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Friday, September 14th, 2007To set the mood just right for my mother’s birthday I took her to see a very bleak and depressing movie based on the life of my grandmother’s favorite French singer. La Môme (aka La Vie en rose 2007) is the story of Edith Piaf, who I’d have to describe as the world’s first [...]
review: death sentence (2007)
Saturday, September 1st, 2007And finally, last but not least on our list of this week’s screenings is Death Sentence (2007). Based on the novel by Brian Garfield, this is the literary sequel to the novel that inspired Death Wish (1974) with Charles Bronson. It’s been noted that Garfield hated the cinematic Death Wish series, let’s hope [...]
review: halloween (2007)
Saturday, September 1st, 2007We’re celebrating Halloween (2007) two months early this year with the release of Rob Zombie’s version of John Carpenter’s 1978 classic. I have to reevaluate my ideas about Mr. Zombie. Here he’s skipped the over-the-top-in-your-face violence we’ve come to expect from him with movies like House of 1000 Corpses (2003) and The Devil’s [...]
review: the nanny diaries (2007)
Friday, August 31st, 2007Oh Scarlett (Johansson - Lost in Translation 2003) you are so much better than this. You were slumming it when you signed-up for The Nanny Diaries (2007). Based on the novel by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, and adapted to the big screen by the writing/directing team that gave us American Splendor (Shari [...]
review: balls of fury (2007)
Friday, August 31st, 2007Looks like Christopher Walken (Oscar winner for The Deer Hunter 1978) finally found a hairstyle that works for him in his latest film Balls of Fury (2007). Honestly, I didn’t find much else to laugh at while viewing this story of espionage and championship ping pong playing. At first I put it off [...]
review: sunshine (2007)
Monday, August 27th, 2007Danny Boyle’s latest release starts off a little slow, but ends with a big bang. Sunshine (2007) is about a space mission to reignite (or save) the sun, and in doing so save earth. At first I was a bit disappointed, thinking that Boyle (28 Days Later… 2002 and Trainspotting 1996) was just [...]
review: stardust (2007)
Sunday, August 19th, 2007Contrary to what some critics would have you believe, Stardust (2007) is a very enjoyable foray into fantasy. Coming from writer/director/producer Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake 2004), showing great promise in what is only his second film. Based on the novel of prose by the same name this is the tale of Tristan (Charlie [...]
review: rush hour 3 (2007)
Sunday, August 19th, 2007Chris Tucker (The Fifth Element 1997) and Jackie Chan (Shanghai Noon 2000) are together again in Rush Hour 3 (2007). In this installment of the series Chief Inspector Lee (Chan) has to face his past, and discovers what it means to be family. This takes the duo to Paris where they encounter Roman [...]
review: the invasion (2007)
Sunday, August 19th, 2007Invasion of the body snatchers gets another face lift this year with The Invasion (2007). But unlike its two predecessors from 1956 and 1978, this version gives a fairly plausible answer to what and how. It also makes a valid statement about what people may be willing to give up in order to [...]
review: in the realm of the senses (1976)
Monday, August 13th, 2007Ai no corrida (aka in the realm of the senses 1976), in its simplest terms, is Japanese pornography with a pretty name and an interesting story. In 1936 a man started an affair with one of his servants that eventually lead to his death. Basically the two went to such extremes that they [...]
review: underdog (2007)
Friday, August 10th, 2007“There’s no need to worry, Underdog is furry!” Wait, that’s not right. Anyway, Disney’s big summer movie this year is Underdog (2007). Jason Lee (“My Name Is Earl” 2005-2007) and Amy Adams (Oscar nominee for Junebug 2005) give voice to the hero himself and his fluffy friend Polly. Playing the evil [...]
review: no reservations (2007)
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007The newest date movie to hit theaters this summer is No Reservations (2007). The English version of Bella Martha (2001), an Italian film about an obsessive compulsive control freak whose world gets turned upside down. This cute and surprisingly touching version from director Scott Hicks (Oscar nominee for Shine 1996) stars Catherine Zeta-Jones [...]
review: i know who killed me (2007)
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007And finally, the third movie I saw was I Know Who Killed Me (2007) starring Lindsay Lohan (Mean Girls 2004). This film, being the first for writer Jeff Hammond, may also be his last. At least I hope so. It was bad, but not even bad enough to be silly. It’s [...]
review: harry potter and the order of the phoenix (2007)
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007The next movie on my list to review is another sequel, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007). This is the fifth, but not the last, of j. k. Rowling’s harry potter series. This film mostly had me asking “am I wrong for thinking Daniel Radcliffe (harry potter) is sexy?” [...]
review: the Bourne ultimatum (2007)
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007Yesterday I caught three movies at my local theater. First being The Bourne Ultimatum (2007). The third installment, and probably my favorite of the Bourne series. The script was brought to us yet again by Tony Gilroy (The Devil’s Advocate 1997) who also penned the last two; but this time he got [...]
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