Monthly Archives: June 2011

A Review of Bad Teacher

There is a very funny film buried in here, but a very poor casting choice has doomed the film. I have never understood the appeal behind Cameron Diaz. She cannot act and has not really been able to fall back … Continue reading

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A Review of The Fearless Vampire Killers

Imagine if the Young Frankenstein era Mel Brooks decided to make a Hammer horror film. That is not quite what Fearless Vampire Killers is like, but it is very close. This is a film that is very fun in its … Continue reading

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A Review of Midnight in Paris

I have made my feelings about Woody Allen quite clear. I love his mind, but not the shell that it is forced to inhabit through some cruel cosmic joke. If Allen’s mind is a super computer, then his persona is … Continue reading

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A Review of Super 8

It’s been some time since anyone made a film like this. Even Steven Spielberg (who director J.J. Abrams is copying very closely) has not been involved in anything like Super 8 since the early 1990s. But watching the film, I … Continue reading

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A Review of X-Men First Class

I enjoyed the first two X-Men films, particularly the second one. But the series took a nose dive with the last two installments, depending more on effects and include as many characters as possible, at the expense of showing us … Continue reading

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A Review of Django Strikes Again

I reviewed the first Django a while ago, and have watched it a few times since then. It is not as good as Sergio Leone’s Dollars trilogy. But it was still one of the best westerns I have seen. Tarantino … Continue reading

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