Movie Reviews
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| Opinion > Movie Reviews | November 3, 2011 |
| A rather unsubtle script combined with surprisingly good special effects make a wonderful platform for a child actor to steal the screen and give us a fun, heartwarming, exciting two hours... | |
| Ride 'em, ET! | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | July 30, 2011 |
| Some films Make A Statement, other movies keep you bouncing with glee. Cowboys & Aliens is one of the latter, joyously so... | |
| A Brave Lad—Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Parts 1 and 2) | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | July 27, 2011 |
| The kids are all grown up in this not-really-for-kids kids movie. Its flaws are those of the book, but in the end, it's a satisfying conclusion to a magical journey... | |
| Eye candy, mind popcorn—Thor | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | May 21, 2011 |
| Visually stunning, but intellectually thin... | |
| Yoda trains the Terminator, and then this 17-year-old badass goes to town in Hanna | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | April 7, 2011 |
| A haunting portrayal of a girl finding her way in an alien world turns into a kick-ass action flick... | |
| Natalie Portman's Black Swan is a wonderfully dark and uncomfortable pas de deux | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | January 3, 2011 |
| An allegory of Swan Lake remarkably frames a young dancer's growth into the role and descent into madness... | |
| A modern, but not TOO modern, princess Rapunzel takes the screen in Disney's Tangled | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | December 1, 2010 |
| Disney's newest animated feature, Tangled, is based on the story of Rapunzel, with a somewhat modernized heroine and an engaging story. Definitely worth watching... | |
| The Ghost Who Parkours—Syfy's The Phantom | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | June 24, 2010 |
| The Syfy Channel's latest incarnation of the 1930s comic book superhero was both better and worse than expected, but it sets the stage for a decent potential series... | |
| This Riverworld meanders, but doesn't go anywhere | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | April 21, 2010 |
| Take out the investigations of the soul of humanity, the perfectibility of man, and the values shared between humans and aliens, and you're left with a meandering chase story that doesn't go anywhere... | |
| Forget the Sherlock Holmes you've read; this one's more a Victorian James Bond, but a heck of a lot of fun | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | December 24, 2009 |
| It's not (quite) steampunk, but this Victorian Sherlock Holmes is far beyond what Conan Doyle dreamed, and a heck of a lot of fun... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) | |
| Jedi Warriors on Earth, training Obi-Wan—The Men Who Stare at Goats | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | November 6, 2009 |
| They don't claim it's speculative fiction, but The Men Who Stare at Goats is a wonderfully speculative—and funny—look at some outre military projects... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) | |
| Young Wizards in Love—a review of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | July 13, 2009 |
| The newest Harry Potter film is a worthy adaptation of the novel, and a satisfying and expert film production... | |
| Beside Himself—a review of Moon | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | June 29, 2009 |
| Moon is truly a science fiction movie, in which the characters and story are far more important than the special effects, which are great in themselves... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) | |
| Please, sir, I want some more (fantasy)—a review of Imagine That | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | June 11, 2009 |
| A sweet, endearing movie that could have been better. The fantasy elements are almost non-existent (unless you've worked on Wall Street, too)... | |
| Insert Your Own "I'll Be Back" Joke Here—a review of Terminator Salvation | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | May 21, 2009 |
| Not as violent as it should be, but this is a worthy successor to the famed film franchise... | |
| Breaking the Tie: One More Review of Star Trek | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | May 12, 2009 |
| "On the third hand…": A tie-breaking review of Star Trek that lands somewhere in the middle of our previous two... | |
| Star Trek: I may be the only one who had trouble with the movie, but man… | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | May 9, 2009 |
| I admit it: I'm like the only person on the planet who was disappointed with the new Star Trek. And here's why… (Warning: lots of plot spoilers. If you haven't seen the movie yet, you probably want to see it before reading this grumbling.) | |
| The Future Returns—a review of Star Trek | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | May 7, 2009 |
| Everything is going to be different, but this isn't just a great Star Trek film; it's a great film, period... | |
| ...but for the right audience...—another view of Battle for Terra | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | April 29, 2009 |
| While the movie may be too simplistic and too overwrought for parents, it may be ideal for children: read on... | |
| Battle for Believability—a review of Battle for Terra | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | April 29, 2009 |
| Battle for Terra keeps tripping over its own message, rather than just letting the story flow. And it's a very heavy-handed message... | |
| The Ghota Are Coming!—a review of Alien Trespass | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | April 2, 2009 |
 Alien Trespass is the best new film of the 1950s. Three out of four stars...
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| Contemplating Watchmen | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | March 4, 2009 |
| Trying to satisfy two different audiences may be the film's undoing, or it may be, as fans have long said, that Watchmen is unfilmable, but the filmmakers did try... | |
| Alien Trespass will be the newest film of the 1950s | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | February 5, 2009 |
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R.H. Goodwin's new move, Alien Trespass, might have been made 50 years ago, but it's a wonderfully new entry into the 1950s monster movie genre...
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| X-Philia—a review of The X-Files: I Want to Believe | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | July 25, 2008 |
| This is the movie X-Files fans have been waiting for: not the flash of a summer blockbuster, but the spookiness of The X-Files... (There is a spoiler marker about half-way through this review.) | |
| Kickin' ass, literally and figuratively—a review of The Dark Knight | |
| Opinion > Movie Reviews | July 17, 2008 |
| Christian Bale has made Batman his own; Heath Ledger's Joker is stunning; and you do not want to bring the kids to see The Dark Knight, but you sure want to see it yourself... | |
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