Posts Tagged ‘movie review’

Project X

It’s Thomas’s birthday. His parents have given them their minivan as a present, and they’re leaving him the house for the weekend. Mom has misgivings about the latter, but Dad doesn’t because, to paraphrase him, Tom (played by Thomas Mann) is a loser. They expect he’ll have some friends over, but it’s not a big […]

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

I didn’t want to see Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. I saw the first movie, Ghost Rider, years ago and didn’t enjoy it. The plot wasn’t that great, and I didn’t connect with the action scenes. The commercials for the sequel made it look like more of the same. But then I heard an interview with the always interesting […]

The Innkeepers

The Yankee Pedlar Inn, a cozy, three-floored hotel, is shutting down. On its last weekend open, the owner goes on vacation and leaves the keys to the inn’s only two employees, adorkable Claire (played by Sara Paxton) and nerdy Luke (played by Pat Healy). This is the perfect opportunity (and the last opportunity) to get […]

The Artist

From the word “go” I was excited by the idea of someone doing a modern spin on the silent film. I’d only seen bits and pieces of silent films before, and while they were interesting, that whole era of film never really intrigued me; it was too old and didn’t appeal to my modern sensibilities. […]

A Second Look at 2011

I go to the movies a lot in a year, and majority of the time I leave the theater thinking I saw an okay film. Not great, not bad, but a pleasant way to have spent the last couple hours. I’ll usually think about the movie for a while afterwards, trying to replay it in […]

The Devil Inside

If you think that the ending to a movie matters, The Devil Inside may not be for you. Sure the film ends, but I’d hesitate to say it has an ending, which is truly a shame because up to the very end I’d been enjoying a decent horror film. At its best the movie hits […]