Monthly Archives: January 2011
Osmosis Jones (2001)
Now I know what’s going through my body when I’m pinching a load. 40-year-old man (Bill Murray) who’s the host to various organisms, tissues and blood cells all trying to do their assigned tasks. Chris Rock provides the voice for … Continue reading
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
Makes me think twice of taking subways now. When a group of hijackers led by criminal mastermind Ryder (John Travolta) take the passengers aboard a New York subway train hostage and demand a king’s ransom, it’s up to subway dispatcher … Continue reading
Trainspotting (1996)
One film that must always be watched with subtitles on. Danny Boyle’s explosive 1996 film tracks the misadventures of young men (played by a cast that includes Ewan MacGregor, Robert Carlyle and Jon Lee Miller) trying to find their way … Continue reading
Tango & Cash (1989)
If these two were actual cops in real life, the world would be a safer place. When Ray Tango (Sylvester Stallone) and Gabe Cash (Kurt Russell) are framed and wind up in prison, they’re tortured by the thugs of the … Continue reading
Gran Torino (2008)
Wish I knew old men like Clint Eastwood. Curmudgeonly Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood, who also directs) must confront his Hmong immigrant neighbors — and his own long-held prejudices — when the family’s teenage son, Thao (Bee Vang), … Continue reading
Top 10 of 2010
I’m not going to lie, but 2010 was a pretty good year film wise. Of course it started off pretty weak, got a little bit better in the summa time, and then come the fall to winter season, it was … Continue reading
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The Way Back (2011)
First film I review from the year 2011, and it’s starting off pretty nice. After narrowly escaping from a wretched World War II Siberian labor camp, a small band of multinational soldiers desperately undertakes a harrowing journey to traverse Siberia, … Continue reading
Blue Valentine (2010)
Love is sometimes a beautiful thing. Once crazy about each other, Cindy (Michelle Williams) and Dean (Ryan Gosling) have now grown apart. Cindy is bored and disenchanted with her life while Dean languishes in the emotional emptyness of their sexless, … Continue reading
The King’s Speech (2010)
Hugh Grant really is going to kill someone! Britain’s King George VI (Colin Firth) struggles with an embarrassing stutter for years until he seeks help from unorthodox Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush) in this biographical drama. Logue’s pioneering … Continue reading
I Love You, Man (2009)
I’m still contemplating who’s going to be my best man. In this bromance, the cinematic equivalent of a rom-com buddy flick, Paul Rudd plays a recently engaged guy who’s got the bride-to-be of his dreams but lacks an all-important significant … Continue reading
Toy Story 3 (2010)
Makes me wanna go and play with all of my old toys, not like I already still don’t. In this installment of the Pixar animated franchise, toy cowboy Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks), his astronaut pal, Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen), … Continue reading
Psycho (1998)
Reason why classics, should just be kept as that. This remake of the 1960 shocker stars Anne Heche as Marion Crane, who makes a fateful stop at the Bates Motel — run by mama’s boy Norman Bates (Vince Vaughn) — … Continue reading
The Kids Are All Right (2010)
One of those cases where I expected way too much in the first place. Joni (Mia Wasikowska) and Laser (Josh Hutcherson), the children of same-sex parents Nic (Annette Bening) and Jules (Julianne Moore), become curious about the identity of their … Continue reading
I Love You Phillip Morris (2010)
Never would I have thought that I’d see the day when I saw Obi-Wan and Ace Ventura smooching on the screen. When upstanding Texas cop Steven Russell (Jim Carrey) realizes he’s gay, he changes his entire life and pulls a … Continue reading
127 Hours (2010)
Well, now I’m never going rock-climbing. From director Danny Boyle comes this harrowing tale of real-life mountain climber Aron Ralston (James Franco), who literally cuts himself loose from danger — and lives to tell about it when sliding rock pins … Continue reading
Gunnin’ for that #1 Spot……..
Hello everybody, since it is a new year and all, I thought it was quite exceptional, that to start it off so grand I would be nominated for a Best Review Blog at Total Film. So all I’am saying people … Continue reading
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Gentlemen Broncos (2009)
What a weird title, for a weird movie. But not the good kind of weird. Hoping that his novel brings him fame and fortune, high school loner Benjamin Purvis (Michael Angarano) attends a fantasy writers conference and later discovers that … Continue reading
Summer of Sam (1999)
Good thing I was born in 1993, and didn’t live in New York. During the sweltering summer of 1977, the notorious killer Son of Sam set New York City on fire, and a chance encounter with the homicidal maniac sends … Continue reading
