At first I was growing tired of the “found footage” sub-genre of movies, but recent TV series like the now-cancelled The River, movies like Chronicle and now this movie continue to expand possibilities. The title of this Norwegian film, Trollhunter (Trolljegeren), sounds like a cheesy Syfy channel B-movie, but actually it’s pulled off with a…
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The Dark Knight Rises – Movie Review
As a finale to writer-director Christopher Nolan’s three-part reinvention of the Batman movie mythos, and the superhero movie genre as a whole, The Dark Knight Rises fits right in. It brings back not only the kinds of action sequences and fight scenes that we’ve come to expect, but also the cynical social commentary and themes…
Movie Confessions Blogathon
I haven’t really been much of a blogosphere kind of guy. I don’t really connect with other blogs or bloggers, but through another movie blog (Today I Watched A Movie), I discovered this Movie Confessions blogathon, so I thought that I might branch out a bit and participate. When you’re done with my responses, click…
Movie #19: Tucker and Dale vs Evil
Ever since Scream, there’s been almost a sub-class of horror movies that play with the expectations and stereotypes of the genre. Recently I really enjoyed the Joss-Whedon-produced Cabin in the Woods, and Tucker and Dale vs Evil actually has a lot in common with that movie (except in those parts where they are completely opposite)….
Movie #18: The Young Victoria
Even though I enjoy movies about British royalty, and I studied some history in university, I can’t say that I know much about Queen Victoria’s life. Unfortunately, after watching The Young Victoria, I still don’t. It wasn’t that there were historical details missing, but it was difficult to follow who the characters were, or what…
Movie #16: Drive
Can a movie be both slick and raw? Drive had a high degree of style: artful cinematography (nicely composed, with a great sense of balance; every scene could have been used for a movie poster), beautiful Baroque lighting (the night scenes had a warm-cool glow), thrilling car chases, and a curiously eclectic soundtrack (ranging from…
Movie #15: Anonymous
This movie starts out with an interesting premise (and a prologue by Shakespearean heavyweight, Derek Jacobi). He describes, with poetic and dramatic flair, some of the facts we know about William Shakespeare the playwright and leads to how little we know about Shakespeare the man. According to this story, Shakespeare was a hammy, buffoonish actor…
Movie #14: Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Following a recent trend in sequel naming convention, the fourth in the Mission: Impossible action movie series decided to leave off the serial number and go with a subtitle instead. Ironically, the “Ghost protocol” has only a minor role in setting up the dire straits that IMF Agent Ethan Hunt (played again by the “he’s…
The Amazing Spider-Man – Movie Review
The first question around most water coolers about The Amazing Spider-Man seems to be, “Did we need another reboot of the Spider-man story so soon?” and the second (if your water cooler is frequented by movie buffs) is, “Can Marc Webb do a good job directing it when his only claim to fame is indie…
