Intense. A modern take on historical drama, The Tudors season one brings us the court of King Henry VIII (Queen Elizabeth, Anne Boleyn, “burn them at the stake,” all that jazz). Performances are outstanding all around, sets and costumes are lavish and convincing. The Tudors is intelligent, exciting, visceral, sexy—if not totally historically accurate. More [...]
Cute. An unchallenging story that progresses predictably (but intentionally) just like a children’s fairy tale book. For adults, Jodie Foster was the true star of this movie, playing an agoraphobic and comic Indiana Jones who comes to the rescue of Nim (Abigail Breslin). Dramatic and exciting for young children without being scary. It’s fun to [...]
Hm. I only expected it to be funny. That’s not too much to ask of a comedy, is it? I think the cast probably did the best they could with what they were given. A movie about ping pong with Christopher Walken has the potential for greatness. But the quality of most of the jokes [...]
Bad. Plays more like a slide show than a movie, a series of random jokes set to animation. There were a couple of funny bits but the entire production suffered from spending too much time on all of the one-liners and sight gags, many of which should have been cut in favor of making a [...]
Steve Carell takes a welcome detour from Noah and Michael Scott to a real-life version of Charlie Brown (all-grown-up and widowed but without the self-pity). Dan’s dedication to his children, especially as a single parent and despite his loneliness, is heroic and very real. Dan’s middle daughter provides a frightening (for a man with a [...]
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