The Spiderwick Chronicles
Another kid’s book turned into a movie. I never read the book. All flashy CGI, no substance. Even Nick Nolte was uninteresting.
Monthly Archive: June 2008
WALL·E
I AM LEGEND for the under 5 crowd. Brilliant animation and laugh out loud comedy. Best movie I’ve seen since Iron Man.
Wanted
Lots of action, kind of boring. Basically The Matrix with a little Fight Club sprinkled in. Hardly follows the comic series.
Funny Games, 2007
Almost shot for shot remake of Haneke’s own 1997 original. Naomi Watts gives her gutsiest performance yet. I always loved that ending.
The Ruins
Loved the book by Scott Smith and this was a fairly faithful adaptation minus some of the creepier aspects. Solid cast, film looked great.
A Man Among Monsters
“Once you’ve shown something is possible, everybody can do it.” Special effects artist and pioneer Stan Winston passed away June 15, 2008 after a long battle with cancer. Stan was truly one of my heroes dating as far back as I can remember. It must have been about the time I saw the original Terminator in the late 1980s that I first heard about him. His designs and execution of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s makeup and the full life-size Terminator endoskeletons blew me away. Little did I know at that time that his fantastical creations would continue to amaze the world for...
