As much as I like Ricky Gervais and his style of comedy I must admit that his directing skills are not that good. He has a good idea on how to make things work but as for the long run goes he tends to lose himself in overshot scenes that will likely bore the watcher. So, [...]
Archive for January, 2010
If you have not seen Peter Sellers yet this is your chance. He stars in this sixties craze flick and he has done it so masterfully that it is funny even today. Rowan Atkinson and his character Mr. Bean is the closest example of the type of humor that you can expect in this movie. Hrundi V. Bakshi [...]
Directed by Clint Eastwood this thriller about a cat and mouse game between an aging detective and the serial killer is somewhat a beginning of Clint`s transition towards more serious subjects in his movies. After the latest chase with the killer Terry McCaleb has a heart attack and after the successful transplant he is approached by [...]
Galaxy Quest is a movie about Star Trek and their fans. It is really funny and I liked how they derived humor both from the series and the real life events. So, cast of the cult TV show (that is almost the same as Star Trek) is a strange group of individuals, each with his [...]
Here`s a review of another zombie flick (the proper term these days is infection) coming to us from America but directed by Pastor brothers (their next movie is Strange But True, coming to us in 2011, hopefully we will live long enough to see it). Although there are many attempts to exploit the subject this [...]
As you probably know this is the remake of 1987 original starring Terry O’Quinn (Lost, now we know why is he so handy with knives). As always this is a dangerous enterprise and rarely the movie succeeds in efforts to be better than the original. It all depends what are you expecting out of the [...]
While we are at aliens and that kind of stuff, lets review this 2004 flick. Starring Julianne Moore it centers on a grieving mother that lost her child in a plane accident and just can`t get over the tragedy. Slowly she will notice that her son is less and less mentioned and present in her life. [...]
Another great adaptation of another great post apocalyptic novel. This time there is no room for humor (like in A Boy And His Dog), or anything hopeful. Only thing that remains is the gray sky and the gray shades of people. The demolished cities and vast emptiness of the land are the scenery. A father [...]
One more of the horrors that is based on true events. If you want to enjoy in this movie, please see it now and do not read what is about to follow(as one of the imdb comments stated). . . . . Now lets begin. This movie could be awesome, but few things got in [...]
Another demonic child flick. I mean, come on!!! After The Omen, we have seen a bunch of these flicks, especially in the recent years, some were good, some were bad, but all of them did not cross the line. And the line is scenes of violence involving children. This is the first one where have [...]
Another hit from the hand of Stephen King I really do not get how he can find inspiration to write such an interesting stories. This one is about a young boy that accidentally discovers wanted Nazi war criminal and then blackmails him. The old saying goes fuck with the bull and you get the horns, [...]
This is a very cute movie, that does not take itself seriously. It has a little slow pace, but is perfect for those movie nights that you just want to relax and see some easygoing flick. Salman is a very clumsy guy, he can`t hold a job and afford rent. But when he comes to help his [...]
Another vigilante movie, this one reminds of the Saw series. After his wife and daughter die in a robbery, Clyde Shelton will have to fight to punish the responsible ones. Since as we know, justice system is fucked he will take justice into his own hands and hold accountable everyone that was involved in the initial [...]
When you read the title of the movie you know it is going to be good. I mean this is not some marketing scheme, but it has an actual connection to the story. Before I start reviewing the movie a few notes on its authenticity. The events about the research of the paranormal and its [...]
As in his previous hit Thank You For Smoking, Jason Reitman deals with some strange occupational choices. This time the movie is about Ryan Bingham, who`s job is to fire people(excuse me, the proper term is let go). He spends most of his time flying from one company to another(hence the title of the movie) [...]
Although I had reservations about this flick, it turned out to be good. Michael Douglas and his adversary Jesse Metcalfe showed like a good combination, sort of teacher and apprentice thing going on. Jesse Metcalfe is news reporter that suspects successful lawyer (Douglas) of tampering with evidence. In order to prove that he is guilty [...]
What a great action movie this is. It is rare to see this quality in mainstream production without some stupid mistakes, but this one is perfect. Using excellent action sequences based on parkour(jumping and running on the streets of the cities and using their environment as an obstacles, you must have seen some videos ) [...]
Coming to us from famous Peter Jackson(The Lord of the Rings, King Kong, Bad Taste) this movie is a very strange mixture of genres. It combines serious issues with very soft storytelling and a very visual and imaginative scenography. It reminds me of Darren Aronofsky(The Fountain, Pi). Salmon family is a perfect example of an American Dream, a house [...]
Unfortunately due to the power surge my machine got fried, so I had to reanimate an old friend Celeron 500 MHz, as of today the posts will be regular, finally. A lot of movies that are supposed to be good are coming in near future, starting with the Wolfman, Legion and others and ending with [...]
Coming to us from well known director Mike Judge (Office Space, Beavis and Butt-Head) this movie delivers, unlike the other reviews, I think that it is about as funny as Office Space(although I must admit that that movie had a certain vibe and captured something that a lot of people can identify with). Joel is [...]



