I'm writing reviews for every film I see this year.

[Skitch]

I was debating making a thread for this. One the one hand, there's plenty of review threads out there, on the other, I don't want to overtake a thread, as I watch a lot of movies. So if this is annoyance, or I should post them elsewhere, we can delete this.

If not, here we go. :)

I will be doing my best to update this every week. I'm wanting to write reviews that give the reader a sense of where I stand on it well enough that even if you completely disagree with me, you could enjoy the review, or get a sense if you would enjoy the film. I'm also trying to improve my writing, and practice is good in any form.

This week's reviews to follow.

[Skitch]

(1/1/11) MST3K: Prince of Space - Easily in my top five of Mystery Science Theaters, Prince of Space kicks off hilarious, and doesn't stop until the end. "Bwgaaak!" "Allow me to reiterate that your weapons are without merit!" 4/5

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(1/1/2011) My Favorite Year - I love Peter O'Toole in just about any movie, and this is no exception. Unfortunately he's nearly the only good thing here. Mark Linn-Baker (sans Balky) is pretty funny as well, but not enough to give this a high score. The duo hit some pretty sweet comedy notes, but most of it falls pretty flat. Never boring, worth a view to notch it off the checklist, but mostly a wasted opportunity. 2.5/5

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(1/1/2011) Journey To The Center Of The Earth (2007) - Brenden Frasier seems to be relegated to only making movies for his kids these days, and boy, does he mail it in on this early 3-D cash-in. The film does turn out to be pretty fun, just keep telling yourself, "kids movie kids movie kids movie..." I will don the red and blue glasses for the next viewing, but I wanted to see it in 2-D first. 2.5/5

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(1/3/2011) City Of The Dead - Those camera moves...that fog...that buh buh buh score...this is almost like I'm watching a Lucio Fulci zombie movie! Wait a minute! I AM! But I digest. Nah, I do dig this guy's stuff. While RIFE with blatant continuity errors, it still manages to entertain if only for the nostalgia 70's/80's horror/hilarity.

The weather in this movie is something to take note of. I'm not entirely sure where Dunwich is, but I never want to vacation there. Sure, the overwhelming fog is well, overwhelming, never fear, for five minutes later, its all cleared up. Unfortunately, ten minutes later you will be stuck in hurricane force winds, that soon give way to fog, and the planet seems to spin much faster there, as the day gives way to night a couple times per half hour.

All that aside, the gore effects range from "hey that zombie has what appears to be a mildly irritating skin rash made of spaggetti", to "holy what the how did they do that?! Did they actually kill that actor?!"

The set design, particularly in the third act, is wonderful. The caves, the skeletons...purely awesome to behold. So good in fact, it makes me mad that they didn't take ten of the minutes they were putting up fake spider webs to make a coherent script. introducing too many characters with no arc, that go here and there for no reason, just to move the movie on. Then some die. Then randomly run into other characters, join up, again for no reason, then meander on.

In the end, you don't care about the filmmaking lunacy because its either hilarious or interesting. That's our Fulci! 2.5/5

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(1/3/2011) Sorcerer's Apprentice - I'm the first to admit I'm not big into magic movies. Most of the time they have dorky looking elves or magical plants or broomsticks or Daniel Ratcliffe, and its just generally unappealing for me. This, on the other hand, was outstanding.

Had you told me that John Turtleface, of National Treasure fame, and weird hair Nic Cage would make a movie this fun, I would have rolled my eyes, then laughed, then slipped on a banana peel, then landed in a creme pie, and Queen Latifah would have said something ghetto fabulous, Turtleface and Nic would've jumped out of a clown car, filming the whole thing, and it would have made everyone laugh in the safest, family-friendliest way possible, and they would have made a billion dollars, and I would cry.

Instead, I rolled my eyes and laughed, then watched the film. And it was good. REAL good. They have a wonderful lead in to the reasoning of the magics, which I love and hooks me, the script is tightly written, and wonderfully hilarious. Jay Bucheueneueneuenal hits all the punchlines right, but he needs to relax on the "I'm the biggest dork in the world" monotone voice a tad. Cage is perfect when he plays someone a little nuts, and here he rocks one of the two acceptable "Cage undistracting hairstyles". 3.5/5

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(1/4/2011) Avatar: Collector's Edition: 2-D - It's difficult for a sci-fi whore, such as myself, to look past all the glitz and glam of the beautiful world of Pandora, but I will do my best. It was made a little easier by watching the film in 2-D. When you're not hypnotized by the stuff swirling about you, some of the flaws begin to emerge.

