Life topic: Movies

Chuck lacks fidelity to just one film genre
After seeing the opening scene, I was convinced that Good Luck Chuck would be a stereotypical but sufficiently entertaining movie worthy of $7.50 and two hours of my Friday evening. Read »

Movie revives original with top-notch acting
Let’s just go ahead and say, if you like Christian Bale (especially the idea of him as a cowboy) and Russell Crowe (him, too), then 3:10 to Yuma is the film for you. Read »

Constant violence and little plot doom action flick
The title alone made me go into seeing this movie with very low expectations. Let’s just say that the movie failed to even meet those expectations. Read »

Dull comedy is no more than balls of trash
I didn’t know a comedy could be so depressing. I should have seen all the warning signs; mediocre previews leading up to it, a PG-13 rating and loads of giddy pre-teens sitting around my reluctant… Read »

Diaries lacks the spark that made the book a hit
The Nanny Diaries made two of the most fatal mistakes any movie adapted from a book could possibly make. No. 1: it was unfaithful to the novel, something that can cause even the best movies to lose… Read »

Once blends music and romance without the cheese
When I heard the premise for the film Once, I immediately defaulted to a cynical view and wrote the movie off as a musical chick flick: a guy and a girl who meet in the streets, both happen to be… Read »

Disturbia reeks of cliche horrors and a childish plot
Disturbia stars Shia LaBeouf (Holes, I, Robot, Constantine) as Kale, a troubled teen who is sentenced to house arrest after assaulting one of his high school teachers. Kale begins spying… Read »

Hitchcock film features excerpts from director’s life
Well, for all you Spotlight faithful, if indeed there are any of you that venture this deep into our Life section, I regrettably announce that this will be my final installment of the column. In light… Read »

Grindhouse intelligently parodies a cinematic era
The world was probably not ready for this: two of the most well-known sadomasochists of cinema, Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction) and Robert Rodriguez (Sin City) co-directing a double-feature… Read »

Ferrell lands comedic male skater role perfectly
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