Götz Spielmann’s Austrian crime-’ish’ drama is an engaging character study that slowly builds up the tension and plot that is a tad bit bloated but remains a pretty good look at the human condition. Alex is an ex-con who is dating a prostitute, Tamara, and the two’s feelings for one another are real. Unfortunately both […]
Read more "Review: Revanche"The Ugly Truth is that the romantic comedy has hit a low point. Now I know that most films of this genre are not that original when you think about their basic structure, however, there are some that hide this fact a lot better than others. Or at least know how to keep the hopeless […]
Read more "Now Playing Review – The Ugly Truth"The latest effort from Kathryn Bigelow is a gritty and realistic look into the life of an Iraq War bomb squad that is thrilling when defusing the bombs but meanders a bit when not. In and around Iraq during our skirmish over there since we went to war in the country, the enemy has been […]
Read more "Review: The Hurt Locker"As soon as I finished this movie I got into a lightweight debate with my mom, and it went a little something like this: Sister: So did you like the movie? Mom: It was okay. I don’t really like him though. And I don’t think that it was appropriate to go around making fun of […]
Read more "Rental Review – Religulous"David Yates returns at the helm of the sixth and second to last adaptation in the Harry Potter series and the result is a character driven story that sets up the final chapter that lacks a lot of action, as the source material dictates, that makes it a bit of the odd duck in the […]
Read more "Review: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince"08’s winner for best foreign language film at the Oscar’s, Departures is a very engaging, funny, and thoughtful look at death and letting the living come to peace with it and it is all wrapped around the wonderful story of a man finding himself and coming to grips with his past. Daigo Kobayashi is an […]
Read more "Review: Departures"I will admit that after my first viewing I was slightly confused by the story of Push because it was a little hard to follow for me. However, after rewatching it once more (okay, twice if you count once with the commentary track), I can finally say that I think I get it. Push creates […]
Read more "Rental Review – Push"David Fincher’s – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) David Fincher’s 2008 film stands up with any of his best films by telling a wonderful story, getting fantastic work out of his actors, and utilizing ground breaking special effects that are so good you don’t even know you are watching them much of the […]
Read more "The Decade’s Best – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)"Sacha Baron Cohen is back at it with his follow up to 2006’s Borat which chronicles his homosexual Austrian fashion expert character, Brüno, is an often hilarious series of bits and skits that doesn’t overstay its welcome and is not nearly as groundbreaking do to the actor’s previous work. Brüno is the biggest fashion expert […]
Read more "Review: Brüno"Chris Columbus will have a tough time picking up the pieces of his career after this atrocious and unwatchable mess that everyone involved with should be ashamed of for participating in or even letting it get to production. I am not going to sum up the plot because it doesn’t matter, if you see this […]
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Middle of the Row 