Rental Reviews
My Wife Made Me Watch It | Rental Review of “Did You Hear About the Morgans?”
MWMMWI is a new column dedicated to those little films that you may have had to suffer through on account of being nice to your significant other. We’ve all been there at some point in some relationship. In fact, Filmdogs wouldn’t have been born without a similar situation involving Julie & Julia. This go, we focus on a train wreck called “Did You Hear About the Morgans?“.
Generally speaking, there are two thoughts that if entering my mind within the first 10 minutes of a film, mean that I will be wasting the next 1.5 hours of my life and should bail quick..
#1. I know exactly what is going to happen plot wise for the rest of the movie.
#2. I wish a 90 foot walrus would come out of the nearest bed of water and impale the lead characters with its giant tusks.
Unfortunately, #2 didn’t happen and I didn’t heed the warning of my conscience on this one…
I Can See | Rental Review of “The Blind Side”
The Blind Side has gotten some lousy attention from the Filmdogs crew. In fact, it didn’t even get a preemptive review like we gave every other picture up for top honors this year. Well, I got the chance to watch it last night and I found myself falling for the film rather quickly. Let’s talk about it.
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Melodrama Masterpiece | Rental Review of “Broken Embraces”
Pedro Almodovar is held in very high esteem in the film community, and it is films like Broken Embraces that put him on that pedestal. To see an Almodovar film is to go on a journey filled with tragic characters, beautiful imagery, and a soul tearing story. Broken Embraces will have you from its flickering first haunting image, to its tear inducing last. Read the rest of this entry »
Dig the Life Fantastic: Rental Review of “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
Pop quiz..ready?…
#1: Name the film that was nominated for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score at the 82nd Academy Awards. Has been nominated for the 2010 Critics Choice Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Animated Feature and was nominated for the 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film.
Hint: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray.
Still don’t know? No it isn’t UP.
Answer: Fantastic Mr. Fox
#2: Have you heard of this film, let alone watched it?
Answer: Probably not.
Nut Up or Shut Up: Rental Review of “Zombieland”
Mr. Steward Drives A Hard Bargain: Rental Review Of “The Box”
At 5:45 in the morning, a box is delivered to Norma (Cameron Diaz) and Arthur Lewis (James Marsden) via a man named Mr. Steward (Frank Langella), with blood simple instructions. Push the lone button that resides at the top, and you will receive a payment of one million dollars in cash. The deadly catch… someone in the world will die. That is the simple, but effective, premise to Richard Kelly’s third motion picture. Having said that, if you know anything about Kelly’s movies; then you know nothing can be that simple.
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