Monthly Archives: November 2011
The Muppets (2011)
Eff you Alvin and eff you Smurfs, these are my real child-hood heroes. In this flick, Walter, the world’s biggest Muppet fan, and his brother Gary (Jason Segel) and friend Mary (Amy Adams) must raise $10 million to save the … Continue reading
Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
The one thing I kept wondering the whole time was whether or not anybody got showers. The film stars Elizabeth Olsen as Martha, a girl who runs away from a cult only to be picked up by her sister and … Continue reading
The American (2010)
Is a silent Clooney better than a talking Clooney? On the heels of a rough assignment, assassin Jack (George Clooney) declares that his next job will be his last. Dispatched to a small Italian town to await further orders, Jack … Continue reading
The Descendants (2011)
Who would ever want to cheat on Clooney? Matt King (George Clooney), the trustee of his family’s ancestral land in Hawaii, tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife suffers a serious boating accident and falls into a … Continue reading
A Dangerous Method (2011)
Sir PSYCHO Sexy. Viggo Mortensen stars as Sigmund Freud, whose relationship with fellow psychology luminary Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) is tested when Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley), one of the first female psychoanalysts, enters their lives. It’s also even better that … Continue reading
Filed under 1950s and below
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Don’t take taxis during rush hour. This is what will probably happen to you. Neal Page (Steve Martin) is a high-strung advertising executive who needs to get from New York to Chicago in a matter of two days, for Turkey … Continue reading
We Don’t Live Here Anymore (2004)
How oblivious can people be?!?! Two married couples (Mark Ruffalo and Laura Dern, Peter Krause and Naomi Watts) who have been close friends for years find that dynamic irrevocably changed when two of them (Ruffalo and Watts) have an affair. … Continue reading
Planet of the Apes (2001)
CGI is better than costumes. After flying through a space “worm hole,” astronaut Leo Davidson (Mark Wahlberg) crashes on a planet where simians rule over humans. Aided and abetted by a sympathetic chimpanzee (Helena Bonham Carter), Davidson leads a small … Continue reading
Wedding Crashers (2005)
Why can’t these guys do more comedies like this? John (Owen Wilson) and his buddy Jeremy (Vince Vaughn) are emotional criminals who know how to use a woman’s hopes and dreams for their own carnal gain. And their modus operandi? … Continue reading
The Princess and the Frog (2009)
Of course this is Disney’s first black princess, and she’s a frog half of the film. Classy Disney! Down in New Orleans during the fabulous Jazz Age, young Princess Tiana (voice of Anika Noni Rose) searches for true love and … Continue reading
J. Edgar (2011)
Even wearing his mom’s clothes, Leo is still the man. Leonardo DiCaprio stars in this riveting biopic as J. Edgar Hoover, the longtime FBI director as notorious for his overzealous methods of law enforcement as for the rumors regarding his … Continue reading
Jack and Jill (2011)
Adam Sandler’s career went up a hill, then totally plummeted. Jack (Adam Sandler) has a nice quiet life with his family, until Thanksgiving comes and in comes strolling in his identical twin sister, Jill (also played by Sandler). She creates … Continue reading
The Quiet American (2002)
Michael Caine is still a pimp. A British reporter, Fowler (Michael Caine, in an Oscar-nominated performance), falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman, Phuong (Do Thi Hai Yen), and is dismayed when an American, Pyle (Brendan Fraser), also begins … Continue reading
Immortals (2011)
Oooooooooh sooo shinnnyyy. In Ancient Greece, King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) searches for a powerful weapon that will free the bloodthirsty Titans and enable them to overpower the gods and enslave mankind. Unable to interfere directly, the gods choose a champion … Continue reading
Conviction (2010)
I definitely know that my little bro would not do this for me that little bastard. Convinced that her brother, Kenneth (Sam Rockwell), has been unjustly convicted of murder and incompetently defended by court-ordered attorneys, high school dropout Betty Anne … Continue reading
Melancholia (2011)
Just put a freakin’ smile on for Christ’s sakes. Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård) are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and brother-in-law (Kiefer Sutherland). Meanwhile, the planet, Melancholia, … Continue reading
