Apr 29 2010
Documentary Directed by Robert Kenner Rated PG for some thematic material and disturbing images 1 hour 31 minutes I knew that this glimpse into the American food industry would be disturbing, but I didn’t think it would be this disturbing. Food, Inc. is a well-made documentary that is equal parts horrifying and inspiring as it [...]
Apr 25 2010
Starring Julia Roberts and Clive Owen Directed by Tony Gilroy Rated PG-13 for language and some sexual content 2 hours 5 minutes Julia Roberts and espionage should be good, right? Maybe another Pelican Brief? Alas… no. This movie tried to hard to be clever (and ended up confusing), sexy (Julia is getting old and I [...]
Apr 11 2010
Animated Starring the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, and Bill Murray Directed by Wes Anderson Rated PG for action, smoking and slang humor 1 hour 28 minutes I really like this movie. It is fast-paced, witty, visually interesting, and funny. George Clooney is excellent delivering the great lines of Mr. Fox. The [...]
Apr 11 2010
Starring Sandra Bullock, Quentin Aaron, and Tim McGraw Directed by John Lee Hancock Rated PG-13 for one scene involving brief violence, drug and sexual references 2 hours A Best Picture nominee featuring the Best Actress and it’s all in a movie about sports? That sounds as close to a slam dunk as you can get. [...]
Apr 09 2010
Documentary Starring Kaleil Isaza Tuzman and Tom Herman Directed by Chris Hegedus and Jehane Noujaim Rated R for language 1 hour 43 minutes Two high school friends have an idea to create an internet business, so they quit their jobs to start (it) up at the height of the .com boom. Within a few months their new company [...]
Apr 03 2010
Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and Ricardo Montalban Directed by Nicholas Meyer Rated PG 1 hour 52 minutes If you’ve been reading this blog, by now you probably know that I think that Star Trek was the best movies of 2009. After seeing it for the second time, I decided that a comparison to the [...]
Apr 02 2010
Starring the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, America Ferrera, and Craig Ferguson Directed by Dean DuBlois and Chris Sanders Rated PG for sequences of intense action and some scary images, and brief mild language 1 hour 38 minutes This movie has received almost no bad reviews and it’s easy to see why. After a [...]