The pacing of the film is good, being that it's an epic, and epic length. The Collector's edition adds sixteen minutes, and it was all good stuff that deserved to be in the film. Where the pacing is off, is in the three act structure. The first and third acts are perfect, if not even arguably too rushed. The second act is way too long, making it feel like a bit of a chore to get to the goal of the story, but I'm hard pressed to suggest what to cut, as it all feels needed for the arc of the main character. The second act is also a bit preachy. We get it Cameron, greenie-weenie, tree-hugging, and all that. Finally our antagonists arrive to force the narrative into the third act, and we can all proceed.

Here I found a few instances of Cameron repeating himself, which I found very interesting. He can shoot documentaries on the ocean floor, invent new cameras to shoot for 3-D, and yet he still has to resort to repeating things he's already done in other movies? While walking through the jungle, one of the army guys looks at a motion scanner that looks all too familiar and says "Movement! We have movement!" (Aliens). Not too much later, Jake Sully is running on top of an aircraft, about to throw grenades into the engine. Bad Marine guy sees him and yanks the flight stick to the side, tumbling Sully down the wing, to cling to a missle (True Lies). While these are cool moments, c'mon man!

I've been told that 3-D does not a good film make, that 3-D will not improve a film. I firmly believe this to be false. While it is true that 3-D will not improve a poor film, it vastly improves a film that oozes the blood, sweat, and tears of the crew that worked so hard to bring it to the screen. Avatar was meant to be seen in 3-D, and seeing in 2 does not do it justice. On more than one occasion I found myself watching a scene, remembering what it was like seeing it in 3-D, and just the memory of that improving the scene, and making me bummed that I wasn't watching it that way again.

It's still a great science fiction epic, and I hope he gets off his duff and makes something before I'm forty. I don't think one film every four or five years is too much to ask. 4/5

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(1/4/2011) The Perfect Storm - This movie only suffers from one gigantic flaw: it's based on a true story. Why is that a flaw? Because for the story being told here, it means that basically only the first act is true, and the rest is completely imagined, Hollywood-ized movie magical storytelling. It's an intense film, but I keep coming back to the fact that they are completely just guessing on two-thirds of the movie, as there exists no way of knowing for sure what actually happened, and I don't like having a true story of real people cheapened, especially when [potential spoiler warning] it ends in tragedy. It makes me feel dirty. Still a solid film with solid performances. 3/5

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(1/5/2011) Stand By Me - Still a wonderful film about the friends you had when you were twelve. Funny, dramatic, good music, good performances (and child performances at that, should get extra credit), and heart warming enough to make a room full of people puke. Literally. 5/5

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(1/6/2011) Malice In Wonderland - I love the Lewis Carroll story so much, I'm determined to see every version of it they create, and lately there have been a mess of sub-par takes on it. This is not much different. I give them credit for attempting a different take on it, but it just ends up being a big swing, and a bigger miss. 1.5/5

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(1/6/2011) Centurian - Neil Marsall is a director that is a lot of fun to watch. Both his highs and lows are interesting. Doomsday was quite a misstep for the man, and I'm glad Centurian is not as a big a trainwreck as that was. Marshall seems to enjoy genre-swapping mid-film. This worked great for Dog Soldiers and Descent, but slowed Centurian a bit too much for me when it turned from all out war into a road trip movie. I understand its neccesity in this story, but the second half just wasn't as crazy intense as the first.

There also seemed to be a certain point were they reached a good enough run time where everyone looked at each other and said, "Hmmm, well, let's just stop running now. We'll just climax the film here." Fun film, but Marshall needs a little more focus. 3/5

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(1/7/2011) American Psycho - I've always been partial to this film because of the amount of time my friends and I have spent discussing the book. It seemed to come up literally every weekend we would get together, and when word came of a movie in the works, we were all bewildered, as something that violent could never been done to its extreme in a mainstream film. To properly convey the horrors of the book would require a lot of pornography, an X rating, and theater issued barf bags. Harron did the best she could adapting such insane material, and the spirit of Patrick Bateman is there, but without showing the worst parts of the book, the absolute reviling disgust at his actions are not as easy to achieve.

