Monthly Archives: August 2008

I think this is the first time I’ve seen a sequel without having seen the first episode. To confuse things I read that the first Scorpion King movie is chronologically and thematically set after this one. If that’s not enough … Continue reading →

Resurrecting the champ is so full of lessons that it takes focus to untangle all of them. First there is the lesson of the importance of doing good work. The protagonist, sport journalist, is missing out on this one and … Continue reading →

The three main reasons I liked the original Lost Boys from 1987 was that it was shot in Santa Cruz, that Kiefer Sutherland was a cool evil guy and that this was the first (and only) biker/vampire movie I’ve seen. … Continue reading →

A few months ago we were driving through San Francisco and noticed a few unusual posts at a few bus stops. They were white background, black lettering, mimicking handwriting, containing some unpleasant words and ending with “IHateSarahMarshall.com.” The ads were … Continue reading →

I am not very familiar with Japanese martial art films genre, but I am aware that it exists, is popular and huge. But I could not place Princess Blade within that framework, so I have to analyze the movie through … Continue reading →

Uma Thurman and Evan Rachel Wood gave terrific performances in The life before her eyes. Wood plays a high school student who witnesses a Columbine like massacre at her school. We get a view of her life, relationship with his … Continue reading →

Wargames 2 is one of the worst sequels I have ever seen. The first one, 25 years ago with Matthew Broderick, was trendsetting, full of new concepts and ideas and became a classic 1980′s movie. This one will accomplish none … Continue reading →

I have never seen a Marx Brothers movie so it was time. I had very little preconception of them. I was expecting a slapstick comedy and was happy to get much more. Yes there, were about 5-10 of the predictable … Continue reading →

Shooter is reminded of a modern Rambo story, where the hero comes home from a foreign war disillusioned because of betrayal and starts to fight back home in the good ol US. The similarities end there though. He, played by … Continue reading →

Finally a movie that made me think on several levels. First it needed some brainpower to figure out The Nines‘ plot, recreating a linear timeline from a zigzagging one. I decided that it is not really possible to think of … Continue reading →