Pages
Categories
Archives
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Avatar: You Too, Can Be Blue
Avatar
starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Dileep Rao
directed by James Cameron
And so, twelve years ago, James Cameron declared himself King of the World at the Academy Awards for the success of his film Titanic. Then the self proclaimed World King virtually disappeared. He did a few documentaries for TV and produced a [...]
Posted in Movies Tagged Avatar, Dileep Rao, Giovanni Ribisi, James Cameron, Michelle Rodriguez, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, zoe saldana Leave a comment
I am the Captain of my Soul.
Invictus
starring Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon
directed by Clint Eastwood
Invictus might sound like a rather odd title for this movie, until you dig a bit deeper. It is a poem by William Ernest Henley in England in the late 19th century. Invictus means ‘Invincible’ in Latin; Henley wrote it in the hospital on his stay to have [...]
Disney’s Voodoo Magic Kingdom
The Princess and the Frog
starring Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Keith David, Jennifer Lewis, Oprah Winfrey, Terrence Howard, John Goodman
directed by Ron Clements and John Musker
With Disney focusing on the Pixar powerhouse and Hannah Montana, it had appeared that the age of the hand drawn Disney classic had come to a close. The last attempt was Home [...]
Tobey Maguire is CRAZY.
Brothers
starring Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Clifton Collins Jr., Bailee Madison, Sam Shepard, Ethan Suplee
directed by Jim Sheridan
So the whole love affair between the other brother and the wife is not something we haven’t seen before. Its a theme that movies like to use when they can; its easy drama. It takes no effort [...]
Posted in Movies Tagged Bailee Madison, Brothers, Clifton Collins Jr., Ethan Suplee, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jim Sheridan, Natalie Portman, Sam Shepard, Tobey Maguire Leave a comment
Got Armored?
Armored
starring Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Amaury Nolasco, Fred Ward, Milo Ventimiglia, Columbus Short
directed by Nimrod Antal
I grew up watching action flicks with my Dad. He was into them, so therefore I was too. I can’t really defend most action movies; they’re thin plotted, lame excuses for explosions, sex, and violence. But, they have [...]
Posted in Movies Tagged Amaury Nolasco, Armored, Columbus Short, Fred Ward, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Matt Dillon, Milo Ventimiglia, Nimrod Antal Leave a comment
The Fantastic Wes Anderson
Fantastic Mr. Fox
starring George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Wallace Wolodarsky, Michael Gambon, Willem Dafoe, Owen Wilson, Brian Cox, Adrien Brody
directed by Wes Anderson
You either love or hate Wes Anderson. There really is no in between. His films have a quirky, slightly elitist viewpoint, but they also have an immense depth and love of human [...]
Elementary, My Dear Watson.