Archived Results for August, 2009
(Total Found: 15)
I Love You Man
"I Love You Man" is a funny picture. It is crude, especially the women's potty-mouths (and man, they are good at it), but it is funny. My wife would come in from the next room and ask me to tone down the laughter - good barometer. I tried, but it wasn't easy.
August 26th, 2009
In Tranzit
"In Tranzit" is the story of how these same women soldiers of Leningrad dealt with the tending of Male Wehrmacht prisoners nearly a year after the end of the war.
August 25th, 2009
Vanilla Sky versus Open Your Eyes
On this Occasion the Nod Goes to the Remake Most film purists, who on occasion give opinion, will never give remakes of good films a first chance (forget the second chance), unless possibly, the subsequent film is on a smaller budget, or has a European director. Recently I viewed "Abre los ojos" ("O
August 23rd, 2009
Last House on the Left
This plodding, short on reasonable dialogue, remake of the Wes Craven film, released in 1972, is watchable if you love gore, rape scenes, long strung out vengeance battles between good and evil foes, with an eventual outcome that may leave you satisfied, and then again, it may not.
August 23rd, 2009
Hunt for Justice
This film dealt with the most significant issue of the Bosnian war - the war crimes of genocide of that civilian population of indigenous Bosnians and Croatians. It is the story the Justice by the prosecution of the most significant war criminals, such as Slobodan Milosevic', by interested parties, including the United States and Canada.
August 22nd, 2009
Gonzo: The Life and Times of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
The recorded moments and events of others as seen through his skewed, cockeyed view of a world he never trusted, and never quite was comfortable with.
August 21st, 2009
Confessions of a Shopaholic
A college grad lands a job as a financial journalist in New York City to support where she nurtures her shopping addiction and falls for a wealthy entrepreneur.
August 21st, 2009
The Soloist
A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Julliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper. The journalist comes to find that the musician has been suffering from the profound effects of long term schizophrenia.
August 21st, 2009
World's Greatest Dad
The film is so down and dirty, and so awfully dark, you have to wonder, by the end of the film, is Goldthwait without one shred of moral integrity, or just one funny guy, with the big bongs to test the bounds of what is acceptable satire, or just how much shock can decent folks handle?
August 20th, 2009
Jamorama Review - Guitar Lessons Online
Free guitar lessons online with Jamorama.I am going to do something a little different today. Normally I write music reviews based on the latest album coming out, but this past weekend I stumbled across something that I think is very worthy of a review on this site, especially because I know many mu
August 18th, 2009
Museums in Review: Part II
Every time I vacation in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, I visit the Burroughs and Chapin Art Museum on Ocean Boulevard near the Farrow Parkway intersection with Kings Highway...
August 16th, 2009
Fanboys
The fan boys leave their small town for a cross country trek to steal the original print of the latest and highly anticipated prequel from the home editing studio at George Lucas's "Skywalker Ranch" in northern California. They are not wanting to take possession of the print for financial gain, they only wish to be the first ones to see it.
August 16th, 2009
The Last Waltz
"I Got a Tombstone Head and a Graveyard Mind, I Turned 41, I Don't Mind Dying: Who do you Love?" Ronnie Hawkins, one of The Band's earliest front-men when they were known as The Hawks, in the early 1960's before they were known as The Band, sang these words, as a visiting artist, in the rhythm and b
August 16th, 2009
Saving God
Convicted felon Rev. Armstrong returns back to his neighborhood a changed man looking to take over his father's old church which is in a small steel town; that is riddled with drug dealers, their overseer is a menacing minion of Hell.
August 15th, 2009
Cadillac Records
Polish immigrant Leonard Chess wanted a better life, and he built it on the talented backs of some pretty good musicians, like Muddy Waters, Etta James, Howl'n Wolfe, Willie Dixon and Chuck Berry.
August 15th, 2009
