It’s not that W. was a bad movie. Yes, I spent the first 30 minutes (and intermittently the rest of the way) through the film with my head in my hands, wondering for the 3 bagillionth time how Americans could have elected this numbskull to the office of president. Granted, this was a pseudo-fictionalized version […]
This movie struck the right tone for Dan and I because we were in fact the best type of people to see it. Look, we’re both guys who were raised primarily by TV in the ’80s. Tom & Jerry, GI Joe, Transformers (not the over-the-top, unrecognizable Michael Bay stuff, the real thing), The Muppets and […]
To call Wall-E a love story would be too trite. To say it’s an environmental wake-up call to a generation of young viewers and their parents would place undue burdens on it. But to ignore that both of these themes resonate and are so strong and breath-takingly done would be to ignore what makes Wall-E […]
Few films move you to gasp with amazement. Man on Wire definitely did this for me. I think it’s the melding of a man whose desire to entertain and challenge himself with the physicality of the buildings he tightropes across in this movie. That those buildings are the two World Trade Center towers make this […]
I can barely contain myself. This movie is the essence of putrid. And it’s exactly the kind of movie that speaks to all of Hollywood’s ills. The lack of originality is stunning in Hollywood sometimes. Vantage Point is actually a remake, and though I have never seen the original, I sure as shit ain’t seeing […]
I’ve seen many a movie that has a resounding message to it, and does it in an emotional enough way to make me get just a wee misty. I’m man enough to admit it. And while Benjamin Button didn’t make me cry, it did have one heck of a good message and one that maybe […]
When I hosted my Sunday supper club last night, my goddess divine and I were caught quoting Anchorman and some other comedies throughout the night that my three guests were stumped by. It was one of those moments when I realized that some people absorb movie quotes into their life like it’s no big deal, […]
OK, here I go. I was a Sex and the City watcher. Yep, I can be man enough to admit. When you are living with a woman after so many years, you end up getting forced into watching shit TV you never want anything to do with. Luckily, my goddess divine knows that I won’t […]
I admit to having gargantuanly low expectations for this movie. Dan wanted to see it, and I couldn’t come up with a good enough reason to avoid it. I cannot overstate my lowered expectations. Short of 90 minutes of two guys crapping in a meadow, I was not imagining anything resembling a decent flick. In […]
After the disappointing morning viewing of the 007 film, luckily the lady and I were given a reprieve when our friends Dan and Ashley wanted to go check out Slumdog Millionaire. The film centers around a young guy who is winning big on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. One question […]