When the trailer for Inglorious Basterds came out, I didn’t have much interest in seeing the film.  I basically pictured Kill Bill set in Nazi Germany. While that may be potentially awesome, I felt like the trailer left out any hints of a story or plot beyond “killin’ Nazis.” So I let some time pass, and then along came an opportunity to see it for free.  Now, ‘free’ can be a very good motivator to do something that you normally wouldn’t do otherwise.  So, I set off to sit through Inglorious Basterds, expecting the usual Tarantino fare which I figured I’d probably enjoy anyways, despite my hesitation from the trailer.  Instead, what I saw completely blew away my expectations. Read the rest of this entry »

The Informant! is like a much less funny, and much more sad version of Burn After Reading.  Matt Damon gives a great performance in his portrayal of Mark Whitacre as he trips his way through several years of FBI investigation as an informant against the company he works for. Read the rest of this entry »

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (3D) is an incredibly fun movie for everyone to enjoy.  The film follows Flint Lockwood, a hopeful inventor, whose ideas for trivial yet helpful inventions always seem to end in some kind of failure.  His latest invention, a hilariously silly named device that turns water into food, surprisingly works to his and everyone in the town’s astonishment.  However, things quickly get out of control as giant portions of food begin to rain down from the sky, causing disasters of delicious proportions. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m surprised at how disappointed I was with 9. Usually with films that I’m excited to see, even if they’re bad, I’ll still find myself leaning towards liking them, rather than not.  They end up becoming those films that you hate to love.  But I just couldn’t do that with 9.  The only thing that 9 really has going for it, are the visuals, which manage to fall flat and lifeless after the first few twinges of facial expression. Read the rest of this entry »

The Final Destination (3D) is just awful.  How awful is “just awful?”  I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone, even if they were seeing it for free in an air conditioned theater while it’s 100 degrees outside, and the filmmakers themselves were there to personally give each moviegoer an hour long massage… with a happy ending (which is pretty close to how I saw it… minus the happy ending). Read the rest of this entry »