Recommended to me by the lovely Jan when I mentioned how much I like having discovered Joseph Gordon-Levitt, now I can recommend it to you. It’s a total film noir, hard-boiled detective [...]
Nicely acted but so incredibly boring. I’ve read that book and it lit me on fire–I was 18 at the time–whereas watching this movie I was on the Internet reading its reviews and [...]
It seems I’ve crossed some great divide where watching a movie that begins at 10:00 p.m. is difficult because I have trouble staying awake. Despite my sleepiness, I can tell you that this [...]
This was hilarious—I knew Will Ferrell was funny, and now I know he also makes a very good straight man. But who knew Mark Wahlberg was so funny? This movie also includes a very clever take on [...]
Has Sam Mendes ever made a bad movie? I’ve just checked and no, he has not. This one is fabulous too, with great acting and all the reasons in the world not to be in the Marines. poster [...]
I liked this movie okay while watching, though it was a little long. The next day I was less enthralled with it. Only my great appreciation for Richard Jenkins inspires the remaining amount of [...]
Actually watched on 7/25/10, but somehow missed being chronicled in order. I get the point of this move, but man was it long, drawn out and boring. Meryl Streep did her acting thing which was [...]
Actually watched on 7/24/10, but somehow missed being chronicled in order. I got this because John Hughes wrote this and I hoped it would be good. Instead, it was incredibly predictable and [...]