Lars and the Real Girl is one of those movies best watched at a Dendy with a crowd of people who find it funny, and touching all at once. This helps get over the awkwardness that ensues when the title character orders a doll on the internet, then proceeds to introduce it to his family …
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Movie: Run Fatboy Run
Movie: Run Fatboy Run It’s no secret that I’m a fan of the movie Hot Fuzz, which is another Simon Pegg vehicle. It felt that in this film, he was out of his depth trying to portray the emotional range that the character needed, though somehow, amidst all the reaching for laughs, there are some …
Movie: 3:10 to Yuma
Movie: 3:10 to Yuma It’s a western, and it’s a remake of an older film (though I haven’t seen the older film). Christian Bale and Russell Crowe are well matched on screen; a compelling, though violent, story is told: one of redemption and honour. At the end, though, has anyone really learned anything? Is being …
Movie: American Gangster
Movie: American Gangster Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe are titans on either side of the law; think Training Day, but on a more epic scale. If you’re not troubled by violence and the occasional scene of nudity, then it’s a compelling story of the corrupting influence of power, and the hypocrisy of people with power.
Movie: No Country for Old Men
Movie: No Country for Old Men Nothing makes you feel young like responding to a “are you free tonight” request from a friend by going out to the movies, and this was no exception. I was interested in seeing this film, and also worried at the descriptions of how violent and horrible it was. It …
Movie: Enchanted
Movie: Enchanted Starts out as a Disney cartoon, and then the characters end up in the real world. If you like the sound of this premise, you’ll enjoy the film. If you dislike Disney cartoon movies, or kids movies in general, stay away.
Movie: Bee Movie
Movie: Bee Movie Jerry Seinfeld’s first large-scale project in a long while doesn’t look or feel like an episode of Seinfeld. It works as a kids’ movie, and has a few moments where the adults will find it entertaining, but (sadly) it’s nothing as groundbreaking as a Pixar film.
Movie: Hitman
Movie: Hitman Not since The Day After Tomorrow has there been a movie so tailor-made for sitting down with my younger siblings and ridiculing. A combination of action movie cliches, this film somehow manages to be entertaining, despite its lack of substance – it’s a case of reminiscing about the movies that this film was …
Movie: Beowulf – 3D (Imax)
Beowulf Specially made for 3D, this is a computer-animated film that was generated with motion capture. Heroes with deep, booming voices, a very human hero, lots of violence, lots of action. As long as you’re not looking for something too deep or complex, you’ll enjoy it.
Movie: Michael Clayton
Michael Clayton A George Clooney vehicle in the vein of many Grisham films: it’s about the law, and yet, the law is really a backdrop to what is going on. Requires a certain level of concentration – some of the most important information about the title character is only mentioned in dialogue, and that early …