30 April 2009

Review of Battle for Terra (2009)


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• Fans of digital 3D films

• People who think there is more to life than war

• Those who believe that living in harmony with the earth should be the principle goal of human existence

• Anyone who thinks the USA lost it’s way for the past decade and needs a new guiding set of principles.

• Fans of Justin Long, Luke Wilson, Evan Rachel Wood, Brian Cox, and Chris Evans

• People who think only Disney•Pixar® and Dreamworks® can put out a great digitally animated film

 

 

 

• People who worry about looking like a dork for wearing 3D glasses for an entire feature film

• Anyone who doesn’t want hope for the future

• People who are hoping the title, The Battle for Terra, means a new spin on Gone with the Wind

• Those who prefer war as the final solution

• People who would place the needs of themselves over their own morals

 

 

 

 

25 April 2009

Review of Fighting (2009)



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• Fans of Dito Montiel’s previews and don’t mind that they tend to be better than the films

• People who haven’t heard of Zulay Henao but think they might like to

• Anyone who’s ever tried to date a girl but her crusty old grandmother kept getting in the way and accused them of looking like a homicidal maniac

• People who can’t get enough of films about fighting, at least this one’s title doesn’t try to hide the fact in a clever cliché

• Those who’ve visited Times Square and always wondered how all those trinket shops stay in business

 

 

 

 

• Fans of Channing Tatum and Terrence Howard

• New Yorkers who think their tax credit money is going to good use

• People who thought this film looked like it might have a good sense of humor based on the preview

• People who didn’t learn after seeing A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

 

 

 

 

 

19 April 2009

Review of State of Play (2009)


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• People who don’t mind a highly predictable, not too thrilling thriller

• People who love a good conspiracy theory gone wild type of film

• People who’ve dreamed of seeing Ben Affleck beat the living day lights out of Jason Bateman

• Fans of Zombie movies

 

 

 

 

 

• Fans of Russell Crowe, Helen Mirren, and Rachel McAdams

• People who realize that a leading character named Della is a bad sign for a film

• Fans of the British television series “State of Play”

• People who haven’t had a good night’s rest in days

 

 

 

 

 

17 April 2009

Review of 17 Again (2009)


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• If you’ve longed to be 17 Again

• Fans of Zac Efron & Leslie Mann

• People who enjoyed Freaky Friday

• Anyone who thinks Cheeze Whiz® should be one of the 5 food groups

• Abstinence advocates

 

 

 

 

• Fans of Matthew Perry

• Bullies

• People who speak Middle Earth

• People with a fear of water or bridges

• Kids under 12

 

 

 

 

12 April 2009

Review of Dragonball Evolution (2009)


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• Fans of Goku’s spiky hair

• People who thought that Dragonballs were more properly called Mt. Fuji Oysters

• Anyone who has ever heard of Joon Park who plays Yamcha, replace all future appearances of Aaron Yoo, and you will have a 100% better film

• Those who’ve read every piece of Dragonball lore and would thought the trailer for Dragonball Evolution was cinematic Turkish Delight

 

 

 

 

 

• Fans of Yun-Fat Chow – who knew doing Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon would be a career ender

• People expecting a fantastic portrayal of Lord Piccolo by James Marsters – um, no

• Those who go to a movie filmed almost entirely in Mexico, featuring a young and vivacious cast, based on an internationally acclaimed series of books, and have, therefore, very high expectations

• People who thought Justin Chatwin was on a rocket sled to greatness post The Invisible

 

 

 

 

 

04 April 2009

Review of Duplicity (2009)


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• Huge fans of Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Paul Giamati, and Tom Wilkinson

• Corporate Spies

• People who don’t mind a movie that dupes you out of your price of admission

• Fans of films that tell the story in an incongruous and clever way

• Those who love international travel shows

• People who might get a serious craving for frozen pizza mid-film

 

 

 

• People who demand a good ending

• People who don’t like sitting through a 2-hour movie only to have it end badly

• People who don’t think you should have to make a sequel to fix your movie’s ending

• People who have no desire to be left holding the bag when the credits roll

• People who don’t know the difference between a lotion and cream

 

 

 

 

Review of The Haunting of Connecticut (2009)


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• Fans of ghost stories who don’t mind some fiction woven into the ‘true story’

• People who’ve not heard of Kyle Gallner and think that Shia LeBeouf is the only thing out there

• Fans of Virginia Madsen and Amanda Crew

• Those who like to be scared by visual imagery as well as simple things like stacks of plates reverting to their original location upon being set on the table

• People who think that only the Japanese and the Koreans can make a good ghost story

 

 

 

 

• People who might find the sight of an ectoplasmic fountain emerging from the mouth of a boy visually disturbing

• Anyone who lives in a former mortuary

• Fans of Martin Donovan

• Anyone who endures nightmares rooted in imagery they’ve seen that day

• Those who aren’t huge fans of stories that are a tad convoluted

• People with a huge fear of burning to death in a fire or being attacked by ravens