Monthly Archive: June 2008

WALL·E

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

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

Funny Games, 2007

Almost shot for shot remake of Haneke’s own 1997 original. Naomi Watts gives her guttiest performance yet. I always loved that ending.

The Ruins

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...