Movie Reviews

the dialogue seemed closer to "butch cassidy" than "unforgiven" - there was a lot of clever repartee between the two main actors, which was awesome. the only major downside? renee zellweger. she looked terrible, to the point where it was hard to believe how ed harris' character could possibly have fallen for her. even the prostitute was more attractive. - Jessie

'Fireproof' review: "In the history of marital discord in the movies, has there ever been a blander conflict than the one between firefighter Kirk Cameron and his goodly wife Erin Bethea in the dismal Christian-themed melodrama Fireproof?" - Kelly Norris via Bookmarklet

"Cameron acts like a childish jerk, even in the reconciliation phase, and the underlying reason is that he—and the movie—hates women. When he consults his father (Harris Malcom) and his mother (Phyllis Malcom) about his failing marriage, he gets so enraged by her attempt to give advice that he kicks her out of the room and consults his father directly. Dad advises him to hold off on the divorce and gives him a book called "The Love Dare," a 40-day, baby steps program to win back his wife." - Kelly Norris

"The best he can do on Day 40+ is bring his ailing wife a damp cloth and a bag full of Chik-Fil-A. What a catch!" - Kelly Norris

I wanted to see this movie seeing as how Mike Seaver rarely acts (go figure it's Christian-themed)... it had showings Friday. I went to check the times Saturday, and it wasn't in the theaters anymore! - Krista K

Went to see this Friday. I'd probably give it a 3.5/5. There were some good parts and the general plot was decent. Cage's acting seemed similar to his performance in Lord of War. Nothing was outstanding. It seemed a bit like Wanted without the crazy effects to an extent (and with a more mundane and generic plot). - Brandon Titus via Bookmarklet

"A cute, imaginary story, with cute, imaginary people, sure. Then it could be reviewed as another lightweight piece of entertainment, sort of like a generic bottle of jug wine — nothing serious, but OK for a picnic. After all, “Bottle Shock” was formula-plotted — made quickly to be out by the harvest and to beat out the pending movie that features the real story from Taber’s book, “Judgment in Paris.”" - Anne Bouey via Bookmarklet

The movie was fun to watch, especially in a Sonoma Valley theater with a running audience commentary that rivaled the onscreen dialogue. Now, I'll have to see it again at home with a Napa Valley audience! - Anne Bouey

Best trailer I've seen in a long time; sells itself almost wholly with the visuals. Seems like one of those musical score hack-jobs though where they use pre-existing music before the until has finished scoring. Anyone know what the music is from? - Steve Isaacs via Bookmarklet

um looks like a tear jerker in the making... - Ruth Ferguson

this sounds like an Amazing Stories episode... I miss that show. - Nathan Chase

Watched this movie the other day, and I liked it a lot even though it was rather predictable. However when I got home and read some reviews and descriptions of the movie almost all of them contained scenes that werent' in the movie I saw. Apparently quite a bit was hacked off of this movie since it was originally shown at Sundance. The reviews for this movie are mostly poor, but just now I've checked some again and it seems that more and more people are reviewing this movie after having seen the editied version and giving it better scores. - Jacob

Maybe they'll add stuff back in when eventually. - JMakesAwesomeSauce

Sorry noiseriver allows you to write more than you should so my text got cut off, "I get a feeling that most hate it because they've read the book or perhaps it's the controversy of putting white actors/actresses instead of asian actors." - Michael Narciso

I am a gambler, so I understood the limitations Hollywood would have with the story to make into a watchable film. I still enjoyed it because, hey, its Vegas baby and its got pretty people. A documentary it's not. - Eric @ CS Techcast

I enjoyed it enough to make me interested in reading the book. - Anne Bouey

Didn't like it - felt it was extremely overrated, I was actually bored for the last 30 minutes. The Joker was fantastic though. - Steve Isaacs

Overall, liked the movie, could have done without Maggie Gyllenhal and Batman's voice. Was surprised at how modern and current the backgrounds were in this one. Batman Forever had darker imagery. Really liked the Joker and Two Face. - Mike Cornell

Exposing the darker sides of human nature (to the extreme) = All sorts of win! - Mona N.

Yes- it actually lived up to the hype. Brilliantly cast down to the cameos. Thoughtful script. Great camera movement. Agree about Bale's voice though - he wasn't that raspy in the first one, was he? (Still, he's a fairly brilliant actor.) - Abby Martin

I saw it three weeks ago; I thought it had 6 or 7 very funny moments, but it seemed the plots purpose was just to get from one joke to the next. My vietnam vet dad liked it a great deal and I had wondered if the bad vietnam movie parody in the opening would be too hard for him. It wasn't. - RAPatton

Not nearly as funny as it could have been. The film hangs on a flimsy premise I never quite bought into. (when are the actors in character and when are they being themselves?) The film does take an equal opportunity stance to offend everyone which yields a handful of big laughs. But as the film spins further into action-heavy absurdity, there are long stretches where you want to be laughing and aren't. - Cory

Finally caught it and really liked the truly absurd potty humor. Jack Black with the "balls, shaft, and gravy" line had me snorking my soda. Good mindless fun for a couple of hours with very little residual effect. Exactly what I had in mind. - Mike Cornell

Wow, they are making another Harry Potter movie? How did they ever scrape together enough financing? - XDpaul

I sense some sarcasm XDpaul. lol. - Spout

Damn. They're getting darker and darker :) - Brandon Titus

new teaser - joseph via Bookmarklet

Video no longer available? :''''''( <---tears! - zoblue (Zulema ❤'s you)

they pulled the movie from the fall schedule. now going to be released next summer. - Ruth Ferguson

kristin scott thomas was great in this! - Jessie

Her French is impeccable. And the film was a real gem- great twists and turns. When I saw it, the audience was riveted- not a sound in the theatre aside from the film. - Abby Martin

the book is really good - RAPatton

I thought it was a waste of time also. - Anne Bouey

Yeah - it started off ok, and got worse and worse all the way up until the cheesy-ass Hollywood ending. Oy Vey. - Steve Isaacs

Really, I loved it how he becomes the creature that goes bump in the day - RAPatton

Haha. Good call. Good movie. Sooooouuuuiiiiieeeeyyy! - Steve Isaacs

I've always loved Hitchcock films. Will have to see if I can Netflix this one. - JMakesAwesomeSauce

I've wanted to see this for a while - RAPatton

The smoking pinapples are all over LA...the billboards advertising this movie literally smoke :) - Amber Horner

Wow. So not with you on this one. I loved Wall-E, and loved the first half, and the second didn't like as much. My Pixar: 1) Incredibles, 2) Wall-E, 3) Bug's Life 4) Nemo 5) Monsters (Didn't see Cars). - Steve Isaacs

Did anybody else notice that the first part of Wall-E is kind of like I Am Legend? - Aaron Hood

"As you can tell, I have a lot to say after seeing "The Dark Knight." Tried to be as spoiler-free as possible...." - Chris Reed