Category: REVIEWS

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Intense horror film from Spain. News crew gets more than they bargained for following local fire dept. US remake already coming this fall.

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

A lot more humor than the first. Incredible, mostly non-cgi creatures. Too bad it may be years before we see more adventures of the BPRD.

Batman: Gotham Knight

6 connected, Anime-style short films set between Batman Begins & Dark Knight. All the stories were good, the best was Working Through Pain.

21

Fun but predictable movie. The math geek in me wishes they would have gotten down and dirty into how counting cards really works.

Vantage Point

RASHO-yawn. On paper this should have been a lot better. High-caliber cast can’t do anything to save this dud. Completely ridiculous ending.

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.