Archive for the ‘Film Reviews’ Category
My pen pal advised me that “It’s people like you who make freedom of speech, or the freedom to blog or critique, a bad thing, but then I am in turn glad for the freedom of speech, so that I too can turn around and critique you, and let others know that what you are saying is a piece of crap.”
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Amanda Seyfried’s pristine, alabaster skin and enormous eyes give Red just the right look, but every time she opens her mouth you’re begging for that werewolf to take her out of our misery.
Posted in Film Reviews | Tagged: Amanda Seyfried, Big Bad Wolf, Billy Burke, Catherine Hardwicke, film review, Gary Oldman, horror film, Julie Christie, Little Red Riding Hood, love triangle, Red Riding Hood, Red Riding Hood review, Twilight, Virginia Madsen, werewolf, werewolves | 2 Comments »
Audiences were largely pleased with the final product, despite that fact that it looks like it was directed by a 6-year-old boy. Who’s addicted to meth.
Posted in Film Reviews, New Stuff | Tagged: action films, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Cobra, David Zayas, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Expendables, film review, First Blood, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Mickey Rourke, Rambo, Randy Couture, Rick Gershman, Rocky, Rocky Balboa, Sly Stallone, Stallone, Stone Cold Steve Austin, summer movies, Sylvester Stallone, Terry Crews, The Expendables | 3 Comments »
Ellen Page’s oddly ageless, doll-like face constantly distracted me. Sorry, she looks like she’s 12. Even the very funny bit where Joseph Gordon-Levitt tricks her into a kiss seemed a touch off, because even though he’s only six years old than she is, he seems more like a creepy uncle.
Posted in Columns, Film Reviews, New Stuff, This one has curse words | Tagged: Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Dennis Lehane, dreams, Ellen Page, film review, Inception, J.J. Abrams, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Joss Whedon, Ken Watanabe, Knight and Day, Leonardo DiCaprio, Memento, Michael Caine, Rick Gershman, Shutter Island, spoiler alert, spoiler review, Star Trek, summer movies, Terminator, Terminator Salvation, The Dark Knight, Tom Hardy | 1 Comment »
I can’t help wanting to recommend Schmucks, and dammit, that’s exactly what I’m going to do. Because for the ninety minutes you’re in the theater, it is a lot of fun. It’s a much better date night film than, say, the relentlessly mediocre Date Night.
Posted in Film Reviews, New Stuff | Tagged: Anchorman, Austin Powers, Bruce Greenwood, comedies, comedy, Dinner for Schmucks, film review, Jay Roach, Jeff Dunham, Jemaine Clement, Kristen Schaal, Larry Wilmore, Meet the Parents, Paul Rudd, Rick Gershman, Ron Livingston, Steve Carell, Zach Galifianakis | 3 Comments »
Knight and Day is the Taco Bell 5-layer burrito of the 2010 summer movie season. And that’s not really a good thing.
Posted in Columns, Film Reviews, New Stuff | Tagged: A-Team, Blucas, Cameron Diaz, Cruise, Diaz, film review, James Mangold, Knight & Day, Knight & Day film review, Knight & Day review, Knight and Day, Knight and Day film review, Knight and Day review, Maggie Grace, Mangold, Marc Blucas, movie review, Patrick O'Neill, Peter Sarsgaard, Rick Gershman, Sarsgaard, summer movies, The A-Team, Tom Cruise, Viola Davis | 4 Comments »
The A-Team (2010) film review Rick’s grade: 7 out of 10 By RICK GERSHMAN If any film demands to be graded on a curve, it’s The A-Team. Simply consider the notion of making a big-budget summer movie from of one of the cheesiest television shows of an already-cheesy TV era (the early 1980s). It’s a [...]
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Adrien Brody is solid, but the best part of his casting is that he kinda looks like the result of a gene-splicing experiment in the first place.
Posted in Film Reviews, New Stuff, Top 10 | Tagged: Adrien Brody, David Cronenberg, Frankenstein, Guillermo del Toro, horror, horror films, Rick Gershman, Sarah Polley, sci-fi, Splice, Vincenzo Natali | Leave a Comment »
How bad could it be? Really bad, it turns out. Astonishingly, amazingly, how-could-you-possibly-screw-this-up-any-worse bad.
Posted in Film Reviews | Tagged: Freddy, Freddy Krueger, horror, horror films, Jackie Earle Haley, Kyle Gallner, Michael Bay, New Line, New Line Cinema, Nightmare on Elm Street, Platinum Dunes, remake, remakes, Rick Gershman, Robert Englund | Leave a Comment »
Creepy, grating and tiresome, hands down one of the worst sequels ever.
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This is me. Well, the head part. 
Red Riding Hood, freedom of speech, and curious interpretations thereof
March 20, 2011
My pen pal advised me that “It’s people like you who make freedom of speech, or the freedom to blog or critique, a bad thing, but then I am in turn glad for the freedom of speech, so that I too can turn around and critique you, and let others know that what you are saying is a piece of crap.”
Posted in Columns, Film Reviews, New Stuff, This one has curse words | Tagged: anonymous comments, Catherine Hardwicke, Christian Toto, IMDB, IMDB message boards, Kathryn Bigelow, Little Red Riding Hood, Oscars, private messages, Red Riding Hood, Red Riding Hood review, Rick Gershman, The Hurt Locker | 5 Comments »