Movie Reviews Archive

The Dark Knight: A Fan's Review

Posted on August 13, 2008 | No Comments
ShareI came out of the theatre stunned. Simply stunned. Hands down, this is the BEST BATMAN MOVIE EVER. This movie is nine kinds of awesome. Yes, really. Okay, more than nine kinds but here are the nonspoiler versions. 1: Heath Ledger IS the Joker. 2: Aaron Eckhart [...]
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Video: ‘Stardust’ review

Posted on August 23, 2007 | No Comments
ShareCBC takes a look at Stardust. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzZtJc2WR7A]
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Film Review: Hello Double-O-Sexy, goodbye spy fi

Posted on December 17, 2006 | No Comments
Share Casino Royale (2006) NO SPOILERS In the many, many years I’ve been an avid film-goer, there have only been three times I have actually heard female audience members openly gasp in shocked pleasure at displays of unexpected male beauty on the silver screen. One was the beach volleyball [...]
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Film Review: ‘Ultraviolet’ a beautiful mess

Posted on March 7, 2006 | No Comments
Share Ultraviolet (2006) NO SPOILERS If you’ve been dying for the first big-budget live-action anime film, the good news is your wait is over. The bad news is that it comes in the form of Ultraviolet, the new wire-fu sci-fi flick from Sony’s Screen Gems genre studio. The plot [...]
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Film Review: 'Nanny McPhee': A disciplined treat with a magical touch

Posted on February 25, 2006 | No Comments
Share Nanny McPhee (2005) NO SPOILERS Of all the so-called family films I’ve seen in the past 12 months, two have stood out as films I’ve told adults to go see – whether they have children or not. One is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the [...]
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Film Review: 'Underworld Evolution' sucks and bites – in a bad way

Posted on February 20, 2006 | No Comments
Share Underworld Evolution (2005) NO SPOILERS Every so often a stylish little film comes out of nowhere and becomes a cult hit. That happened in the fall of 2003 when a lower budget vampire and werewolf movie called Underworld opened in theatres. To almost everyone’s surprise, it was [...]
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Film Review: King Kong is a triumph

Posted on December 15, 2005 | No Comments
Share King Kong (2005) NO SPOILERS This movie is proof that director Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) is no one trick pony. This newest – and possibly best – version of King Kong had even the most jaded movie goers squirming in their seats and [...]
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Film Review: Swinton’s White Witch saves Narnia flick from Disney mediocrity mill

Posted on December 11, 2005 | 1 Comment
Share The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (2005) NO SPOILERS If only I were 30 years younger, I’d probably adore this film. First of all for the avid C.S. Lewis fans, rest assured, that by far this is the best film adaptation of this [...]
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Film Review: ‘Aeon Flux’: So-so anti-science sci fi flick

Posted on December 4, 2005 | No Comments
Share Aeon Flux (2005) Aeon Flux is a hit-and-miss live-action big screen adaptation of a series of animated shorts that first appeared on MTV’s Liquid Television series (which also spawned Beavis and Butthead and the film Office Space) in 1991. The film succeeds in capturing the look [...]
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Film Review: ‘Goblet of Fire’ a darker, better effort

Posted on November 28, 2005 | No Comments
Share Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) Before I begin this review, I have to admit that although I am an avid reader, I have never read any of the Harry Potter books. And, although I have seen all of previous three films, I would [...]
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