Movie / Film Reviews

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Maureen Buccellato | Jan 17, 2008

When most people hear "Sweeny Todd" they know very little: Some know it was a Broadway play/musical, and maybe they remember in the film "Jersey Girl", the little girl performed a...

Full Review | Grade: B

Charlie Wilson's War

Marco Chacon | Jan 15, 2008

It's fashionable today to talk about how "we" created the Taliban--our own present-day Frankenstein-Monster come back to haunt us. It's less common to hear people discuss the context...

Full Review | Grade: B

A Christmas Story

Marco Chacon | Dec 27, 2007

The Christmas movie can get away with sappiness in a way that most other family-friendly movies can't. It's okay to have peace-on-earth and goodwill to all men as your message if you also have a Chris...

Full Review | Grade: B

Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem

Marco Chacon | Dec 27, 2007

It's hard to judge Alien vs. Predator - Requiem. On one hand the human characters are forgettable, the plot fairly absurd, and the movie, as a horror show simply a kinetic gore-fest. On the other hand...

Full Review | Grade: C

I Am Legend

Nathan M Rose | Dec 18, 2007

After nearly a decade, numerous rewrites, directors, and lead actors later I Am Legend hits the big screen for moviegoers this December, yet it fails to become a legend at all.Based on the book b...

Full Review | Grade: C

Beowulf

Marco Chacon | Dec 13, 2007

There is more Beowulf than you might think. There are no fewer than four movies in IMDB with exact-matches to Beowulf in their title. That's not including The 13th Warrior that mi...

Full Review | Grade: C

The Golden Compass

Marco Chacon | Dec 04, 2007

Canada is forward thinking: their politics are more progressive, their environmental discipline is more advanced, and their movie sneak previews are a week ahead.In the UK, the book wa...

Full Review | Grade: B

No Country For Old Men

Marco Chacon | Nov 24, 2007

The title comes from WB Yeats Sailing to Byzantium (a poem about growing old). It's a bit of the ultra violence based on...

Full Review | Grade: B

Stardust

Marco Chacon | Nov 14, 2007

Gaiman knows how to work a fantasy world with an internal logic and this carries through into the shorter, tighter movie script.

Full Review | Grade: B

Spider-man 3

Eric English | Nov 04, 2007

A big budget, blockbuster Spiderman film should be executed as flawlessly as a spider winds her web. Each piece carefully planned, executed perfectly, and ultimatly neccesary to the beauty...

Full Review | Grade: C