Better late than never….
Gone Baby Gone [4/5] Amazon
This was a really impressive piece of work by first-time director Ben Affleck, with an excellent performance by his brother Casey in the lead role and strong supporting efforts from Ed Harris, John Ashton and Morgan Freeman. It’s a movie that asks some tough questions about doing [...]
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford [5/5] [Amazon]
This is a slow movie, but if you know that going in then you can take the time to appreciate what a fine piece of filmmaking it is. From the atmospheric cinematography, to the excellent performances by both Casey Affleck and Brad Pitt, [...]
Becoming Jane [2/5] [Amazon]
I found the film adaptations of both Sense and Sensibility and Emma to be charming enough, but this account of the life of Jane Austen herself was just tedious.
His Girl Friday [4/5] [Amazon]
Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell trading great dialogue make this classic screwball comedy a must-see, even if the DVD transfer [...]
The Philadelphia Story [4/5] [Amazon]
At times things didn’t flow along as smoothly as they might have, but there was lots of good banter, and a cast that featured Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart, so it’s a classic that’s worth seeing.
Paris, Je T’aime [4/5] [Amazon]
A collection of 18 short films (you can read a [...]
This year I thought I’d try something different and post about the movies I’ve recently seen on a monthly basis, rather than doing one big list at the end of the year. I guess we’ll see how it works out.
Eastern Promises [4/5] [Amazon]
David Cronenberg’s latest, Eastern Promises is a complex morality tale disguised as [...]
I really should take the time to post reviews of movies as I see them, but most of the time that doesn’t happen, so here’s another end of the year roundup of the films I saw in 2007 (at least to this point) that were rented via Netflix.
Brilliant:
The Lookout [5/5]
It’s not quite Brick, but Joseph [...]
Stardust [4/5]
Based on the novel of the same name by Neil Gaiman, Stardust is a fun and charming movie, with plenty of great performances (especially by Robert Dinero). It’s not the sort of fantasy epic that the trailers would lead you to expect, and neither is it the new The Princess Bride. [...]
Back in January I decided to sign up for a Netflix account, and that’s resulted in me managing to see a lot more movies this year than I had the last few years. It did not, however, result in me writing more movie reviews.
What follows is a list of all of the movies I’ve [...]
Mirrormask is a movie that combines the talents of artist Dave McKean with those of writer Neil Gaiman to wonderful effect, which will come as no surprise to those who have seen their previous print collaborations.
Neil is one of my very favorite writers, so I’d been looking forward to seeing this movie ever [...]
On Thursday, Jenn and I were lucky enough to get to see one of the second round of advance screenings for Serenity, the movie based on the short-lived Firefly television series by Joss Whedon.
In short, it was great.
Joss has captured the essence of what made Firefly so cool, and he’s made a movie that manages [...]
