Month: November 2007

1408

1408 Directed: Mikael Hafstrom Starring: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack After hunting for any signs of paranormal activity from the other side, a grieving father declares there are no such things as ghosts. Then he gets trapped in room 1408 where no one has survived past an...

The Black Dahlia

The Black Dahlia Directed: Brian De Palma Starring: Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner Two detectives try to solve a gruesome murder in 1947 L.A. While I was hoping for an intriguing, film noir murder mystery with femme fatales, what I got instead was a...

Hollywoodland

Based on the true story of the unsolved death of TV’s Superman, George Reeves. Was it suicide or murder? This movie was slow and that might have worked if there was some payoff at the end, but there isn’t since no one is really sure if George Reeves killed...

Babel

Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett are vacationing in Morocco when she is shot accidentally by two boys. Their Mexican nanny back home is trying to get to her son’s wedding when this happens so she tries to take their two kids across the border illegally. And somehow a Japanese...

The Bourne Ultimatum

The Bourne Ultimatum Directed: Paul Greengrass Starring: Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Joan Allen, David Strathairn Jason Bourne remembers even more about his past, and comes home to find the first guy who trained him while the government is still after him. The main plot point of the movie was...

Once

Once Directed: John Carney Starring: Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova In Dublin, a musician meets a woman who is having marriage troubles. They spend the week writing songs and falling in love. This is a movie for music lovers. If are the kind of person that fast forwards past scenes...

The Illusionist

During the 19th century, Edward Norton is an illusionist, Paul Giamatti is the Chief Inspector trying to prove he’s a fraud, and Jessica Biel is the former childhood friend that falls for him, much to the Crown Prince Leopold’s chagrin. I loved the way this movie was filmed. When...

The Simpsons

The Simpsons Movie Directed: David Silverman Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Hank Azaria, Yeardsley Smith Homer sings a song about spider pig and some other funny non-related stuff happens. Whenever there is a movie version of a tv show, you wonder if it will just feel like an overextended...