I always knew Johnny Depp was a good actor, and it seems like every new role I see him in just drives the point home even more. This time, Depp takes what would otherwise be a mediocre film and makes it unforgettable. The story is of a young girl who steals a pirate necklace from …
Darkness Falls
This is one of the thinnest plots I’ve ever seen that still was able to entertain. The only reason I even give this movie two marks is because it is pretty entertaining, but there is not much else. The story is of a nice old woman who takes the children of the villages’ teeth that …
Terminator 3
I celebrated July 4th recently the best way I could, by watching a bunch of stuff blow up. And I tell ya, if you’re looking for explosions, look no further. They must destroy 30 full city blocks before the plot even enters the equation. When I first saw the previews for this latest movie in …
Ghost Ship
t’s movies like this that make you wonder “What on earth happened to Gabriel Byrne?” Why he’s in this movie, the world may never know. A group of ship salvagers get lured out to a ship that a pilot spots when flying over the arctic one day. The ship holds the corpses of a whole …
Talk to Her (Habla con Ella)
A movie about two men who form an odd friendship when both the objects of their affection are in comas. Benigno (who’s in the picture below) is madly in love with a girl, although she doesn’t know it, and Marco is in love with a female matador who slips into a coma after being violently …
Frida
Based on the true story of Frida Kahlo (or “Sex Kitten” as I like to call her), the movie journeys with Frida through a painful injury she goes through at a young age and a subsequent terrible marriage with Diego Rivera, the angst of which she gets out by painting very inventive works, and her …
Bruce Almighty
A surprisingly poignant and touching story about a guy who gets so frustrated with his life that he takes it out on God, who in turn lets him have all his powers to see how he can manage. When I first saw previews for this movie (before The Two Towers, in fact), I couldn’t help …
Adaptation
An incredibly original story about a man writing the screenplay for the movie you’re watching. I’m not a huge Nicholas Cage fan, but he was incredible, not to mention being backed by equally fantastic performances from Meryl Streep and Chris Cooper (and that guy from Office Space!!!). This is definately one of the most original …
The 25th Hour
Like most Spike Lee Joints (or blunts, or smack), I left this movie going “So?” Acting overall, I’d say very good. Directing for the most part was good, but was sometimes very contrived, as if saying “Hey look I’m a good director because I’m using these wacky reflections and stuff that serve no point.” On …
Austin Powers: Goldmember
Well, Austin Powers is back to scrape up as many jokes about sex and when necessary, repeat jokes from the other movies. The first 5 or 6 minutes of the movie is good, when they have Tom Cruise as Austin Powers, Gwenyth Paltrow as Dixie Normous, Kevin Spacey as Dr. Evil, and Danny Devito as …