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Jonathan Rhys Meyers plays a former tennis pro who befriends a very rich guy, woos his sister while starting an affair with his friend’s fiance, Scarlett Johansson. You would never know this movie was directed by Woody Allen if someone didn’t tell you. It isn’t set in New York,...

Will Ferrell does not exactly fit in with the rest of the normal-sized elves at the North Pole. He is sent to New York to reunite with his biological father. I was disappointed with this movie. I knew it was a kid’s movie, but I thought it would be...

Jarhead Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Lucas Black, Peter Sarsgaard Directed by: Sam Mendes Written by: Anthony Swofford (book), William Broyles Jr. (screenplay) Rating: R Genre: War Drama Release Date: 2005 Sam Mendes directs Jake Gyllenhaal as a marine trying to survive boredom during the 1991 Desert Storm Gulf War. I wanted to see...

George Clooney directs a docudrama about Edward R. Murrow taking on Sen. Joseph McCarthy and his communist hearings during the mid-1950’s. The entire movie is in black-and-white, which makes it very pretty to view. It also makes a nice effect with the massive amount of smoking that happens to...

Five scientists get caught in some ball of light thingy that changes their DNA. The good ones become the Fantastic 4 while the bad one becomes Dr. Doom. Another comic book movie where I really know nothing about the comic books, so all the characters are new to me...

Middle Eastern thriller about oil drilling and American big business. While watching this movie, it reminded me a lot of Traffic. There were a lot of story lines going on that were all related to the overall plot of the movie, but not all the characters interacted with one...

Creators of South Park have made a marionette movie about a group of Americans hell-bent on reducing world crime by going after terrorists with weapons of mass destruction. Yeah, so this movie sucked. I heard that it was hilarious and a witty, biting satire. I didn’t think it was...

The Brothers Grimm pull scams on local towns by killing mythical creatures until they run up against an actual evil that isn’t them. The movie has Terry Gilliam’s trademark goofiness that is present in his films. Sometimes, it is just there a little bit and sometimes it is the...

Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson star in a sci-fi action adventure about clones that don’t know they are clones. I didn’t expect too much from this movie since it was directed by Michael Bay and I have not been a big fan of his movies in general (The Rock,...

After living in seclusion for years, Clive Owen comes back to the rest of the world to find out how his brother died. This movie was boring and dumb. The entire movie was a set up for some big finale that never happened. When it was over, I was...