Author: chris

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Another win for Team Apatow. Dracula puppet musical has to be seen to be believed. Really funny stuff. Kristen Bell was great as usual.

Be Kind Rewind

Great film about the joy of creating. Worth seeing just for their sweding of Ghostbusters. This one really surprised me in a good way.

Persepolis

Proves 2-D animation still can be a powerful medium. Satrapi’s story is deeply moving and universal. Makes me want to read the book again.

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.

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...