Posts tagged reviews
REVIEW: The Amazing Spider-Man
sircritic.comJ. Jonah Jameson was right. That wall crawler is a thief after all.
At least, The Amazing Spider-Man is. This uninspired movie has robbed a once-stellar franchise of its goodwill. This is the biggest disappointment of the…
Biggest disappointment of the year.
Pixar reaches yet another milestone with its 13th feature: Brave is the studio’s sneakiest movie.
The American trailers for Brave have only shown us about one-third of the story. Almost nothing from the movie’s second ha…
Just in case anyone wants to catch midnight shows. ;)
REVIEW: Rock of Ages
sircritic.comI had worried that Rock of Ages would remind me of my high school years, in that I would be watching people I really like singing a lot of music I really hate. Read: Hair metal can suck it.
That said, the problem with Rock of…
I didn’t dislike Rock of Ages because it fondly recalls a decade as vacuous as Paris Hilton. I disliked Rock of Ages because I really don’t care for Ken and Barbie dolls.
REVIEW: Prometheus
sircritic.comYes, it’s a prequel to Alien. And no, that’s not a spoiler. But Ridley Scott’s long-awaited return to the franchise is something much more important: it’s the second great film of the year (after The Avengers).
There has bee…
The second great film of 2012 (after The Avengers) and Ridley Scott’s first great film since the director’s cut of Kingdom of Heaven. It is not the equal of Blade Runner or Alien; but it takes everything you think you know of that world and turns it on its head. It harkens back to the 1979 film, but establishes an identity all its own. People expecting a horror/action movie may be disappointed; Prometheus is more purely sci-fi and is more ambitious than most movies even attempt. GRADE: A
Ended up seeing this instead of Sound of My Voice. Turned out to be a very funny pseudo- doc about a funeral director/well-loved small-town man turned murderer. Great performances by Jack Black, Matthew McCoanughey and Shirley MacLaine. A-
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