Quickie Movie Reviews (2009): Volume Eight
Another batch. There’s a little bit more science fiction and fantasy this time. Have at it: Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (Mamoru Oshii)Following the acclaimed Ghost in the Shell, this installment follows Bato through a maze of virtual worlds and crazed robots as he tries to discover the reason for a string of brutal […]
Quickie Movie Reviews (2009): Volume Seven
I’ve been watching a lot of movies lately. I’m not a huge movie person, to be honest (at least when it comes to being at home), but the library at the University of Florida has free DVD rentals, so I’m taking advantage for the time being. Here goes: Europa (Trier)A young American travels to post-war […]
Quickie Movie Reviews (2009): Volume Six
Apparently I’ve been forgetting to toss in the “value” feature. So, it’s back in this batch. There are a whole mess of Miyazaki films here, in case anyone is interested. Otherwise, there are a few other interesting films to consider. So here goes: The Good German (George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maquire)A stylistically nostalgic film […]
Quickie Movie Reviews (2009): Volume Five
Here we are with another edition of my quickie movie reviews. Since it has been a while since I’ve done these, and there are new readers seeing this, I want to reiterate what they are about. Any time I watch something that has either been out on DVD for an extended period of time or […]
Movie Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Harry Potter film franchise has had a rocky existence. Some of the movies have been fantastic, and some of them not so much. The latest installment, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, is an example of a well-crafted adaptation gone wrong. The sixth movie brings us back to Hogwarts, where extra security measures have […]
Movie Review: Transformers (Rise of the Fallen)
One of the more anticipated of movies this year, Transformers 2 is a sequel that knows it’s a sequel. What it lacks in narrative cohesiveness it makes up for in what I’m going to call OCCAD, or obsessive compulsive computer animating disorder. Transformers 2 occurs some two years or so after the first movie ended. […]