I've watched the film several times, and the blu ray really made me take note of some the interesting close-ups and camera work. Still a solid exercise in irony. 3.5/5

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(1/7/2011) Dukes Of Hazzard - I grew up with the show, and the star for me was always the General Lee. I didn't really care about the shenanigans, just go ramp that beast! Broken Lizard is one of the few comedy crews who I make a point of watching in the theater, and here they still manage to crack me up. Jessica Simpson is horrible, as usual, but the General has never looked better. All in all a harmlessly fun time, but I understand how those not raised with the show would not be amused. 3/5

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(1/8/2011) Black Swan - This film is a little piece of every film Darren Aronofsky has made so far. The score is booming loud, emotional, and intensely in-your-face to force you into the head space of the main character, just as he did in Pi: Faith In Chaos. He uses the "what did you just see/double take" technique as he did in Requiem For A Dream. At the end of the film, Portman stands with arms out and an orange circle encompassing her, much like the imagry he used in The Fountain. And the story is The Wrestler, with ballet replacing the wrestling.

A solid film, I look forward to another viewing, but not as good as his first three films. 3.5/5

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(1/8/2011) Batman Begins - Finally a take on Batman that has some idea of what the comic-book character is! Perfect castings all around (except for the seemingly impossible to cast Rachel Dawes). I still put face to palm everytime I see that tank ramp on to a flimsy roof. C'mon that thing must weigh a couple tons! Oh well, the moment passes quickly and we move on. Not perfect, but a darn fun time. 4/5

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[kuehnepips]

..
I will be doing my best to update this every week.

A real tease

[Dukefrukem]

Skitch, did you really just see Batman Begins for the first time? :o

[Mysterious Dude]

I love Prince of Space.

"So, am I your hostage, or...?"

[Skitch]

A real tease

Well after not getting a response after the first week of reviews, I supposed no one was interested. I will post em all if ya like.

No Duke, I've seen BB several times. I'm writing reviews for every movie I see.

Issac...that's one of the best lines in the movie. :lol:

Okay, I'll post more. Last weeks set coming up.

[megladon8]

Ambitious, Skitch. I certainly couldn't pull this off.

City of the Living Dead contains what Jen considers perhaps the grossest scene/effect ever...

Literally puking out your guts.

She has actually gagged/retched when watching that scene.

[Skitch]

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(1/9/2011) Exit Through The Gift Shop - An interesting documentary about street art, that takes a cool left turn at the halfway mark and turns into a commentary about the art world. I enjoyed the turn, but it started out much better than it ended up. 3/5

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(1/9/2011) Fist Of Legend - Jet Li in a remake of a Bruce Lee classic? So in. I've seen this film many times, and it never gets old. The fights are terrific, some of the dubbing hilarious, ("We will challenge each other, openly and fairly!"), and the story is cool, even if it is your general old school kung fu shenanigans. Some great martial arts pointers in there as well. 4/5

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(1/10/2011) Jackie Chan: Kung Fu Master - The definition of a rip-off. Jackie Chan is on the cover, yet during the opening credits he's billed as "Special Appearance by". Completely mailed in. Plus, there is no other reason to see this! Do not support this nonsense by seeing this film. 0/5

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(1/10/2011) Dr. Strangelove, Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb - My first viewing, and I wasn't disappointed. Flowing with the Kubrick feel, the multi Peter Sellers performances are great to watch. It wasn't as funny as I was expecting, but it felt like it would get funnier with repeat viewings. 4/5

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(1/10/2011) The Disappearance Of Alice Creed - I didn't know what to expect with this kidnapping movie, but it wasn't long into the film I thought this might be a true gem in the rough, as the camera work and lighting were both excellent. As the story went, there were twists and turns, and the the twists had twists, and by the third act, it began to crumble as most kidnapping capers do. This was still a nice little gem, and definitely worth a viewing. 3/5

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(1/10/2011) The Taking Of Pelham 123 - The original Pelham was cool because of its cast, and the cast of the remake is cool, but not cool enough to save this it. John Travolta tries way too hard to be a tough guy, dropping F bombs like he needed to to breathe, and it gets repetative. Denzel Washington does his best, but hey, whats a guy to do when you're getting Tony Scott flash-edited every two seconds? Worth a watch, but nothing to get to excited over. 2.5/5

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(1/11/2011) The Town - Ben Affleck has shown that he can make a successful transition from actor to director, and this is a decent entry under his directorial belt. I was pretty excited for this, but I was a bit let down. The performances are solid, but the plot isn't anything new. Major point docked for the completely useless character of the sister with the kid...she had zero purpose, and could have easily been removed. She seemed to just pop up now and then, didn't further any plot or character arc, and then leave. An acceptable film, but underwhelming. 3/5

