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Frost/Nixon (2008) review
Ron Howard is expected to reach into his bag of tricks and come out with another hit.* His team fill that bag with some good things because Ron Howard is doing alright. Now they have to all pull together and take a swing at the highest office in the land. Their target is Tricky [...]
WALL-E (2008) review
Something amazing is always expected from the next Pixar project. Coming on the heals of the enormous success of Ratatouille and The Incredibles, comes the team’s adventure into space with WALL-E. Perhaps this film is their attempt at minimalism or a what if R2-D2 was alone without his golden companion as a straight man. The [...]
Braveheart (1995) review
Braveheart is a film that can be called, in our modern way of story telling on screen, an epic. There are sweeping vistas, castles, teams of horses and loads of people all fighting at the same time. Yep, cool. Mel Gibson doesn’t make any long lasting impression as Sir William Wallace, Scottish national hero in [...]
Milk (2008) review
What constantly pops off the screen as cinema gold in the new film Milk is the film’s star Sean Penn. It is completely save to say that Sean Penn is Milk. Penn seems boundless in his depiction of Harvey Milk, who was an affable, magnetic guy, capable of picking up a longtime boyfriend with a [...]
Shine A Light (2008) review
Okay, so it is Martin Scorsese and it’s The Rolling Stones. Both are over 50 and going strong. But it’s just a concert film when you get right down to it. Make no mistake, the entire movie is just like being there at a Rolling Stones concert, the difference being you’ll have a great sound [...]
The Wrestler (2008) review
It was really so nice to see Mickey Rourke doing some quality acting again. He plays Randy “The Ram” Robinson, an 80s superstar wrestler who has seen better days. The movie finds Randy barely able to pay his rent. His life is a series of odd jobs and small wrestling gigs. His highlight activity is [...]
Slumdog Millionaire (2008) review
The year 2008 and the great movies it brought us would not be complete talking about without Slumdog Millionaire. Arguably the best movie of the year and certainly the best indie movie of the year. It’s hard to believe but friends are dragging friends to this movie in herds. It is amazing how people are [...]
Man on a Wire (2008) review
The film documents the 1974 wire-walking stunt between the twin towers of the World Trade Center. This is not the best movie ever, but with the attack of 9/11 it certainly makes the story seem more relevant. Besides that it isn’t a bad story. Philippe Petit is a crazy street performer who became obsessed with [...]
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