Tag: movie review

Chris Nolan, who directed Memento, is taking charge of this interpretation of how Christian Bale became Batman. I really enjoyed this movie. I liked seeing how he decided to become Batman than the rushed feeling that the previous movies gave us where it just jumped right into him fighting crime....

  Don Cheadle is a psychologist at a mental health center for young adults. Joseph Gordan-Levitt is the lead angry guy. I had a feeling that this movie would have a good premise, but be too predictable. I actually really enjoyed it. Don Cheadle, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel...

The last Star Wars installment that ties together how Anakin turns to the dark side of the Force to become Darth Vader. **Some spoiler stuff so don’t read if you don’t want to know.** R2D2 is awesome and he has bypassed Yoda as my favorite character. I love Yoda...

  This was a nice little movie. It was overly cute in parts, but it didn’t go over the top because of Michael Caine and Robert Duvall. It could have been way too sweet, but they gave it a nice edge....

Adam Sandler falls for Drew Barrymore except she has no short-term memory. He meets her all over again each day. I started watching this on cable about 15-20 min. into the movie, but I don’t think I missed anything crucial. I really would have liked if the penguin and...

At the end of the American Civil War, Jude Law journeys home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina to reunite with Nicole Kidman. Renee Zellweger is in there somewhere too. I thought this movie looked pretty boring, but decided I should watch it anyway. It was much better than I expected. It was very long, but...

Off the Map Starring: Joan Allen, Sam Elliot, Valentina de Angelis, Amy Brenneman, Jim True-Frost Directed by: Campbell Scott Written by: Joan Ackermann Rating: PG-13 Genre: Drama Release Date: 2003 A family lives on their own away from society in the middle of nowhere New Mexico where they end up being audited. The main part...

House of Flying Daggers Starring: Ziyi Zhang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau Directed by: Yimou Zhang Written by: Feng Li, Bin Wang, Yimou Zhang Rating: PG-13 Length: 1 hour 59 minutes Genre: Action Release Date: 2004 In 859, rebel armies are forming to combat the corrupt government during the Tang Dynasty in China. We watched House of...

A young British boy lives in an imaginary world most of the time and can’t believe it when he really finds a bag filled with millions that has fallen from the sky. This movie is directed by Danny Boyle that also directed Trainspotting and 28 Days. There is nothing gross or scary...

The weekend before a guy gets married, he goes out on a wine-tasting adventure with his best friend who has been depressed for two years. Directed by the Alexander Payne who made Election and About Schmidt. This was a nice, sweet movie, but I didn’t think it was Best Picture...