Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
Based on the book series, three orphans have to go live with their horrible Count Olaf played by Jim Carrey. This movie was a blast to watch. The art direction was awesome. I loved the look of the house, scenery, Count Olaf, the kids, and everything inside the house....
Art School Confidential
Art School Confidential Starring: Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent, Anjelica Huston, Adam Scott Directed by: Terry Zwigoff Written by: Daniel Clowes Rating: R Length: 1 hour 42 min Genre: Comedy Release Date: May 12, 2006 A freshman at a small art school tries to adapt to college life, get a girl to notice...
The Constant Gardener
Ralph Fiennes is a British diplomat on assignment in Africa when his radical pregnant wife is killed. He’s determined to find out why and uncovers conspiracies in the process. I wasn’t sure if I would like this movie. I had heard good things about it, but I wasn’t sure...
Full Frontal
From Steven Soderbergh going back to his roots of sex, lies and videotape with this “movie about movies for people who love movies”. Stars Julia Roberts and David Duchovny. Shot on digital film for most of the movie, it ends up being more distracting than being put to good...
Red Eye
Surprisingly, I actually liked this movie a lot. Foxy Rachel McAdams is some kind of manager at some swanky hotel in Miami where VIPs frequently stay. It so happens that some big Homeland Security guy is checking in there tonight, though that’s very hush hush. She’s flying back there...
Kung Fu Hustle
From the director of Shaolin Soccer, set in 1930’s Hong Kong, a bad guy get caught in the middle of a battle between mobsters and slumlords. It’s filled with over-the-top cartoonish kung-fu fighting. I had watched the beginning and the end of this movie quite a while ago, but...
Music From Another Room
Jude Law plays a romantic who believes he is meant to be with a certain woman, much to the dismay of her fiance. I caught this one weekend morning when I was flipping through cable channels. I wasn’t really awake so I kept it on it since it had...
Cars (2006)
On the way to the prestigious Piston Cup Championship, a hotshot race car who cares only about winning learns about what is really important in life from the automotive inhabitants of a town along historic Route 66. (from Fandango.) Owen Wilson supplies the voice to the selfish Lightening McQueen,...
The Ice Harvest
On the outside, this movie should be good. John Cusack is awesome, Billy Bob Thornton is under-rated, and Harold Ramis has made some really excellent movies. This is not one of them. The story is pretty vague and hard to follow....
Wicker Park
Josh Hartnett meets a girl who reminds him of an old girlfriend who went missing and he starts his search for her again. When discovering the Postal Service a few years back, I downloaded their cover of Against All Odds. That’s when I realized it came from the soundtrack of...