Geostorm movie review: weather bomb
Almost hilariously terrible: absurd plot machinations, dubious politics, not a single character to care about. And it doesn’t even give good disaster porn.
Jim Sturgess
Cloud Atlas (review)
Insanely grand… My god, I love this movie. It’s every movie. It’s the ultimate movie.
One Day (review)
There’s a lot of would-be wrenching stuff that One Day tries to pull that it doesn’t earn.
trailer break: ‘Heartless’
I can’t tell from this trailer what the film is about, but I can tell that it looks pretty creepy and gruesome, and that it’s got a great cast (I especially love Jim Sturgess). So I guess I’m in…
female gazing at: Jim Sturgess
Just so Jim Sturgess doesn’t think there’s any hard feelings after my review of Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole — it’s not his fault, after all, that the movie is awful — I thought I’d post some pretty pictures of him for us to gaze at.
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (review)
I come to you with all honest sincerity and humility to say that I cannot, for the life of me, tell you what the hell this damn movie is about.
new this week in U.S., Canadian, and U.K. theaters: ‘Shrek Forever After,’ ‘MacGruber,’ ‘Cop Out,’ ‘Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time’ more (with DVD alternatives)
U.S. AND CANADA/OPENING WIDE Shrek Forever After: Shrek, Fiona, Donkey, and Puss square off against the evil tyrant Rumpelstiltskin. Scary. [trailer] review to come If you can’t make it to the multiplex, try: • Shrek 2 (2004): Still the best in the series, with one of the greatest character intros ever (for Puss in Boots). … more…
trailer break: ‘Fifty Dead Men Walking’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I still contend that Jim Sturgess is gonna be a huge star — he was amazing in Across the Universe — but maybe not for this movie. Not that the movie may not be fine; I just don’t see a story about an Irish man who goes … more…
my week at the movies: ‘Inglourious Basterds,’ ‘District 9’ (again), ‘9,’ ‘Shorts,’ ‘Bandslam,’ ‘Fifty Dead Men Walking,’ ‘The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard,’ ‘Ponyo,’ ‘Paper Heart’ (maybe)
Oh my, that’s a nasty poster, ain’t it? Inglourious Basterds (opens in the U.K. on August 19, and in the U.S. on August 21) is gonna be even more brutal than the trailer makes it look, I think. The question is whether Quentin Tarantino gets the balance of gore and humor right… I’m gonna attend … more…