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(1/12/2011) The Punisher - I didn't think Thomas Jane was badass enough to pull off a decent Frank Castle, but I was wrong. Not a perfect film by any stretch, but still a fun ride. Dolph Lundgren is probably jealous. 3/5

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(1/12/2011) Hancock - This film is a strange little thing. It starts as a comedic take on an alcoholic Superman, then turns into a drama trying to yank on the old heart strings. Some funny moments, an interesting mythology created, but it takes itself a little too serious in the later half of the movie, and it suffers for it. 2.5/5

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(1/13/2011) The Last Temptation Of Christ - Scorcese's controversal take on a fictional novel is always good for conversation. I'm a Christian, and I actually prefer a film that asks interesting questions, or has an interesting take on the story, as opposed to a film like Gibson's Passion that would rather just show Christ getting the crap kicked out of him for two hours. I always heard about Last Temptation being blasphemous, and I've never understood why. I think it's a terriffic look at the gospels. Who can say? Maybe Christ did have to beg Judas to betray him. I like to think he did. I don't find anything in the film to be blasphemous, and I love debating other Christians about it.

I did notice this time around that the score is almost that of a horror or thriller film. It adds to the intensity of the film, and I quite like that aspect. 4.5/5

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(1/13/2011) Predators - Adrien Brody? He's supposed to be badass? Yeah, I don't think so...wait...holy crap...he actually is. Most impressive.

The film tries to hard to pay homage and leans more to rip-off, but its still fun if you don't take it too seriously. Lawerence Fishburne is mostly wasted in this, but his deus ex machina character is is blissfully short. Extra points given for one of the coolest beginnings-to-title-screen openings ever. 3.5/5

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(1/14/2011) Magnolia - I remember when this film came out, I read review after review screaming 'masterpiece' and 'groundbreaking' left and right. I was not impressed. It struck me as pretty pretentious. This was my third viewing, and I've got more respect for it now, but it still has serious flaws. The story itself wouldn't be all that interesting if not for the way it was edited together. The overlapping stories range from very cool coincidence, to completely unbelivable nonsense. The performances are solid, Tom Cruise steals the show, but some of the characters feel like they don't need to exist, and make parts of the story needlessly long.

Some of the score is very interesting, as its used to extend the feeling that some parts of the movie play like a run-on sentence. Several parts are almost headache inducing in its tension.

I still don't know exactly where I stand on this film. Half of it is brilliant, and half of it is pretentious and boring. ?/5

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(1/14/2011) Assume The Position With Mr. Wuhl - I've always been a fan of Robert Wuhl, so I had to check this out. I thought it was gonna be a stand-up, but it looked to be more of a couple pilot episodes for an HBO show. Apparently it never got picked up, and thats too bad. It was pretty interesting, funny, and informative. Only a couple bits fall flat. Worth checking out. 3/5

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(1/14/2011) Cat Chaser - This is only my third or fourth Ferrera, but I'm starting to see his style emerge. heavy use of shadows, dark toned scores, use of nudity to convey vulnerability...

The story isn't groundbreaking (bored wife wants to leave with her lover and husbands money), but the back stories on the characters make it more interesting.

Peter Weller is still the man, and Kelly McGillis still has the face of a man. If this was from a young director (I'm not sure where this falls in Ferrera's filmography), I would look forward to seeing more from said director, but this film is not a must see. Not horrible, not great.* 2.5/5

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(1/14/2011) Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs - I haven't seen this in decades, and it almost brought nostalgia tears to my eyes. Beautifully cleaned up on the bluray, its simpily amazing how good this looks for its age. I can't wait to buy more of the Disney classics on bluray. 4.5/5

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(1/15/2011) MST3K: Space Mutiny - Big McLargehuge! 4/5

[Dukefrukem]

Hancock and The Taking Of Pelham 123 grades are a bit high for my taste. But then again this isn't my thread.

I need to watch The Last Temptation Of Christ .

[megladon8]

I had the same feeling about Hancock, Skitch - one of the strangest "blockbusters" I've scene, just because it's so, so damn messy.

I thought it seemed very obvious that there were scripts for a few different Hancock / Hancock-related movies, with parts borrowed from each to create this.

It was like a Frankenstein script for the movie, and it didn't work at all.

I wasn't a fan. Which is too bad, because the concept could have been very ambitious, a genre-defining story.

[Dukefrukem]

Remind me what the beginnings-to-title-screen opening was in Predators again?

