November 29th 2008

Titan AE (Bluth, 2001)


In an attempt to please absolutely everybody, nobody is happy. C.

November 28th 2008

Rockadoodle (Bluth, 1991)


Outraged child-me because rooster really does not make sun rise. C+.

November 27th 2008

The Secret of NIMH (Bluth, 1982)


Do you notice a pattern forming? And I compulsively cry. B.

November 26th 2008

All Dogs Go To Heaven (Bluth, 1989)


Charlie dies for real this time and I compulsively cry. B.

November 25th 2008

An American Tail (Bluth, 1986)


Fiefel curses his family for leaving and I compulsively cry. B.

November 24th 2008

The Land Before Time (Bluth, 1988)


Littlefoot chases his mother the cloud and I compulsively cry. B+.

November 23rd 2008

Song of the South (Foster and Jackson, 1946)


Not as racist as you expect; not exactly progressive either. C+.

November 22nd 2008

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Spielberg, 1984)


Indie covers his heart. Bad Indian stereotypes. My personal favorite. B.

November 21st 2008

Ghost World (Zwigoff, 2001)


Thora Birch is clearly wearing a 1977 punk rock look. B.

November 20th 2008

Eragon (Fangmeir, 2006)


Campbellian monomyth swallows up John Malkovich in awful, awful, movie. D.

November 19th 2008

Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (Reiner, 1982)


Steve Martin breaks noir melodrama into comic gold. Quite funny. B.

November 18th 2008

Pinnochio (Luusk and Sharpstein, 1940)


One scene gives me nightmares for the entirety of life. B.

November 17th 2008

Rebel without a Cause (Ray, 1955)


Family is tearing James Dean apart. Dennis Hopper in race. A-.

November 16th 2008

The Pacifier (Shankman, 2005)


I liked this better when it was called Suburban Commando. D-.



11-Word Editor’s Note:

I’m aware this isn’t the exact concept. But way too close.

November 15th 2008

Willow (Howard, 1988)


HobbitPeck saves princess with help of always charming Val Kilmer. B+.

ALTERNATE:

But Morbo says: HELLO, TINY MAN! I WILL DESTROY YOU! B+.

November 14th 2008

Rules of Attraction (Avary, 2002)


TV’s Dawson needs you like an asshole on his elbow. B-.

November 13th 2008

The Hulk (Lee, 2003)


Interesting framing devices, but bad ending, and awful Nick Nolte. B-/C+.

November 12th 2008

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Story, 2007)


Worlds of improvement over original, but that’s not saying much. C.

November 11th 2008

Fantastic Four (Story, 2005)


Willie Lumpkin played by Stan Lee equals awesome. Rest agony. D.

November 10th 2008

Awake (Harold, 2007)


Does not suck as much as expected, despite Jessica Alba. B.

November 9th 2008

Man of the Year (Levinson, 2006)


Movie about political comedian played by Robin Williams jarringly unfunny. C-.

November 8th 2008

Beetlejuice (Burton, 1988)


He’s watched the Exorcist 167 times; it keeps getting funnier. B+.

November 7th 2008

Back to the Future Part III (Zemeckis, 1990)


Time-traveling train awesome, but rest of movie mostly forgetable. B-.

November 6th 2008

Back to the Future Part II (Zemeckis, 1989)


Moral: do not use future sports almanac, or dad dies. B.

November 5th 2008

Back to the Future (Zemeckis, 1985)


Marty McFly not a chicken, almost Oedipus. Choice of DeLorean ironic. B.

November 4th 2008

Captain America (Pyun, 1990)


Italian fascist Red Skull is not scary as movie bad. D-.

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November 3rd 2008

Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (Herek, 1989)


Future like cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Houses of the Holy.” B.

November 2nd 2008

Addams Family Values (Sonnenfeld, 1993)


Fun retread of gallows humor, and Raul Julia. “Mon cher!” B.

November 1st 2008

Batman (Hefti,1966)


Theater of the absurd superhero movie. Adam West is God. B-.