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Fantastic Mr. Fox

Apr 05, 2010

When I saw the trailers for Fantastic Mr. Fox, I was somewhat under whelmed; the two-legged animal protagonists looked primitive to me compared to the nearly seamless, if equally-stylized look of Cora...

Full Review | Grade: A

Clash of The Titans

Mar 22, 2010

With the remake coming out soon, you might be interested in seeing the original Clash of the Titans. If you were interested, here is how you may do that -- download it from iTunes United States store...

Full Review | Grade: B

Repo Men

Mar 21, 2010

Repo Men takes us to an ultra-dark, cyberpunk future where it appears everyone needs artificial organs that sell for astronomical amounts of money. When you can't pay up, the repo-men comes for yo...

Full Review | Grade: B

Up in the Air

Mar 21, 2010

I feel like I know George Clooney because he always plays the same guy. Okay, maybe that is not literally true -- see Burn after Reading -- but, just being realistic. He plays the se...

Full Review | Grade: C

A Serious Man

Mar 18, 2010

The Coen's, A Serious Man, packs a punch like a Kafka story – it is dark, the main character suffers, and there is no explanation or redemption. As it is well made, if that is your cup of te...

Full Review | Grade: C

Apocalypto

Mar 10, 2010

I have to admit I was a bit suspicious of this from the start. In fact, I do respect the making of The Passion of Christ. It's a powerful story, and Gibson's brand of historical accuracy takes...

Full Review | Grade: A

Zombieland

Mar 09, 2010

I have to admit that the trailers confused me. There seemed to be a video-game element to the film, and I knew that at least part of it took place in an amusement park. I wondered if it wa...

Full Review | Grade: A

Sunshine

Mar 08, 2010

Sunshine is a British science fiction film showing the sun is starting to die. A team of astronauts is sent with a massive bomb to try to reignite it. For a movie that focuses its energy on bein...

Full Review | Grade: D

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Mar 01, 2010

After it was established that Harry Potter was wildly popular, one would speculate someone was dispatched to the children's section of the bookstore to see what else they could option. Certa...

Full Review | Grade: B

FlashForward: Season One Pt.1

Feb 24, 2010

The concept behind FlashForward is that in the near future, on or around October, the whole world blacks out for exactly two minutes and seventeen seconds at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time....

Full Review | Grade: B