill got the support of Peter Jackson when negotiations for a movie version of Halo fell through. Neill had done a film short about ... Read More |
(Roger Longenbach) 08/16/2009 11:28 AM EDT It's not very often that Hollywood can make TWO different books into ONE movie, but perhaps they found the perfect vehicle to try it. Julie & Julia is based on the book which is also its' namesake, and "My Life in France" by Julia Childs. The latter being an autobiography of Julia Childs life, and the former being a book abo... Read More |
(Roger Longenbach) 08/07/2009 12:27 PM EDT I had been worried about this film ever since reading in the trades about how early word of mouth was horrible, and that Paramount had put an embargo on pre-release screening by critics. At the same time however, Paramount did show it to a select few, and screened it for our nation's military at Andrews AFB. Reports from those showings se... Read More |
(Roger Longenbach) 07/25/2009 10:34 AM EDT Disney has decided that 3-D is the future of motion pictures at your local cinema, and with the exception of the "extra fee for 3-D", they may be right. While the current version of 3-D technology (instead of the red/blue 3-D from the 1950s) got kickstarted by the short films in the Disney theme parks (such as Captain EO, Honey I Shr... Read More |
 
(Roger Longenbach) 07/16/2009 8:56 AM EDT I don't know if it's just my luck, or just the quality of movies this summer, but this movie is another hard one to judge. If you're a fan of the books, or have followed the previous 5 movies and want to continue the story, you're going to see this movie even if I tell you to not waste your time. So, let's get down to business to see what I th... Read More |
(Marco Chacon) 07/09/2009 2:21 PM EDT "It is easy to shoot an art movie in a winery in the South of France. But people have no idea how hard it is to create something like Transformers. They (the critics) review me before they have even seen the movie."-- Michael BayThe real question is, "What was Michael Bay thinking"? Did he sincerely believe tha... Read More |