Monthly Archive: January 2009

Heavy drama about one generation dealing with the crimes of another. Kate Winslet’s performance was both incredibly sensitive and terrifying.

An entertaining film based on the famous interviews. Sam Rockwell continues to pwn any film he’s in. And where’s Oliver Platt been?

I kept waiting for that one moment that would make me really love this film but that never happened. A couple of the songs were really great.

Pretty boring remake of the 1981 classic. The 3-D was a great idea but it still doesn’t work well with the quick editing of modern films.

I laughed quite a bit during this film about a drummer from an 1980s hair metal band who gets a second chance with his nephew’s new band.

I’m not the world’s biggest Bill Maher fan, but this was a very good documentary on the state of world religion.

A true gem. Its rare when a film ends up being better than I hoped for. Mickey Rourke was born for this role.

Basically a feature-length video game cut scene based on the video games. Animation is terribly wooden but the story was kind of interesting.

The latest film from David Fincher is a technical triumph and a surprisingly touching film too. Cate Blanchett was amazing.

Good zombie film from England but they broke the golden rule of POV films – never use a traditional score. It totally breaks the realism.