Review: Where the Wild Things Are

I typed a few words trying to begin this review. Then I deleted them because they didn’t feel right. I tried again, and failed. Yet again, the same thing. What I soon realized is that I’ve never, or very rarely, had this much trouble starting a movie review. Well, what does that say about the [...]

Review: The Invention of Lying

*Shakes head over and over* What happened, Ricky? Did you actually watch the finished product? Don’t you realize how incredibly clever and funny an individual you are? I feel almost ashamed that The Invention of Lying was so awful. I’ve been talking up this movie for months in advance and much more in the past [...]

Review: Paranormal Activity

For a movie that cost an estimated $12,000 – $15,000 to make, Paranormal Activity it certainly is bringing in far more than anyone could have expected, at the box office and in crowd support. You see, this isn’t your typical horror or thriller movie – for two reasons. The first reason is that it’s shot [...]

Review: Zombieland

There have been a lot of good movies this year, a number of them that will stay with me in a very positive way for years to come. But as I looked through the list of movies I’d seen this calendar year, no one film stood out the way Zombieland does. No single film I’ve [...]

Review: The Informant!

Wow, what a rush. That was a breath a fresh air. Oh, no, I’m not talking about the movie, I’m talking about walking out of theater when it was finally over. The Informant! isn’t a good comedy at all…and that’s what it was advertised as. The Informant! isn’t an interesting story to watch…and that’s what [...]

Review: Extract

I want to write this review as fast as I can, before anything is forgotten about this movie. I want to tell you as much as I can about Extract, because as soon as I do, hopefully I’ll forget I ever watched it. There are very few movies that make me feel as if money [...]

Review: District 9

When does a human obtain the right to degrade and belittle another being – capable of thought, feeling, and soul? Where is the line drawn for who is on the right and who on the wrong? Is there a definition we use in society for someone who is human and who isn’t? All these social [...]

Review: Funny People

Judd Apatow is linked to just about every comedy in the past four years: Year One, Pineapple Express, Step Brothers, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Walk Hard, etc etc etc. The guy doesn’t stop producing or writing. But he’s only directed two movies – The 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up. Virgin ranks as one of [...]

Review: Bruno

Borat was a one of a kind type movie, a truly hysterical but revealing movie. It was creative and borderline brilliant. Now, with Bruno in theaters, people are starting to wonder. Is Sacha Baron Cohen a one-trick pony? Can this possibly rival his last performance? Is it even that good? In order – yes, no, [...]

Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

There are so few, so very few movies that can be as good as the books they are based off of. I can’t emphasize the words “so very few” enough here, because the translation to film just doesn’t seem to work. Off the top of my head, one example where the movie exceeded the book [...]