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I Love You, Man (3/5)
These days I have rather low expectations for films of this ilk (the bromance)--if I get a few laughs and a main character who doesn't drag me through too much unnecessary bile and homophobia I will call it good. This is probably the best effort in the burgeoning genre and features two very likable lead actors breaking some new ground and having a lot of fun in front ...
Se7en (5/5)
My favorite Fincher film and something I seem to crave when the season turns to Fall. It is a perfect story addressing the struggle to fight against the dark verses escaping to apathy.
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (5/5)
More Hughes on the brain here and so pleased at how this classic has aged. I vividly recall seeing this in the theater back in 4th grade and loving every minute of it (of course I've seen it twenty times since). Nowadays, I see the central arc of the story as Ferris hoping on behalf of his best friend Cameron; giving him a day of such joy and adventure that his fears ...
Adventureland (1/5)
The most overrated film I've seen this year; high 80s on Rotten Tomatoes. This is how the film came to be: hey guy, lets make a retro 80s pic in a theme park! Ya, and we can play Falco and drive a Gremlin. Then they proceeded to phone in a pathetic dramedy script with cardboard characters and annoyingly short scenes. I think it goes from day-to-night-to-day at the ...
Eden (2/5)
I was an extra in this low-budget Seattle film about a woman dealing with a terminal illness and terrestrial escape to get away from her brat kids and dick-wad husband (the two actors actually married after meeting on the set). I have several career defining scenes including, "riding-the-bike", "wearing-the-sweats", and "opening-the-door-to-the-cafeteria". It was the ...
Carrie (2/5)
I know I should respect this film for cultural and historical reasons, but I don't have to like it. I still love you De Palma, it was the cheap, late 70s.
Valkyrie (4/5)
As a fan of the World War II genre, this high budget, well cast film directed by a Hollywood elite was good cat nip for me. I can see why the concept didn't fly as high as it could have though, it is a downer sell from the onset. How do you pitch a film based on a failed coup attempt? Titanic could have certainly failed with its inevitable ending, but the fictional ...
Coraline (3/5)
Staying true to the lesson learned from my previous Little Brother date (Transformers 2), I made sure we watched a well made film with a good premise and moral. To my wonderful surprise the film told a rich, fantastic, complicated family story and is one of my Little's favorite films now. Tried to watch it in 3D at home and the results were a bit lacking--the room ...
Duplicity (3/5)
A fine production with fine acting and a decent script. Whenever Julia Roberts tries to be funny, it almost always falls flat. I am a Clive fan though, and he carried the scenes well enough.
Things We Lost In The Fire (1/5)
What a waste of two great actors--really though, is Berry a great actor. We have the "no makeup life must be bad" look, and the, "wearing makeup life is now good" look.