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Most Recent Reviews
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Warner Bros. |
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Justice
League: The New Frontier
Review by Danielle Ní Dhighe.
March 25, 2008.
Writer/artist Darwyn Cooke's award-winning comic book miniseries "DC:
The New Frontier" is adapted into a quality direct-to-DVD animated
film that's superior to many of the live action superhero films
released in recent years because it gets what superheroes are
about on a mythic level. By adapting Cooke's miniseries and doing
it well, Justice League: The New Frontier continues
the tradition of excellence in superhero animation that Warner
Bros. Animation began when Batman: The Animated Series debuted
on television in 1992. (More) |
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20th Century Fox |
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Shutter
Review by Danielle Ní Dhighe.
March 24, 2008.
It's getting to the point where I feel like I don't even need
to watch an American remake of an Asian horror film. I can just
assume it's inferior and be absolutely correct in that assessment.
Take this film as further proof of that. Shutter is
a dull, unimaginative remake of a really good horror film. It
should only prove frightening to someone who has never seen a
horror film before, let alone a good one like the one this is
based on. Take my usual advice in these matters and just watch
the original on DVD. (More) |
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Warner Bros. Pictures |
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The
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Review by Mark Moreland. March 25, 2008.
The Assassination of Jesse James is the near perfect
synergy of cinematic elements to make a wonderous work of
art. Everything normally overlooked by viewers, from
set design to score, all flow together into a cohesive whole
such that it's hard to believe it's a film. Beyond
its technical achievements, the film tells a story in a masterful
blend of precise pacing, intricate character development
and raw pathos which is virtually unmatched by modern films. (More) |
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Freestyle Releasing |
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In
the Name of the King
Review by Mark Moreland. March
24, 2008.
I'm a huge fantasy fan, and
I can generally overlook even deep rooted flaws in movies of the
genre and enjoy them nonetheless, but Uwe Boll's video game adaptation In
the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale is so bad that my
bias toward this type of movie simply isn't strong enough to pursuade
me that it wasn't terrible in virtually every way possible. How and
why an all-star cast such as this would partake in such a meaningless
movie is beyond me. How this movie could ever see the light of day
is even more so. (More) |
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Magnolia Pictures |
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Boarding
Gate
Review by Mark Moreland.
March 24, 2008.
Writer/director Olivier
Assayas, who received notoriety and acclaim for such films
as Irma Vep and Clean, strikes out with
this failed attempt at a sexy international crime thriller
and character study. Boarding Gate purports
itself as all of the above, but contains too little of each
to work as a coherent film. While the plot is full of
betrayals, the largest and most hearltess is Assayas's betrayal
of the audience by putting forth such a boring and half-assed
film. (More) |
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Rogue Pictures |
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Doomsday
Review by Danielle Ní Dhighe.
March 23, 2008.
Doomsday looks
far more interesting in advertisements than it is in actuality,
in large part due to a stunning lack of originality.
This is an all-around inferior post-apocalyptic action
film that copies much better films without understanding what
made them entertaining. Do yourself a favor and go watch those
films instead. (More) |
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Warner Independent |
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Funny
Games
Review by Danielle Ní Dhighe.
March 23, 2008.
Funny Games is a pretentious exercise
in satire that has no apparent reason to exist, seeing as
it's a scene-for-scene remake of a 1997 film from Austria by
the same filmmaker. The
real torture in the 2008 version is that which is visited
upon the audience by a filmmaker more intent on wagging his
finger in our faces than on telling a compelling story or even
making us feel something. (More) |
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20th Century Fox |
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Horton
Hears a Who!
Review by Mark Moreland. March
17, 2008.
Horton Hears a Who! is one of the best and most memorable
of prolific children's author Dr. Seuss's vast catalogue. Published
over fifty years ago, it has been translated into fifteen languages
and has stood the test of time as an equal to The Lorax
and the Grinch . The
newest incarnation of Seuss's 100% faithful pachyderm is an animated
adventure from the team that brought us Ice Age. It's
not as timeless as the source material, but it's a good time
nonetheless. (More) |
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Focus Features |
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Miss
Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Review
by Danielle Ní Dhighe.
March 18, 2008.
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is a light truffle of
a romantic comedy that provides a moderate dose of amusement.
It lacks some of the zaniness and energy necessary to be a really
good screwball romantic comedy, and certainly doesn't live up
to the films of the 1930s to which it tries to pay homage,
but thanks to the cast it's an above average film with decent
entertainment value. (More) |
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Summit Ent. |
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Penelope
Review by Danielle Ní Dhighe. March
10, 2008.
Penelope is a quirky romantic comedy with touches of fantasy,
a winning cast, and a little bit of magic. It may be fairly predictable
in the way romantic comedies tend to be, but the journey is what it's
all about and the cast is what makes it such a fun one to take. Take
it for yourself and you'll also fall in love with the film and its title
character. (More) |
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