[Skitch]

Apparently because I copied this from an email it inserted little stars all over the place. How dumb.

Duke, Adrien Brody regaining conciousness falling, crashing to the ground, boom, Predators.

[Skitch]

Hancock and The Taking Of Pelham 123 grades are a bit high for my taste. But then again this isn't my thread.

I need to watch The Last Temptation Of Christ .

This is one of the reasons I decided to do this. Both Hancock and Pelham were 2nd viewings, and I disliked them more this time around. I want to keep track so I can note my opinion changes.

[Skitch]

Ambitious, Skitch. I certainly couldn't pull this off.

City of the Living Dead contains what Jen considers perhaps the grossest scene/effect ever...

The drill scene did it for me. Nasty!

[Skitch]

(Note: the seasons of shows I review, are reviewed after watching the season fully. Dates reflect when I finished the season. Meaning, I'm not watching an entire season in one day :))

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(1/16/2011) Batman Beyond: Season One - I was surprised how much I ended up liking this series. As a huge fan of the original Batman Animated Series, I was apprehensious to say the least, and I was pleasantly surprised. It bridges the gap to the new universe quite well, and its easy to get involved from there on. I remember liking the later two seasons better than the first. We'll see.* 3.5/5

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(1/17/2011) Supernatural: Season One - My buddy has been telling me to get on board with this show since it pretty much began. Finally, so tired of trying to convince me, he bought me season one, knowing I would have to watch!

This is basically a horror version of the X-Files. Some of the episodes were blatant rip-offs of movies. The show really picked up about half way through the season, as they became more focused on an on-going narrative instead of monster-of-the-week type episodes.

I'm told every season gets better, and that from season three on it gets really outstanding. I'll pick up season two when I see a cheap copy. Season one was acceptable, and had some decent ideas, so I can see how it would improve, given the chance. And a chance I will give. 2.5/5

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(1/17/2011) Body Of Lies - We've seen the complete range of Iraq movies. Maybe its still too close to the conflict for adequate reviewing, but I've found most Iraq movies to be pretty bad. Especially the critically acclaimed ones. Perhaps after some time, I will view them differently. Who knows. Granted I wasn't around during WWII or the Vietnam war, but I find films made on those two much more interesting.

That being said, I think this is the best film on the subject so far. I was intrigued with DiCaprio's character and following him around was never dull. I don't really know what else to say, I think its a pretty darn good film. 4/5

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(1/18/2011) Fear City - A bony young Melanie Griffith rocking Farrah Fawcett hair, stars along side young shaggy haird Tom Berenger. This tries really hard to be a gem in the rough thriller about a home-schooled-kung-fu serial slasher/killer hunting strippers in New York, but is little more than an average skinemax boob show with some better actors.

Billy Dee Williams is a racist cop, and apparently his beat is patrolling strip joints. Yep.

Disturbing point of the week: fat cowgirl stipper that won't get off the stage. Some things cannot be unseen. 1/5

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(1/19/2011) Catch Me If You Can - Another excellent performance from Leonardo DiCaprio. This kind of material is right up Speilberg's alley, and it doesn't disappoint. John Williams score is absolutely intoxicating, and a testament to his ability, subtle yet exciting. I'm already looking forward to watching this again. 4/5

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(1/19/2011) Son Of Sam - I probably am not the right person to be reviewing a Spike Lee film, as I have yet to see any of his films that made him popular. Without having the background on his films that are considered 'good', I have no idea if his techniques used in this film are typical Spike Lee or if he is just expiramenting.

I do enjoy this film to some degree, the look into one hot summer in New York is interesting. Some of the quirks of the film I'm undecided on, and the thing should have been trimmed, as it runs a little too long. I do need to see more of Mr. Lee's earlier work. 2.5/5

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(1/20/2011) The Blackout - Nearly unwatchable. One point given for Dennis Hopper, being his usual Mad Hatter. 1/5

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(1/21/2011) Naked Ambition: An R Rated Look At The XXX Industry - What a croc. I was hoping for a documentary looking into the porn industry, observing its participants, debating the pros and cons of the lifestyle. Instead, this should have been titled "An R Rated Look At The AVN Awards". Avoid. 1/5

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(1/22/2011) Deja Vu - I'm kind of picky on my Tony Scott films. The super-quick editing would have the Flash looking twice. Here is a topic that works with Scott's style. Though flawed, its fun, and a good brain-bending end. 3/5

[kuehnepips]

What's with this Leo-love recently? Tsktsktsk ...

