I had heard that the first Night at the Museum movie was above average in terms of children’s movies, but it wasn’t until the buzz started for Night at the Museum 2: Something about the Smithsonian that I finally forced myself to check out the first film…

I love me some horror movies, so I’ve been catching up with some of 2008’s horror releases now that they’re out on video. I wouldn’t necessarily call Ruins one of my favorites, but it has some interesting and original elements that save it from being a bad movie experience like, say, the Saw films. The [...]

I try to watch every stupid comedy as soon as I become aware of it, which can result in some very disappointing cinematic experiences (Confessions of a Shopaholic, 27 Dresses), and occasionally something enjoyable (Harold and Kumar).Sex Drive falls squarely between good and bad. It’s basically Road Trip meets American Pie with a bit of [...]

Did somebody make this film in a drunken stupor? It’s AWFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!Awful!I can’t believe I spent a whole hour downloading it. That’s a total of two and a half hours I’ll never get back. Mike Myers stole them from me.Let me count the ways I hate this film:1. It is really racist and offensive. If I [...]

When I originally heard them folks in Hollywood were adding a fourth film to the beloved Indiana Jones trilogy, I couldn’t help but think this was a somewhat awful idea. It irks me when tired movie makers dig up and reuse an idea that is already solid in movie history and holds an important place [...]

Let me preface this by noting that The Simpsons held a pretty prominent place in my childhood, rearing, and subsequent sense of humor formation like so many children of the 80’s can claim. I’m not sure exactly where I fall on the scale of Simpsons obsession, but I can say that I’ve considered this venerable [...]

Oh, the James Bond films. Once little more than campy good fun, they started to take themselves too seriously somewhere along the line, and now we’re left with, well, Casino Royale.The thing is, it’s not a competely consistent trend. Though I adore the old films, especially the Connery ones, they sometimes get a [...]

As I sit at my computer on this fine April 20th (cough, cough), preparing to review Al Gore’s fine documentary/Power Point presentation (docupoint?) An Inconvenient Truth, it strikes me that most people have already either seen the film or they’ve been so inundated with hype they wouldn’t add it to their Netflix queue if you [...]

When Liz and I first found out that the feature film Beerfest not only existed, but was coming soon to a theater near us, needless to say, we made immediate plans to see it.  But if there’s one thing we love more than drinking, it’s laziness, and our plans to see the film on opening [...]

Documentaries are usually pretty satisfying as viewing material goes. Usually edifying and often thought-provoking, nothing goes better than a cup of coffee and a pretentious art school date than a fine documentary. But every now and then, a nonfiction film can flat-out change the way you think, and Grizzly Man is one of these. Director [...]