Just came back from watching Juno, directed by Jason Reitman, and I have to say that I was very pleasantly surprised. The movie is quite hilarious, yet smart and witty. The movie features an excellent cast with Ellen Page, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner, and J.K Simmons. Pretty original turn, excellent script, brilliant casting and acting [...]
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Movie Review: I am Legend (2007)
I haven’t read the book so I couldn’t be disappointed by them veering off the book plot. However I really liked the movie. Will Smith is simply outstanding as Dr. Robert Neville and I would go as far as to say this was his best performance to date. Although the movie follows the formula of a blockbuster pure and simple, I absolutely loved the first 2/3 of the movie. It is dark, yet hopeful.
Movie Review: Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Well-constructed, great cinematography, terrific atmosphere, excellent casting, Gone Baby Gone gives its audience a real moral dilemma. Overall Ben Affleck may already be a better director than an actor.
Movie Review: Rendition (2007)
I just saw Rendition in theater Friday night. Good but unspectacular movie. As a whole it is neither exceptional nor bad. Just a little blah… In short, Rendition = BABEL. Same structure, same shortcomings, same result. It doesn’t help that it’s the 47th movie in the past 2 years whose subject relates to the Iraq War.
