This year’s disappointing crop of summer movies –so far– certainly contributed in my decision to do something I have never done before: Seek out a children animation in the movie theater. Sporting a 99% score on Rotten Tomatoes and a ridiculous 9.1/10 on IMDb at the time of this review, Toy Story 3 is [...]
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Movie Review: Robin Hood (2010)
Russell Crowe teams up for the fifth time with director Ridley Scott in this thrilling epic that attempts to tell the origins of the mythic character. How did an archer in King Richard’s crusading army become the heroic and legendary outlaw?
Movie Review: Black Dynamite (2009)
An over-the-top parody of blaxsploitation movies of the 1970′s, Scott Sanders’ laugh riot Black Dynamite captures the retro feel and look of the era. Michael Jai White plays the title character, a legendary African-American action hero who is a former cop and CIA agent out for blood after his brother’s murder.
Movie Review: The Sandlot (1993)
Every now and then, you come across a movie that makes you wish you could go back to the carefree attitude of your childhood, David M. Evans’ The Sandlot is one of those film. There is a certain glow and aura about it that evokes nostalgia and the movie is as much for children as it is for adults. Although the rallying theme of the movie is baseball, it is not about winning or losing like most other sports movie but about friendship and the simple joys of childhood.
Movie Review: Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Directed by Tim Burton, Alice in Wonderland is a fantasy follow-up to Lewis Carroll’s well known classic tale. Alice is now older, and is dead certain that her previous trip into the rabbit hole was nothing but a dream. So much, that even after days in Wonderland, she believes that she is still in a dream and imagining everything.
Movie Review: Deliverance (1972)
Deliverance, directed by John Boorman is a thriller based on John Dickey’s novel and starring Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, and Ronny Cox. Four Atlanta businessmen – Lewis (Reynolds), Ed (Voight), Bobby (Beatty), and Drew (Cox) – go on a canoe trip down a river in the Georgia wilderness for a weekend to reconnect with nature by fishing, canoeing and camping.
Movie Review: Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Some “purists”, who should probably re-read Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, will complain that the movie is not true to Sherlock Holmes’ essence. However, it is made clear in the written stories that he is a martial art expert and an avid boxer (“The Adventure Of The Empty House”). Why would a man who often puts himself in danger not come into some physical confrontation at one point or another and you know… use his fighting skills?
Movie Review: Avatar (2009)
A technologically advanced civilization shows up in a previously virgin place full of highly desirable resources but the native and “primitive” population is sitting right on top of it and is unwilling to move. Naturally, this native population lives in harmony with nature while the new comers destroy everything in sight with no regards. One of the young newcomers falls in love with the native princess and has to straddle the line between two colliding worlds. In case you are wondering, this is not a review of Pocahontas or Dance with the Wolves but James Cameron’s new movie Avatar.
