Tag: drama

Oscar Race 2010: Best Short Film, Live Action

Who likes short shorts? We like short shorts

03.01.2010

Shutter Island

I’ll probably enjoy this more on repeat viewings because a) Leo, b) Marty, and c) Leo

02.20.2010

The Godfather

Cross this one off my list, finally

02.09.2010

Creation

I can’t think of any context in which I don’t like time-lapsed photography

02.02.2010

Edge of Darkness

Mel, is this supposed to tide us over until your viking movie comes out

01.31.2010

The Last Station

Mostly worth it for the performances, as the various award nominations would suggest

01.26.2010

Crazy Heart

Too inoffensive to dislike and too predictable to love

01.21.2010

The Book of Eli

The unintentional comedy hit of the new year!

01.18.2010

The Lovely Bones

Best summed up by Desmond and Molly Jones: ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on

01.17.2010

The White Ribbon

As far as cautionary German tales for kids go, I’m sticking with Struwwelpeter

01.15.2010

Sherlock Holmes

Certainly better than Guy Ritchie’s last outing, but that’s not saying much

12.25.2009

Invictus

Not as inspiring as Clint Eastwood wants us to think it is

12.18.2009

Me and Orson Welles

Orson Welles is my kind of asshole

12.17.2009

A Single Man

Tom Ford certainly enjoys his Technicolor™ moments

12.11.2009

Brothers

I am having difficulty summarising this, so you get a non-summary instead

12.09.2009

Up In The Air

I still kind of really love George Clooney, though

12.05.2009

The Road

Might have worked better as a silent movie

11.28.2009

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

The only vampire pun I can think of is “This sucks” which is both succinct and true. Win-win!

11.22.2009

Where The Wild Things Are

Thanks, movie, for wounding my soul

11.02.2009

Amelia

[Insert bad pun about the movie soaring or crashing or both here

10.23.2009

Cairo Time

In the immortal paraphrased words of M.C. Hammer, “Stop, Cairo Time!”

10.19.2009

A Serious Man

Can only improve on repeat viewings

10.18.2009

Coco Avant Chanel

Better than I was expecting from the trailer

10.04.2009

Bright Star

Average movie is average

09.29.2009

The Misfortunates

How do you say “You might be a redneck if…” in Flemish

09.16.2009

The Warrior and the Wolf

A good opportunity to catch up on some much needed sleep

09.15.2009

The Vintner’s Luck

No one ever expects magical realism! At least I never do

09.15.2009

An Education

Like Obama says: stay in school, kids

09.10.2009

Moon

Non-toxic and useful in scrubbing out the last horrendous memories of Transformers: ROTF from the recesses of your brain

07.05.2009

Public Enemies

Audience engagement was apparently public enemy #

07.03.2009

Adventureland

I need movies where I can care about the main characters and this is not one of those movies

04.05.2009

One Week

If I had one week to live, I wouldn’t waste an hour-and-a-half watching this film

03.06.2009

Slumdog Millionaire

I remain unmoved and unfazed by this film

02.03.2009

Defiance

I like World War II movies, I like Daniel Craig, and I like those things when combined. I can’t go wrong with this one

01.22.2009

The Wrestler

The tear-jerking, heart-warming, crowd-pleasing film for the cynical bunch

01.04.2009

Revolutionary Road

I’m pretty sure the world does not need more movies about bored suburbanites

01.03.2009

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Doesn’t quite achieve the level of greatness it wants you to think it has

12.27.2008

The Reader

Meh

12.16.2008

Doubt

Mortal Kombat fight #415234: Meryl Streep vs. Philip Seymour Hoffman. FINISH HIM!

12.15.2008

Australia

Spectacular failure in epic proportions

11.23.2008

Synecdoche, New York

This is why I have difficulty enjoying the theatre

11.23.2008

Rachel Getting Married

I am quickly tiring of the dysfunctional family drama film

11.10.2008

Max Payne

Max Payne-ful. Yeah, that’s right, I said it

10.27.2008

W.

The “W” does not stand for “WIN”,

10.21.2008

Body of Lies

Significantly less than the sum of its parts

10.14.2008

The Express

“Inspirational sports stories” is one genre I never pass up

10.11.2008

Nights In Rodanthe

Note to self: do not go see a movie just because James Franco appears for approximately ten seconds

09.26.2008

What Doesn’t Kill You

What doesn’t kill you will only make this movie seem even more tedious than it already is

09.14.2008

The Brothers Bloom

The best movie I’ve seen in two years, seriously

09.09.2008

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

I don’t think I’ve ever said “fuck” out loud this many times during a PG-rated movie

08.13.2008

Brideshead Revisited

You know what’s better than “Brideshead Revisted”? “Highway 61 Revisted”

08.10.2008

The Happening

I hate myself just a bit for seeing this movie

06.17.2008

Mongol

Something tells me this is the sanitized version of this story

06.08.2008

Sex and the City: The Movie

I’m about 90% sure there were no straight males at our screening

05.29.2008

In Bruges

The last thing I expected was that I would come to adore Colin Farrell by the end of this

02.08.2008

American Gangster

Save yourself $5 and go rent Goodfellas instead

11.05.2007

3:10 to Yuma

Two words: UM,

09.08.2007

Lucky You

I wasn’t expecting brilliance, but this movie was still sort of ass

05.08.2007

Alpha Dog

I kind of love Justin Timberlake

01.12.2007

Notes on a Scandal

Hilarious and fabulous

12.29.2006

The Departed

I think I have a new favourite movie!

10.08.2006

The Black Dahlia

Fail, Brian De Palma,

09.17.2006

Tristan + Isolde

Can’t go wrong with swordfighting

01.26.2006

Brokeback Mountain

Says a lot more with silence than most films ever do with extensive dialogue

01.14.2006