Period pieces that come out just in time for the Oscars don’t get me too excited. The King’s Speech was no exception. Even once I received the disc from Netflix, I had it for almost a month before I finally caved in and watched it. I’m happy I did. Colin Firth plays King George VI, …
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Way late review: Planet of the Apes
I can remember being in grade school and flipping through television channels (maybe all 10 of them – we didn’t get cable) on a Saturday afternoon and inevitably it seemed that Planet of the Apes or one of its many sequels was on. I remember being a little freaked out by the look of the …
Way late review: Chop Shop
As much as I’d like to deny it, the reality is that there are kids living in this world who have to take take on adult responsibilities. They never get to be kids. Chop Shop is a story about one of those kids, Alejandro (Alejandro Polanco), a pre-teen who lives in Queens, N.Y. and hustles …
Way late review: The Last Exorcism
Hi, my name is Josh. I’m addicted to watching fake documentaries. I have to be because I detest horror films but still managed to make time for The Last Exorcism. The synopsis does a good job summing things up: Ready to expose his miraculous deeds as mere trickery, Rev. Cotton Marcus (Patrick Fabian) invites a …
Way late review: Thor
If you had told me at the beginning of 2011 that, of the latest batch of superhero movies coming out in the summer, Thor would be the one I enjoyed the most I would have laughed. There is nothing about Thor as a character that interests me. He’s absurd to me, even by superhero standards. …
Way late review: X-Men: First Class
OK, I get it. Reboots are hip. Retelling superhero origin stories is popular Hollywood sport. I think I’m burnt out already and this is before we get a Spiderman reboot next year. Wait, weren’t there Spiderman and X-Men series out in the past ten years? Sigh. I digress. X-Men: First Class is a reboot. We …
Way late review: Captain America: The First Avenger
Superhero movies are all the rage. At least they were during the summer of 2011. When I saw the superhero movie lineup before the summer began, I was most interested in Captain America: The First Avenger. One, it wasn’t a remake/reboot. Two, it was set in the past, World War II. Seeing a superhero’s story …
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Way late review: The Tree of Life
Amusement can be had by reading reviews of Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life. Some will tell you it’s a masterpiece while others will argue it’s pretentious garbage. Films that evoke such a reaction always peak my curiosity. I’ve only seen one other Terrence Malick film before this, The Thin Red Line. I thought that …
Way late review: Hanna
Hanna is part Bourne, part modern day fairy tale. It is more interested in sights, sounds, and odd characters than intricate plot development. The narrative holds together just as long as you don’t spend too much time thinking about the details. Straight from the movie synopsis: Hanna (Saoirse Ronan) is a teenager raised and trained …