The Twilight Saga: New Moon
New Moon is one of those movies for which the plot is almost superfluous. If you are a fan of Twilight, you more or less know it. If you are not, you probably do not care. How...
FlickDirect Movie Reviews
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Planet 51
Modern animation has benefited from two relatively recent technologies -- cheap computer animation and 3D. While the latter could be considered a gimmick (especially if the glasses give you a hea...
Shorts
These days their are so many “kid-friendly” films released that it is hard to decide which ones to spend your hard-earned money on. One such release this year, Shorts,...
Chasing Amy
Being a 1997 movie, I am going to assume it is past its expiration date and speak about what I thought of it and discuss the plot. If you are not familiar...
Brüno
Sacha (Noam) Baron Cohen who goes by SBC, usually has his shtick of adopting a fictional persona and then interviewing a real celebrity under false pretenses. He uses that persona and does thing...
Monsters, Inc.
After the initial "wow" factor of computer-animated films such as Toy Story subsided and the films became "old hat", my taste for Pixar animated features waned to the point of just...
Gran Torino
Retired, grisly Korean War Vet Walt Kowalski yearns to lead a simple life, with his Pabst Blue ribbon beer, old dog Daisy and working on his classic Gran Torino automobile. When gang violence thr...
North by Northwest
For most of us, Alfred Hitchcock films have been viewed on cable television, VHS, or DVD. Now with this release, one can truly enjoy the art created by one of the greatest directors this world has ever seen.
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
After a whirlwind summer, Ice Age: Dawn of The Dinosaurs makes its way onto the home theater market on DVD and Blu-ray.Scrat is still trying to nab the ever-elusive nut (while possibly...
Where The Wild Things Are
The 1963 book is 10 sentences long, and it is a classic. The story is about the island where the child, Max, goes after being sent to bed without supper because he was out of control in the hous...