Jan
31
Monthly Movie Roundup
Posted in: movies| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs |  |
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| Genre: | Comedy/Animated (2009) | |
| Director: | Phil Lord, Chris Miller | |
| Starring: | Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan (Voices) | |
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| Comment: | To be completely honest: I saw the movie posters and it didn’t make me wanna watch it. But I did anyway and boy am I glad. This is by far the best animated movie since The Incredibles. Hilariously funny and refreshingly innovative – two thumbs up! | |
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Death Race | |
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| Genre: | Thriller/Action/Sci-Fi (2008) | |
| Director: | Paul W.S. Anderson | |
| Starring: | Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane | |
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| Comment: | Holy damn, what a fun ride! The “story” was (of course) mildly retarded, but who gives a crap. Fast cars, rocket launchers hot babes (well, one) and a bunch of bad-ass motherfuckers. Shit yeah, bitches! | |
| Elektra |  |
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| Genre: | Action/Fantasy (2005) | |
| Director: | Rob Bowman | |
| Starring: | Jennifer Garner, Goran Visnjic, Kirsten Prout | |
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| Comment: | This would’ve been much easier to rate if Jennifer Garner wasn’t so damn hot. Of course the movie itself wasn’t particularly great, but it was still bearable to watch. | |
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Extract | |
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| Genre: | Comedy/Crime (2009) | |
| Director: | Mike Judge | |
| Starring: | Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Kristen Wiig | |
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| Comment: | Kinda like Fargo meets Office Space, only not as good as either of those. A decent comedy if you’ve nothing better to watch. | |
| Gamer |  |
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| Genre: | Thriller/Action/Sci-Fi (2009) | |
| Director: | Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor | |
| Starring: | Gerard Butler, Amber Valletta, Michael C. Hall | |
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| Comment: | Blood. Violance. Weird story that was kinda cool but didn’t really make any sense… excellent ingredients for a stupid yet entertaining movie. Of course you don’t wanna watch this completely sober. | |
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Something, Something, Something Dark Side | |
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| Genre: | Comedy/Animated (2009) | |
| Director: | Dominic Polcino | |
| Starring: | Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis (Voices) | |
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| Comment: | The disappointment of the year for me. I love Family Guy, but this movie was just sub par. It sure had it’s moments, but all in all it was (comparatively) bad. | |
| The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 |  |
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| Genre: | Crime/Thriller/Action (2009) | |
| Director: | Tony Scott | |
| Starring: | Denzel Washington. John Travolta, John Turturro | |
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| Comment: | This possibly deserved four stars… but I put off watching this for like two months so I could see it with my girl – and then it just didn’t deliver. Let alone the fact that the story was lackluster and didn’t really make any sense at all. | |
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Up | |
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| Genre: | Comedy/Drama/Animated (2009) | |
| Director: | Pete Docter, Bob Peterson | |
| Starring: | Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai (Voices) | |
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| Comment: | Great. As a whole the movie is a little weird cause it starts out one way, then takes a completely unexpected turn and then just gets weird… but still, very well made and tons of fun to watch. | |
| World's Greatest Dad |  |
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| Genre: | Comedy/Drama (2009) | |
| Director: | Bobcat Goldthwait | |
| Starring: | Robin Williams, Daryl Sabara, Alexie Gilmore | |
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| Comment: | Excellent movie about a teacher, his girlfriend, his fucked up kid and a school full of phoneys. Kinda reminds you why Robin Williams is one of the finest actors of the last two decades. Plus this movie has the best usage of a Queen song in a movie (and that includes Highlander). | |
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Yip Man | |
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| Genre: | Drama/Action/History (2008) | |
| Director: | Wilson Yip | |
| Starring: | Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Siu-Wong Fan | |
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| Comment: | Best martial arts movie I’ve seen in a long time. And the fact that it is (based on) a true story is just icing on the cake. Let’s hope Yip Man 2 is gonna be just as awesome. | |
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