The visceral thrill of a film is very important when concerning actions, thrillers, horror movies, westerns, etc. Almost any genre, you will find that visceral experience like no other. Whether it be head turning in The Exorcist, mind blowing like in The Dark Knight, a whirling feeling only experienced when running like in Casino Royale, [...]
Long Time
It has been extremely hectic lately and I am so sorry, Faithful Readers, that I have not posted in a long time. So, I will just write what I have seen and provide a capsule review of each.
Doubt
The John Patrick Shanley translates to the screen well mostly because of its stellar cast. Meryl Streep as [...]
Nightmares and Dreamscapes: Review for “Coraline”
The team who brought you the stop-motion animation masterpiece The Nightmare Before Christmas is back delivering a terrifying but fantastic film yet again. Neil Gaiman’s wonderfully eerie children’s book hits the screen in a big way, and works great as a SMA movie. I imagine that a live action version would not be as convincingly [...]
I, Robot: Review for “Wall-E” 3-Disc Special Edition DVD
Pixar is honestly one of the most amazing studios ever. More amazing than MGM, more fantastic than Universal, and more exciting than 20th Century Fox. Not only because of the amazing visuals they provide for all of their films, but also because of their acclectic choices of films. Even though their is a small taste [...]
“Kung Fu” Fighting: Review for “Kung Fu Panda”
Kids movies with messages tend to be kind of preachy and annoying. There are a few exceptions, but not many. Actually, a lot of kids movies over the last five or six years haven’t been up to scratch as they were in the ’90s. Yes, there was Pixar, but other than that, only a few [...]
The Farce is with Them: Review for “Robot Chicken: Star Wars” DVD
Robot Chicken is the completely irreverent and irrelovent television show on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. It usues a stop-motion animation to create some of the wackiest “skits”. Created by Seth Green and Matthew Cenreich, the show also has a weird twist: they use toys! Last year, George Lucas allowed the mad geniuses of Chicken to create [...]
Global Warming: Review for “WALL-E”
WALL-E is the newest film from the PIXAR family film collection, one of the most successful companies in family films in the world. They brought toys alive in Toy Story, made super heroes human in The Incredibles, and made a rat’s dream a reality in last year’s Best Animated Feature Oscar winner, Ratatouile. With each [...]
An Inconvinient Truth: Review for "Dr. Seuss’s Horton Hears a Who"
Horton Hears a Who, the newest animated Seuss adaptation, stars Horton, a lovable, somewhat affable elephant, voiced by Jim Carry. He thinks he hears a tiny voice, but no one believes him. He protects this little spec, where he heard the voice, on a clover. It turns out that all of Whoville lives on this [...]
It’s Just Buzz: Review for "Bee Movie"
I’m very sorry to say this, all you Seinfeldfans, but Jerry Seinfelds voice is boring. And it is this which caused me to dislike the film Bee Movie. Okay, fine, I didn’t dislike it, I just thought it could be better. Barry Benson (Seinfeld) is a happy bee getting to get a job in his [...]
Sautee Mix: Review for "Ratatouille"
Pixar has been taking home rave reviews and awards since their first success, 1994’s Toy Story. The animation since then has gotten more precise and intricate. The latest in the Pixar lineup is the story of a rat who can cook. Now, if this were not a talking, friendly rat, I imagine a movie about [...]
