Originally written and posted on June 19, 2009. Year One Sometimes I wonder why I even bother looking forward to comedy movies. The trap these films set… it’s so predictable, yet I keep falling for it time and time again. It starts with word of the casting, then the teasers hit, and before you know [...]
Originally written and posted on May 1, 2009. X-Men Origins: Wolverine The first question that ought to be asked by the prospective audience of X-Men Origins: Wolverine is, “can the lead actor carry the film?” If the answer is yes, then all that’s left to ask of the film is that it goes through the [...]
Originally written and posted on March 6, 2009. Watchmen Watchmen is a peculiar movie in that it has a large part of the film going community somewhat divided. There is the nerdy purist faction who hails the Watchmen as a sort of counter culture bible, the oblivious common film goers who are looking for a [...]
Originally written and posted on December 11, 2009. Up In The Air Having only directed three feature films so far in his career, Jason Reitman is a relatively new name in Hollywood. Most people likely know him as the director of Juno from 2007, and even still may not be all too aware of him since [...]
Originally written and posted on May 29, 2009. Up Pixar is widely regarded as the best animation company around. They’ve made nine animated films over the past fourteen years, and every single one of them ranges from great to excellent. Up is their tenth film, and it really pains me to say that it’s not [...]