The Kids Are Alright is a 15-minute short film with a high-concept that feels artificially stretched into a full-length film. The movie is well acted but the characters feel like cardboard cutouts. The movie doesn’t believe in it’s own characters. The movie wants to be an open, honest exploration about what it’s like to have […]
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, A Journey worth Taking! Michelle’s Review!!
By all rights I should hate the world of Narnia, it features several elements that I generally don’t like in my movies – cutesy kids, blatant religious overtones and allegories, Tilda Swinton, talking animals and did I mention Tilda Swinton? But somehow all of these elements work, the first movie was beautiful to look at […]
Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Disappoints Michelle!
Sometimes being a “critic” sucks. It forces you to over analyze movies instead of sitting back and just enjoying them. When I walked out of the theater after seeing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows I ran into a fellow critic and asked him what he thought, he was noncommittal but said he liked it, […]
Unstoppable is stopped by horrible First Act! Michelle’s Review!!
Generally, I think Tony Scott is an intriguing director, but I’ve never got the feeling that he has a definable style or that signature genre which he excels in – other than teaming up with Denzel Washington on 5 different movies. The problem starts immediately with the introduction of Frank (Denzel Washington). He’s the type […]
SAW 3D: The Disappointing Finale Chapter – Michelle’s Review!
The Town is one of the Best Movies of 2010
Ben Affleck gets a bad rap from critics and fanboys alike. The problem is a few years ago he had a year when he was over exposed and in 5 or 8 movies in one year, then he hooked up with J. Lo and that bread more contempt from moviegoers. Personally, I was never on […]
My Soul To Take – Worst Movie of the Year. Michelle’s Review
For some reason traffic in the DC Area on Friday afternoons are always extra horrible, it’s not uncommon for it to take me three hours to get home. Recently, instead of attending screenings during the week, I’ve started avoiding the Beltway parking lot by checking out movies on opening day. Lately it’s been a real […]
The Social Network is a Well Made, One Dimensional Hit Piece! Michelle’s Review!
The Social Network is a prime example of the old adage – never direct or write a movie when you clearly hate the subject. Director David Fincher best known as the man who brought us Fight Club (a movie I loathe) and Seven (a movie I love) and writer Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing) have […]
Resident Evil: Afterlife is a Fun Ride that doesn’t need 3D. Michelle’s Review!
I always felt the Resident Evil series has been unfairly maligned it’s one of those series that either you get or you don’t. It’s not trying to be Citizen Kane and I don’t think it ever tried to be faithful to the video game source material, but I felt it paid adequate homage to it […]
Piranha 3D is a Fun Ride, Boat Rocked by Bad Kid’s!! Michelle’s Review!
See, this is all it takes to make me happy. Make a goofy, over the top horror movie that KNOWS it’s a goofy over the top horror movie. Even after saying that I think the Producer of Piranha 3D are too clever by half. Their tongue in cheek marketing campaign, while kind of brilliant sets […]
Scott Pilgrim Saves The World But Not This Mediocre Summer Movie Season! Michelle’s Review!
The Summer of my discontent continues. I can’t say that I walked into Scott Pilgrim with high hopes, I loved Michael Cera in Juno, but his one note acting ability got old real quick. In every movie he’s in he gets to be the hero, gets the girl, gets to be in a band and […]