Movie Reviews
Brokeback Mountain
Rocky Mountain Sigh
**** out of *****
I remember back in 1997, I went to the theater to see The Jackal, with Bruce Willis and Richard Gere. There’s a scene where Willis, as the Jackal, has to kiss a gay man during a con he’s pulling, and I remember being alarmed by the severity of “Agggghhhh!!!” […]
Walk the Line
Rebel Without Pause
**** out of *****
For whatever reason, I was either too sheltered (doubt it), too young (probably) or just too unlucky (bingo) to be exposed to the music of Johnny Cash when I was growing up. I knew he was an influential country singer known as ‘the man in black,’ and that’s about […]
V For Vendetta
Revenge is Neat
***1/2 out of *****
“One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.” - Traditional proverb
Nowhere is this statement more true than in the year 2006 (well, it was probably really true during the Crusades, but I’m generalizing). You have to hand it to 20th Century Fox for having the balls to release a […]
Ultraviolet
More Like Barely Mauve
½ out of *****
They finally did it. Usually, innovative films are noted for blurring the lines between something-and-something, like how Lord of the Rings blurred the line between action and fantasy. Instead, Ultraviolet manages to hone the line between video game and film into a laser-sharp mark of where filmmaking […]
Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Let Your Axle Bone Slide
**/12 out of *****
For those of you that say movies aren’t educational, I say to you: Bah! If it weren’t for the triad of flicks in the Fast and Furious family, I never would have known that there exists a worldwide underground culture of people who pour thousands of dollars […]
Casino Royale
Audience - Shaken and Stirred
**** out of *****
My favorite Bond line ever was in 1964’s Goldfinger, when Bond was interrupted during a massage by a contact. He stopped his masseuse, smacked her on the ass and said “Give us a minute, darling. Man talk.” The words ‘cheesily sexist’ don’t even begin to […]
300
Prepare for Gory
*** out of *****
There have been plenty of comic book-to-film translations since the medium was invented just over a hundred years ago - Tarzan, Zorro and The Phantom were some of the earliest - but for the most part, films based on graphical adventures have been more ‘inspired’ by them than anything […]
Ghost Rider
Dull and Crossbones
* out of *****
Wow. I barely know where to begin.
When I was a wee lad (okay, in High School), I used to walk 30 minutes out of my way once a month to pick up the latest Ghost Rider comic at my friendly neighbourhood comic book store. My Ghost Rider was […]
Sunshine
The Future’s So Slight…
**1/2 out of *****
In the vein of science-fiction films like 2001 and Alien, Sunshine has an epic aura – I mean, how much more ambitious can you get than exploring the infinite inkiness of space, billions of miles from […]
American Wedding
Last Slice
**/12 out of *****
I don’t think that I’ll be offending any purists when I say that in the illustrious and distinguished genre known as the teen sex comedy, there are really no new ideas left. I have to be honest, before Porky’s came out (and became the highest grossing independent movie ever at […]
