Jul
31
Monthly Movie Roundup
Posted in: movies| Blindness |  |
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| Genre: | Drama/Thriller/Mystery (2008) | |
| Director: | Fernando Meirelles | |
| Starring: | Mark Ruffalo, Julianne Moore, Danny Glover | |
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| Comment: | Good movie, kinda creepy at times – it’s basically a zombie movie without zombies :-) But too long, 90 minutes would’ve been enough. | |
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Cellular | |
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| Genre: | Crime/Thriller/Action (2004) | |
| Director: | David R. Ellis | |
| Starring: | Chris Evans, Kim Basinger, Jason Statham | |
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| Comment: | Holy Crap. This movie would be one of my personal favourite for the “most plot holes per hour” award if it had a plot to begin with. Staaaaaay away from it. Seriously. | |
| Coraline |  |
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| Genre: | Animated/Fantasy (2009) | |
| Director: | Henry Selick | |
| Starring: | Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Keith David (Voices) | |
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| Comment: | First off: I’ve never seen A Nightmare Before Christmas. But this movie actually makes me wanna see it. Fantastic movie. | |
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JCVD | |
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| Genre: | Drama/Crime (2008) | |
| Director: | Mabrouk El Mechri | |
| Starring: | Jean-Claude Van Damme, François Damiens, Zinedine Soualem | |
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| Comment: | Jean-Claude van Damme? In a drama? Odd, but strangely good. Primarily because he’s playing himself and no matter how bad of an actor you are, it’s hard to screw that up. Actually a really decent movie, I enjoyed it. (P.S.: not a karate movie!) | |
| Knowing |  |
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| Genre: | Drama/Action/Mystery (2009) | |
| Director: | Alex Proyas | |
| Starring: | Nicolas Cage, Chandler Canterbury, Rose Byrne | |
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| Comment: | To me, Nicholas Cage is one of the most overrated actors in Hollywood. Except if he has to do a lot of whining. He’s really good at that. Nonetheless, Knowing was pretty decent for the most part, but the ending was kinda lame. | |
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Out Of Time | |
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| Genre: | Drama/Crime/Thriller (2003) | |
| Director: | Carl Franklin | |
| Starring: | Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes, Sanaa Lathan | |
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| Comment: | Excellent thriller with a twist. Or two. Or more, I’m not gonna spoil it for you :) Denzel for the girls, Mendes for the guys, what else do you want? Highly recommended. | |
| Push |  |
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| Genre: | Action/Sci-Fi (2009) | |
| Director: | Paul McGuigan | |
| Starring: | Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning, Camilla Belle | |
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| Comment: | Push is basically the unofficial movie to the Heroes TV series. And it was much better than I expected. Very fun to watch, great popcorn movie. | |
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Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li | |
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| Genre: | Action/Sci-Fi (2009) | |
| Director: | Andrzej Bartkowiak | |
| Starring: | Kristin Kreuk, Neal McDonough, Chris Klein | |
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| Comment: | I honestly don’t remember why I even wanted to see this. But to be fair, it wasn’t all that bad (for a Street Fighter movie, that is). Still a waste of time, though. | |
| The Day The Earth Stood Still |  |
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| Genre: | Drama/Thriller/Sci-Fi (2008) | |
| Director: | Scott Derrickson | |
| Starring: | Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Jaden Smith | |
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| Comment: | It turns out that watching The Day The Earth Stood Still when expecting War Of The Worlds and getting Keanu Reeves instead of Tom Cruise is very much like shooting yourself in the foot while aiming for your hand. Meh. | |
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Watchmen | |
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| Genre: | Action/Mystery (2009) | |
| Director: | Zack Snyder | |
| Starring: | Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Jackie Earle Haley, Matthew Goode | |
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| Comment: | Fan-fucking-tastic. That’s all I’ve got to say about this. The trailer I found to be so-so, but the movie was a blast. A must-see. | |
| What Just Happened |  |
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| Genre: | Comedy/Drama (2008) | |
| Director: | Barry Levinson | |
| Starring: | Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Bruce Willis | |
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| Comment: | Bruce Willis with a full beard? That alone makes this movie worth watching. Apart from that… decent, but nothing to write home about. | |