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The Twilight Saga: New Moon
A teenage girl in love with a vampire is devastated when the vampire leaves her for fear of the danger that he brings into her life. The girl becomes ...
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Ninja Assassin
A young child is taken in by a clan of assassins and is raised to become a trained killer. But after witnessing the execution of his friend, he turns ...
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Disney's A Christmas Carol
On Christmas Eve, a stingy old businessman is visited by the ghost of his old partner, warning him that he is to be visited by three ghosts that very ...
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
A wily fox and his family has put food on the table by stealing meals from three crooked farmers living nearby. Fed up with the foxes antics, the farm...
Every Time A Door Opens, Something Stupid Happens
posted on Thursday, November 5, 2009 in Movie Reviews
If there is a drawback to the independent digital film movement, it is that films like I Love Dreamguyz get made. Mainstream director Joel Lamangan has brought his lack of finesse and intense cynicism to local independent cinema, producing films that serve no other purpose than to cash in on the growing market for exploitation films that feature plenty of naked bodies, gay sex, and no redeeming value. There is an argument to be made about commercial viability and its legitimacy in this marketplace, but that’s beyond the realm of what ought to be discussed here. The main issue of this film is simple: every time a door opens, something stupid happens.
A Lesson In Syntax
posted on Thursday, November 5, 2009 in Movie Reviews
There ought to be a hyphen in the title Law Abiding Citizen between the words “law” and “abiding.” That may seem like a pithy observation, but it’s actually indicative of one of the major problems of the movie. There’s a pretty serious argument about the nature of justice in a modern society at the very heart of this film. But when a movie can’t even get the syntax of its title right, how is it supposed to be able to make its case intelligently? Law Abiding Citizen only thinks it’s smart, but it’s mostly pretty ridiculous. Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) watched his family die in front of him during a home invasion. The two perpetrators were caught, but one of them gets off easy thanks to a deal made by cynical but brilliant prosecutor Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx) trying to protect his conviction rate. Ten years later, Shelton reemerges to brutally murder the men that entered his home on that fateful night. He’s quickly arrested, and Rice, lacking the evidence to convict him, is trying to get him to confess to the crime. But Shelton has a few secrets up his sleeve, and even within the walls of prison, he’s seemingly able to continue killing everyone involved in the case ten years ago. Rice has to figure out Shelton’s game before he destroys everything.
A Real Life Sports Movie
posted on Thursday, November 5, 2009 in Movie Reviews
The story of LeBron James and the St. Vincent-St. Mary Fighting Irish has always been the kind of stuff movies were made of. Four young friends work their way out of a linoleum floored gymnasium to go on and become an American phenomenon before falling into the trappings of fame, getting complacent, and learning a lesson on their way to one final chance of redemption. And that’s exactly what More Than a Game: a documentary that also functions as a pretty great sports movie. It doesn’t address everything that it can, but what’s left is still pretty compelling stuff.
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