THE WIZARD [1989] movie review

I do not think there could be a more nostalgic movie for me than THE WIZARD [1989].  I have not watched it since it came out now almost 25 years ago.  For me, it held up perfectly and was much better than expected it to be to my now 38-year old eyes.  The biggest surprise was that it was a road movie to California, perhaps an omen? [Read more]

SIDE EFFECTS [2013] movie review

I believe SIDE EFFECTS [2013] is the first 2013 release movie I have seen. I went in as usual knowing very little about the movie, actually believing it was going to be sci-fi, which may have contributed to me not caring much for the movie, especially the first third. It is actually a psychological thriller based around psychiatry and prescription drugs. [Read more]

POINT BREAK [1991] movie review

I have shaken Keanu Reeve’s hand.  I have never thought derisively about his acting as so many others do.  I can dig his style and appreciate it for what it is.  He is in classic form in POINT BREAK [1991], a movie the guys were talking about regularly lately on the DP Show and since HBO was running it, and I had not seen it so long I could not remember, I thought it was a good time to revisit this classic of a sort. [Read more]

CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. [2011] movie review

Sometimes I watch just the movie I need to for the emotional state I am in. Such was the case with the time of watching CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. [2011] tonight. This movie is a lot more than what the cast list says and what the two sentence plot description is. It is very Hollywood and very real and very surprising, and thus a very good movie. [Read more]

JACK REACHER [2012] movie review

If you like watching Tom Cruise walk around the screen being an epic badass then JACK REACHER [2012] might just be your idea of a perfect action movie. The movie was more cerebral than I was expecting and much more entertaining. [Read more]

THE TERMINAL [2004] movie review

I was very surprised to see in the end credits that Steven Spielberg directed THE TERMINAL [2004], not that it did not have the whimsy of a Spielberg film, but because why would he bother making this kind of film in the first place? [Read more]

IN BRUGES [2008] movie review

I heard about IN BRUGES [2008] in a rather unusual way. One guy on a sports podcast I listen to every day was very big on the movie. The host of the sports podcast finally watched it on his recommendation and was very disappointed. This was enough for me not to bother trying to watch the movie, but then since HBO is still having a free trial on my cable box, when I saw it coming up I set the DVR to record it. I was very pleasantly surprised by how much I ended up liking it, as the first act I did not care that much for actually. [Read more]

SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN [2012] movie review

If things like the amazing story of the musician Rodriguez can be true as seen in the Oscar winning documentary SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN [2012], then the world remains a place of mystery and wonder.  At least the world did before the Internet. [Read more]

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