Archived Results for March, 2009
(Total Found: 29)
Get Smart
"Get Smart," the movie, was a notable switch from the TV show in that Steve Carell did not portray Maxwell Smart as a complete boob; but, rather, as the bumbling hero in the end.
March 31st, 2009
Elegy
Elegy If you thought, by watching "Elegy," it would be easy negotiating its emotional streams flowing deeper and deeper into your psyche: it ain't. Director Isabel Coixet was most successful drawing one inexorably, "kicking and Screaming," deeper into the lives of the two primary characters, who hav
March 31st, 2009
Charlie Bartlett
Charlie Bartlett On occasion, and with great irregularity, I have had the pleasure to experience a film made about post adolescent high school students; made primarily for an audience of those same post adolescents, that connects with the general audience - me: a middle aged, feisty older gentleman
March 30th, 2009
The Foot Fist Way
Small Budget Film Offers a Unique Approach to Some Big Laughs The low budget film "The Foot Fist Way" exposes a "slice of life" examination, that is bizarre and often comedic, of life in a small southern city, where everyone there lives an existence of being either two kinds of people: he who is Fre
March 30th, 2009
Horton Hears a Who
The Mayor's and Horton's relentless pursuit to save the unsuspecting people of Whoville, against significant odds, is the backbone of this story. It is a story with a moral that is well presented - a moral that children should enjoy and revisit.
March 30th, 2009
Pearl Jam Re-Release of Ten
I can easily remember when Pearl Jam originally released the album titled Ten. I was a teenageer in high school looking for an outlet and an explanation to life and what I was going through during that time. While that was prolific at the time I can now look back and see where I was right, wrong, or
March 29th, 2009
Andrew Wyeth is Dead
Andrew Wyeth May Have Passed But His Art Will Live On When I was much younger, back in the early 1970's, and trying to find my way in this world of good and bad art, music and movies, I searched for living artists of quality to guide me as I sought my own path, and I discovered Andrew Wyeth. Andrew
March 29th, 2009
Quantum of Solace
Quantum of Solace This is the Best Bond film in a long time and a notch ahead of the last Bond film, Casino Royale, Daniel Craig's first film as James Bond. The action is unrelenting and Daniel Craig is the first truly believable Bond since Sean Connery originated the character in "Dr. No." Daniel C
March 28th, 2009
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army First, what did I like about Hellboy II? The movie, written and directed by Guerillermo del Toro who also wrote and directed the stylishly beautiful "Pan's Labyrinth," was artfully shot with outstanding, necessary and not gratuitous computer graphics, crisp in its deliver
March 28th, 2009
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Folk Hero, Bandit, Charismatic Leader and Sadistic Sociopath, Andrew Dominik's Jesse James is the Complex Antihero in a Death Spiral. "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" gives us a slow, drawn look at his last days as a paranoid sociopath and the aftermath that rewarded his
March 28th, 2009
Being John Malkovich
All Things Malkovich And the film works. I know it sounds crazy, but that is essentially why this film is so alluring. An entire film built around seeing the world through the eyes of one of America's great current character actors - John Malkovich - and it works due to the outstanding story / scree
March 27th, 2009
Role Models
Role Models Paul Rudd co-wrote the screenplay with Director David Wain and some of it is funny. The best parts of this often humorous vignette regarding these two losers; Rudd as Danny Donahue and Sean William Scott as simply Wheeler, is when they meet with "Big Brother" like Director Gayle Sweeney,
March 27th, 2009
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Journey to the Center of the Earth Was a journey into a chronic state of disbelief then the boredom set in. Fortunately it was over in 93 minutes. The original book by Jules Verne and the first movie of the same title, produced in 1959, were much better. Irrespective of the fact that this was not
March 27th, 2009
In the Electric Mist
In the Electirc Mist Sharp dialogue and Tommy Lee Jones's trademark intensity make this tale of redemption amid an atmosphere of Cajun characters and dead confederate souls negotiating the bayou a rewarding experience of 102 minutes of time well spent. Tommy Lee Jones, as detective Dave Robicheaux,
March 26th, 2009
Miracle at St. Anna
Miracle at St. Anna I eagerly awaited this movie for a variety of reasons. Of late, I have enjoyed two of Spike Lee's later films; "Inside Man" and "25th Hour." For my personal tastes, there is no greater dramatic conflict than men in battle. So, we combine a war movie with a decent director, and ho
March 25th, 2009
Art School Confidential
Art School Confidentional How many of you have ever really known an art school student? As a younger man, I spent some time in Art School: an accredited regionally renowned school of a much higher quality than the Stratford College of "Art School Confidential." Better facilities, much better budding
March 24th, 2009
Traitor
In the War on Terror, it is a certainty that all combatants will be real people, who line up on one side or the other for real reasons. For those of us who work to understand this war from the comfort of our career and family driven lives, we cannot know the machinations necessary for a positive outcome.
March 24th, 2009
The Great Buck Howard
"So Let's Go On with the Show" Buck Howard knows it has been a long time since his 61 appearances on the "Tonight Show with Johnny Carson," and he needs a comeback in the worst way. His story began long ago as a young performer, using his talents as a mentalist to entertain audiences wherever he cou
March 22nd, 2009
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Woody Allen Film in a Long, Long Time "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" was surprisingly funny. Laughing out loud at neurotic Europeans and American Tourists is rather more humorous than considering ...
March 22nd, 2009
Mirrors
Mirrors "Mirrors," the remake of the South Korean film "Into the Mirrors," was surprisingly cohesive in its approach to shocking its audience in this horror / thriller. Director Alexandre Aja incorporated a few twists and plenty of action provided courtesy of the evil spirits brigade to keep the vie
March 22nd, 2009
