Monday Movie Review
If there's anything that makes Silver Linings Playbook a better movie than Argo, which just won Best Picture, or Django or Lincoln or Zero Dark Thirty, it's that it truly surprised me. I was surprised at each turn, I was surprised by the characters, and I
Monday Movie Review
You can guess: critics and pundits will decry it for excessive violence and use of the n-word. The irony is that, for once in his career, Tarantino isn't embellishing. At least not where it counts. Because the gruesome reality of slavery is "uncomfortable and people would rather
Monday Movie Review
Since the dawn of time, men have worshipped badasses. Taken was a movie about nothing more than Liam Neeson being a badass. And it was great. Taken 2 isn't about anything beyond that – although it could be subtitled "How to Teach Your Daughter to Drive & Throw
Monday Movie Review
One of my favorite quotes from any movie is at the end of Amadeus (SPOILER), when Salieri is wheeled through the insane asylum proudly raising his hand over not only the patients but also the orderlies and the priest who's come to take his confession: "Mediocrities everywhere.
Monday Movie Review
SPOILER ALERT! Special geek-out, extra-long edition: Big, bleak, bold and baroque. If I had to pick four words to describe The Dark Knight Rises, it would be those. When we walked out, Diego just said, "Holy shit!" It's a relentless movie that Hans Zimmer and Christopher
Monday Movie Review
"Barton, I need you on top of that building... Iron Man, cover the skies... Hulk, SMASH." This movie was so, so goddamn awesome. I saw it Friday night and I'm still thinking about it. Every night I go to bed wishing I had a flying aircraft
Monday Movie Review
Okay, so it's actually Tuesday. I'm still catching up from last week, and I did watch this movie last night, with Ash, but we didn't finish it until 11:30 or something and I was tired. Basically, it was awesome. Peter Travers at Rolling
Monday Movie Review
Diego's latest Netflix was Black Swan, which St. Frances had seen, and then Diego had watched with Elise, and finally I saw last week. SPOILER ALERT: When I blog about a movie this long after it's been out, I go under the assumption we've
Monday Movie Review
Feeling Monday dragging on us, St. Frances and I watched a movie from Redbox tonight. Friends With Benefits. Here's my review: Outwardly, FWB tries to undermine the romantic comedy formula, getting you on its side with the knowing wink that we-know-you've-all-seen-this-before, but really it marches in