Everyone loves Sandra Bullock.  How can we not?  She’s adorable and accessible and funny and beautiful and cool.  Casting her as a Prada-Wearing Devil (at a publishing company, no less) was actually quite a stretch, but the manages to fill the spiky Manolos of much more plausible screen harridans.  At first we just assume she [...]

Sam Rockwell is a wonderful hybrid between a handsome leading man and a quirky character actor.  This rare quality serves him well playing a man (Sam), working alone for a three-year shift on the dark side of the moon, whose reality breaks down as he nears the end of his tour.  I really loved him [...]

My companion saw the 1974 original film adaptation of John Goday’s novel, remade here by Serious Director Tony Scott, and he reported that the original was just not this serious in tone.  At the time, I couldn’t imagine a movie taking itself more seriously; the more I thought about it, though, the less serious it [...]

It’s hard to imagine an actual die-hard fanboy for the TV show Land of the Lost. All the Sid & Marty Krofft shows seem to inspire fond, indulgent affection rather than geek loyalty. This movie tips its cap to our favorite aspects of the series (Sleestaks! Chaka! Craziness! The theme [...]

My only complaint about The Hangover is that so many excellent moments were ruined by the preview.  The premise is simple:  dudes go to Vegas to party, overdo it and have no memory of it, and must get back to reality intact.  Except for the total memory loss, we’ve seen this movie before – or [...]

Oh, Sam Raimi.  You know you’ve made it when the unique flavor of your early low budget films still describes your core style even when you have a huge crazy budget (for another example of this see the films of Kevin Smith).  With Drag Me To Hell, Raimi makes a “classic” Sam Raimi movie, for [...]

As I was on the way to the theatre to see Up, my friend, who had just come out of it, texted me “Bring Kleenex!” I was surprised – the previews make Up look like a silly Land of the Lost lark (nothing wrong with that). I was confident I’d enjoy it, I [...]

The first Night at the Museum movie benefited from low expectations: Ben Stiller in a kids movie with tons of effects? Greater men than him have been felled by lesser beasts. It could have been direly stupid, but instead, it was really charming fun. A sequel? They couldn’t possibly take a [...]

I will not apologize for giving this movie a strong Matinee with Snacks rating. I came out of it all pumped and gleeful and satisfied, and if anyone wants much more than that from a Terminator movie, well it also has some freaking great sequences and effects.
When I think of director McG, I think [...]

I actually enjoyed this prequel novel better than its more famous companion, The DaVinci Code. Angels and Demons the film makes good use of the lessons learned from treading on the Catholic Church’s toes last time, and almost completely defangs the author’s voice and intent. As directed by Ron Howard, who is solid [...]