[Skitch]

What's with this Leo-love recently? Tsktsktsk ...

Its like alcoholism, it just happens. One day your quietly enjoying a beer, then blam! You wake up buck naked, driving a police car.

[Skitch]

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(1/23/2011) Bad Company - I seem to recall a lot of hate for this movie, but I kinda enjoy it. Sure its a silly throw away plot, but Chris Rock has some funny lines, and Anthony Hopkins is enjoyable. I've seen worse. 2.5/5

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(1/24/2011) Hercules And The Captive Women - I got a sixteen pack of Hercules and gladiator movies from the 60's at Walmart for $2.50. Was hoping for good Mystery Science Theater fodder, and I was not disappointed. Hilariously bad, yet watchable! 1/5 (MST3K - 3.5/5)

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(1/24/2011) Dangerous Game - This is the Abel Ferrera I like. This movie was uncomfortable, beginning to end. With the movie within a movie set up, its hard to tell if Madonna is acting well or not, as she switches characters enough to avoid judgement. Harvey Keitel is great as always. This could also serve as a companion piece to Bad Lieutenant, with Keitel playing opposing roles. Not perfect, and definately not a feel good movie, but that seems to be Ferrera's calling. 3.5/5

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(1/25/2011) Buried - I've been hearing lots of people remark that "Wow!* Ryan Reynolds CAN act!" I knew he could, so this wasn't a revelation to me. I appreciate the challenge the filmmakers undertook keeping this location, but with this type of film, its all about the ending for me. It doesn't matter if the filmmaking is great, the acting is stellar, the writing is good...to have it end that way makes the whole film feel hollow, and me feel used. I'm not into torture porn, and with that ending, it makes the whole movie torture, much like Open Water. I really hate that.

Worth watching once, but I'll never watch it again. 2/5

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(1/25/2011) Blow - A fine film about the explosion of cocaine in the United States, and the people who facilitated its delivery. No idea about the real truth of it all, but sure makes for an entertaing film. Johnny Depp's performance makes you sympathetic to one of the biggest drug dealers of all time. That speaks volumes. 4/5

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(1/28/2011) Robots - I like it when they pick the right actors to voice characters! They did a pretty good job with this one. My only complaint would be Robin Williams. If he could tone down his schtick, he wouldn't be so overbearing. Get that man some Aderol for crying out loud! 3.5/5

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(1/27/2011) Hercules And The Masked Men - More MSTy goodness. 1/5 (MST3K - 3/5)

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(1/27/2011) Hercules Unchained - 1/5 (MST3K - 3/5)

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(1/29/2011) MST3K: Space Children - Ugh, this film is so awful! The cracks at the Professor's drinking rule this episode, but the fellas can barely fix this mess. 3/5

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(1/29/2011) The Last Days Of Pompeii (1959) - I believe that every one of us film freaks has at least a handful of films we grew up with that we will always love, reguardless of maturity, or how poorly some films age. Last week my mom was going through her VHS', and asked if there was any I wanted before she took em to the thrift store. I took one.

1959's Last Days of Pompeii is with Steve Reeves is SO awesome. 4/5

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(1/30/2011) MST3K: The Mole People - I love these old black and white msties the best. 4/5

[Chac Mool]

(1/17/2011)* Body Of Lies - We've seen the complete range of Iraq movies.* Maybe its still too close to the conflict for adequate reviewing, but I've found most Iraq movies to be pretty bad.* Especially the critically acclaimed ones.* Perhaps after some time, I will view them differently.* Who knows.* Granted I wasn't around during WWII or the Vietnam war, but I find films made on those two much more interesting. *

That being said, I think this is the best film on the subject so far.* I was intrigued with DiCaprio's character and following him around was never dull.* I don't really know what else to say, I think its a pretty darn good film.* 4/5

I'm glad to see some love for this one -- it's smart, engaging, well-acted (I liked Mark Strong, in particular) and it doesn't cheat the audience too much.

[Skitch]

I'm glad to see some love for this one -- it's smart, engaging, well-acted (I liked Mark Strong, in particular) and it doesn't cheat the audience too much.

I forgot to mention him. An Oscar worthy performance. He was amazing.

[kuehnepips]

I'm glad to see some love for this one -- it's smart, engaging, well-acted (I liked Mark Strong, in particular) and it doesn't cheat the audience too much.

I didn't like the movie, but Mark Strong was great. Well, is great. Always, actually.