Thank god this year of movie blandness is over. I generally detest doing lists of any sort. I barely remember the movies I watched last week, that alone mediocre films from months ago. When I do a year end top 10 list I try and have balance, but this year it’s pretty mainstream. There weren’t […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: Sherlock Holmes – An Engaging Trifle That Mixes The Supernatural and Steampunk!
Let me be perfectly clear – although I’ve read the Holmes canon several time, and fifty or sixty [or so] of the multitudes of Holmes pastiches, I am not a Baker Street Irregular. Still, I would imagine that most Irregulars would find much to enjoy about Guy Ritchie’s take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s immortal […]
MOVIE REVIEW: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnasuss – Wonders of a Different Sort!
We all know the story of how Heath Ledger’s death almost derailed Terry Gilliam’s latest film – and how three of Ledger’s friends [Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell] stepped in to finish the film after Gilliam tweaked the script to allow for their presences. The result, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, is one […]
Movie Review: Sherlock Holmes is one Ugly Looking Movie so says Michelle!
With the release of this year’s big budget Hollywood version of the iconic British detective, Sherlock Holmes, I thought now would be a great time to delve into Holmes’ world. I’ll admit up until this year I didn’t read the books, watch any of the old movies or TV shows that featured the character. The […]
Movie Trailers: Young Victoria
Here’s a movie that I find intriguing, Young Victoria. I love a good costume drama, so this movie about Queen Victoria when she was young sounds interesting. It opened in limited release last weekend and is expanding over the next few weeks. It’s been getting a lot of good buzz. Check out the trailer after […]
Movie News: Jackass 3D Coming Soon.
Is it possible for a technology to “Jump the Shark?” While watching Avatar in Imax 3d, I kept thinking wow this is going to change movie making as we know it. What 3D film could possibly top this? (I’m being sarcastic). Now I know, it’s Jackass in 3D. I know all of you fans of […]
Movie News: Blue Balls rule Box Office, Avatar cleans up!
Holly Blue Balls, hey I get to say that twice in one movie year. Despite a snowed in East Coast, Avatar cleaned up at the Box Office. It’s projected to bring in about $73 million bucks domestically and $159 million internationally for a total of $232 million. That’s a lot of arrows to fight the […]
Movies: Brittany Murphy, Found Dead today, at age 32.
Brittany Murphy is one of those actresses that I always found her pretty interesting to watch despite the fact that she always looked like she was high. She had that mysterious “it” factor that I always talk about. A few weeks ago I was thinking about doing a piece on actors who we don’t see […]
Movie Review: Michelle is NOT on the AVATAR Bandwagon! Thinks it’s Boring, Lifeless, and oh yeah the 3D Kind of Sucked!
I went to the my new favorite mall today, Palisades Center Mall in NY to check out James Cameron’s Avatar 3D on a real iMax Screen, not the fake Max that’s near my house in MD. I walked into the theater ambivalent about what I was about to experience and left the packed theater feeling […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Avatar – Pandora: You are THERE!
I’ve just returned from an alien world. That’s what it feels like after seeing Avatar. I’ve heard all the negative buzz: it’s Dances With Wolves in CG [really? You consider that a Bad Thing?]; some of the dialogue is clunky [I prefer blunt and to the point, but, well…]; it’s a crossover combining too many […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Up in the Air Makes It Three Straight Great Films For Reitman!
Ian Fleming’s great spy, James Bond, once said, “Once is chance; twice is coincidence, and three times is enemy action.” Tailoring that reasoning to filmmaking: a director making one great film could be chance – a confluence of events that captures lightning in a bottle; a director making two great films [let alone two in […]