Movie / Film Reviews

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The Day the Earth Stood Still

Marco Chacon | Dec 21, 2008

When making a remake there are usually a few options. From what I understand, Gus Van Sant's, Psycho, was almost shot-for-shot. We have also seen general updates (Ocean's 11 or The Italian...

Full Review | Grade: C

Transporter 3

Marco Chacon | Dec 04, 2008

Although you have to judge a movie by its pedigree, there also has to be a line at which you stop. Thrillers need to at least have moderately smart plots; action needs to actually be exciting, and so...

Full Review | Grade: C

Bolt

Marco Chacon | Dec 01, 2008

Kid's movies walk a fine line; they have to keep children entertained, so they require a story that is very basic, drama that is extremely explicit and "universal" (and not 'adult'), and the...

Full Review | Grade: B

Quantum of Solace

Marco Chacon | Nov 28, 2008

EON Productions is methodically remaking the Bond franchise. Starting with Casino Royale, they moved it more along the Bourne axis into gritty action and away from the suave super-spy that Roger...

Full Review | Grade: B

Twilight

Marco Chacon | Nov 23, 2008

In judging a movie, you have to make allownaces for the type of movie it is. If it is derived from a much beloved book, that is one thing. If it's a high school flick, that is anothe...

Full Review | Grade: B

Zack and Miri Make A Porno

Nathan M Rose | Nov 05, 2008

Kevin Smith, one the most creative comedic directors of modern cinema, is at it again with his latest film, "Zack and Miri Make A Porno" -- the story of two friends (Seth Rogan and Elizabeth...

Full Review | Grade: B

Pride and Glory

Marco Chacon | Oct 31, 2008

The police-drama, as an art-form, usually centers on family and betrayal. The world of a police officer is a pressure cooker of low wages, an absolute code of honor, and danger. The occupa...

Full Review | Grade: B

Max Payne

Marco Chacon | Oct 20, 2008

I fall in the dead-center category of the target market for this film. I was a huge fan of the two video games (Max Payne and Max Payne 2: the Fall of Max Payne). I liked them not only for...

Full Review | Grade: D

Quarantine

Marco Chacon | Oct 15, 2008

The story behind Quarantine is brutally simple: something--some disease--breaks out in a low-rent building in Los Angeles. It just so happens that a film crew shadowing a fire department t...

Full Review | Grade: B

Body of Lies

Marco Chacon | Oct 13, 2008

Body of Lies exists on a spectrum of political thrillers that extends from the complex (sometimes to the point of incomprehensible) Syriana, to the far more conventional 2001, Spy Gam...

Full Review | Grade: C