Have you been scouring the direct tv channel lineup trying to decide which recent films to take a second look at? We’ve put together some reviews of the films we see airing most often for your viewing pleasure
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps – Grade: B- We wanted to give this film a glowing review, we really did, but it just didn’t live up to all the hype. Shia Lebouf makes a great protg but the whole thing seemed stilted and dated.
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3 More Films: Our Reviews
Why The Seventh Seal is Still Worth Watching
The Seventh Seal, directed by the Swedish master Ingmar Bergman, is a classic European film. The film was one
of Ingmar Bergman’s most accessible and popular movies, and was the beginning of his long career as Sweden’s most influential and artistic auteur. Ingmar Bergman, along with Jean-Luc Godard, Federico Fellini, and Akira Kurasowa, represented the classic European film directors of the 1960s.
These types of artistically minded European films are not as popular today and often only studied in film classes. Read the rest…
The Coen Brother’s No Company for Old Men Reviewed
No Country for Old Men is a film directed by the Coen brothers and based on the Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name. The movie came out in 2007 and quickly became a favorite of many film critics. With a cast of Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin, No Country for Old Men is well acted and good old fashion entertainment.
The movie is set in the early 1980′s and is centered on a drug deal gone Read the rest…
The Incredible Animations of Pixar’s Up
Up is an incredible movie and is an intensely high quality featured film. The film makers of Up made the movie come to life from beginning to end. The creative brainpower behind the movie is amazing. It is a story that ignites your emotions in many different ways. It gives a lot of laughs, surprises and some feelings of sadness. That’s what makes the movie so very interesting.
The music was a perfect fit for each and every scene. I especially like the piano Read the rest…
Is Inglorious Bastards Quinton Terentinos Masterpiece?
To call anything Quentin Tarantino’s masterpiece shows a deeper appreciation for the work of this foul-mouthed film maker than the author has. A person who is looking for the film maker’s best work should not even consider Inglorious Bastards. While Inglorious Basterds is more of an actual Pulp Fiction piece than Tarantiono’s other film of the same name, it still does not qualify as fine cinema. The film maker does not really have any movie that can be considered to be a master piece. Much like Martin Scorsese, Tarantino confuses vulgarity with heroism. While there Read the rest…
Is Hangover 2 As Good As the Original?
In the summer of 2008, the Hangover took over the movie industry. The film put many new stars on the map and when the idea of a sequel was thrown around, critics and fans went into a frenzy. With all of the main characters returning like Bradley Cooper, Ken Jeong, Ed Helms, Zak Galifinakis and Justin Bartha, most people assumed that the movie would indeed be another revelation. Well that is not quite how it panned out for director Todd Phillips. Most critics and fans agree that the sequel was not near the same level as Read the rest…
This Year’s Most Overrated Box Office Hits
This years movie releases have been littered with sequels and remakes. Many of these were highly anticipate, from robots to pirates, and super heroes to little blue men. Many of these movies racked in loads of cash with promises of living up to their originals.
Transformers 3 had so much potential, with a great director in Bay, a great actor, in LaBeouf, and a gorgeous actress in Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. The problem is this movie was just bad. From its confusing plot, to its poorly written script. It was definitely less than meets the eye. Green Lantern starring Ryan Read the rest…
What Are This Years Most Underrated Movies?
Every year many movies get completely over looked by the blockbuster top sellers and are completely forgotten about by the public. Here is two underrated movies to look out for this year.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
A beautifully filmed movie, based on the book of the same name, about friendship and hope. It goes through a story of friendship in modern day China complicated by demanding careers, relationships, and life, but when they find the connection to their ancestral past and the story of a friendship from 19th-century china they realize how important their friendship truly is. It Read the rest…