Monthly Archives: December 2010

I don’t have the energy to write a full review, and I’m guessing that this is one movie that will be watched by many on this blog, and they can do it more justice than I. Suffice it to say … Continue reading →

This is a case where my expectations were a little too high so that, despite being a very fine film in many ways, I left the theater a little disappointed. The Fighter tells the story, based on real events in … Continue reading →

Restrepo is a documentary filmed by Sebastian Jungar and Tim Heatherington (there is also an accompanying book) about fifteen months in the life of a platoon of US soldiers deployed to the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan. Restrepo is the name … Continue reading →

First entry in this category is The Next Three Days. Russell Crowe plays a college professor whose wife (played very well by Elizabeth Banks) is accused, convicted and jailed for murder. The movie first goes back three years to the … Continue reading →

Twenty years ago, Sam Flynn’s father, the legendary electronics wizz and video games pioneer, Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) disappeared. Sam (Garrett Hedlund) grows up angry and rebellious, and (this will prove fortuitous) very good on a motorcycle, until one day, … Continue reading →

In no particular order, and based on things I saw this year, ignoring “real” release dates: The Kids Are All Right Please Give Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Police, Adjective A Prophet Exit Through the Gift Store The Wild and … Continue reading →

i would like to start a thread for movies we liked but may not be worth writing whole reviews about. i will start with Welcome, a Film Movement french movie about an iraqi boy who wants to get to england … Continue reading →

Here’s what I really liked this year: #1. Salem – King Night (Dark, insane, bedroom witch house, a soundtrack for Earth in 2010 where somehow Dario Argento is responsible for never-ending wars, religious nutbaggery and the socio-economic annihilation of the … Continue reading →