Movie Reviews

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Novocaine

A friend of mine saw this movie with me, and his reaction was perfect, I thought. “Did Steve Martin owe someone a favor?” That is the utmost truth, because otherwise I don’t see why he would choose to be in the utter crap that is Novocaine. From start to finish, the story is more like …

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Reign of Fire

Yes, shamefully, I saw Reign of Fire. I start off saying that because a lot of people have reacted that way when I told them I saw it. But don’t worry, I don’t plan on seeing Eight Legged Freaks any time soon, so I think I saw the better of two evils. Although Reign of …

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The Shipping News

Another Kevin Spacey movie to add to my movie reviews, however, this one turned out a touch better then the last, as you can see from the rating I gave it alone (the last Kevin Spacey movie I watched was K-Pax). With a star-studded cast, an intriguing plot, and a beautiful setting, The Shipping News …

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Sling Blade

Sling Blade is one of those movies that when I say I haven’t seen it, everyone goes “You haven’t!?” So, now I no longer have to press my nose against the glass of the “Seen-Sling-Blade” club, I can now walk freely amongst the club members and toss around witty banter. Now that I’ve seen it, …

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K-Pax

The other night, I unfortunately rented and watched the movie K-Pax that asks the question: Is there intelligent life out there? The answer: no. This movie would have been just as good if I had been watching Kevin Spacey milling around his house, doing laundry or making tea, because that’s really the only worth that …

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