January 30th, 2009

Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle (Leiner, 2004)


Indian and Asian defy stereotypes, smoke pot, and get burgers. B.

ALTERNATIVE:

Neal Patrick Harris steals movie with love of coke/strippers. B.

January 29th, 2009

Scooby Doo (Gosnell, 2004)


Amped the hipster irony up to 11. Perfect Shaggy impression. C.

January 28th, 2009

O Lucky Man (Anderson, 1973)


I’m still figuring out what exactly what this movie’s about. C.

January 27th, 2009

Man on the Moon (Forman, 1999)


Jim Carrey methods it to extreme, however, movie fairly bland. B-.

January 26th, 2009

Twins (Reitman, 1988)


This concept gets real old real fast. Not worth it. D.

January 25th, 2009

Happy Feet (Miller and Coleman, 2006)


Better than any and all other non-Pixar CGI animated movies. A.

January 24th, 2009

The Adventures of Milo and Otis (Hata, 1986)


Curious cat and pug-nosed pup have adventures. Dudley Moore narrates. B+.

January 23rd, 2009

Fat Albert (Zwick, 2004)


Hey hey hey, this was a bad idea. Seriously, though. D-.

January 22nd, 2009

FernGully: The Last Rainforest (Kroyer, 1992)


Robin Williams a bat, Tim Curry evil. Rest mostly forgettable. B-/C+.

January 21st, 2009

Evan Almighty (Shadyac, 2007)


I waited 90 minutes for jokes that just weren’t coming. F.

January 20th, 2009

Dan In Real Life (Hedges, 2007)


Good, sweet, comedy, in spite of presence of Dane Cook. B+.

January 19th, 2009

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Burton, 2007)


Burton + Sondheim + Weimar-Era Expressionism + Victoriana = Cinematic Gold. Just plain good. A-.

January 18th, 2009

The Forgotten (Ruben, 2004)


I kept waiting for twist that would make this good. D.

January 17th, 2009

Deep Blue Sea (Harlin, 1999)


LL: “Deepest. Bluest. My hat is like a shark’s fin.” D+.

January 16th, 2009

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Zemeckis, 1988)


Funny, smart, good idea, well-executed. Still a favorite. Excellent. A-.

January 15th, 2009

Ghost Rider (2008)


Nicolas Cage does poor Elvis impression. Simultaneously nonsensical and uninteresting. D-.

January 14th, 2009

Daylight


Should have been pitched: “Cliffhanger II: Cliffhanger in a Sewer.” F.

January 13th, 2009

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Lee, 2003)

Great Kung Fu, beautiful cinematography. Chow Yun Fat rules. B+.

January 12th, 2009

A Clockwork Orange (Kubrick, 1971)

Most positive Kubrick film, in that lesser evil invariably triumphs. A.

January 11th, 2009

27 Dresses (Fletcher, 2008)


Katherine Heigl is always the bridesman, but never the…ZZZZZZZZ. C+.

January 10th, 2009

Surf Ninjas (Israel, 1993)

It has surfing, ninjas, Rob Schenider. You honestly need more? B-.

January 9th, 2009

Bambi (Hand, 1942)


At 23, I’m still screaming to avoid the damned meadow. A-.

January 8th, 2009

Doctor Strangelove: Or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb (Kubrick, 1964)


Hit the nail on the head. The ultimate in satire. A+.

January 7th, 2009

From Justin to Kelly (Iscove, 2003)


Kelly’d like to forget. Justin wondering if you want fries. F+.

January 6th, 2009

Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (Miller, 2007)



Morbo Says: COMEDY DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY! GOOD NIGHT! F-.

January 5th, 2009

Alvin and the Chipmunks (Hill, 2007)


David Cross in another one of his great movie jerk parts. B-.

January 4th, 2009

The Chipmunk Adventure (Karman, 1987)


Chipmunks covering Oldies, diamond smuggling, and Eurotrash. What else needed? B.

January 3rd, 2009

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Sharman, 1975)


Awesomely bad cult favorite, more about the experience than movie. B+.

SPECIAL 13-WORD EDITION
“And crawling on the planet’s face, some insects called the human race.” B+.

January 2nd, 2009

Sunset Blvd (Wilder, 1950)


It really was the pictures that got small. Awesome movie. A.

January 1st, 2009

What’s Up Tiger Lily (Allen, 1966)


Woody Allen-dubbed Japanese spy movie disliked by most, save me. B+.