Match Point

I’m not really a Woody Allen fan. That is to say, I saw Annie Hall and thought it was pretty funny. That’s the extent of my familiarity with the director,... M O R E »

Syriana

Syriana was billed as “The Peak Oil Movie.” The trailer plays it up, talking about oil running out, about 50% unemployment in the United States, nobody being able to pay... M O R E »

An Open Letter to Peter Jackson

Dear Mr. Jackson, Thank you for making King Kong. You are awesome. Love, AJ Schuster... M O R E »

Recent Movies I Have Liked

I’ve seen a glut of good movies lately (which has been a welcome change from the summer, what with The Island and Mr. and Mrs. Smith), but I’ve been remiss... M O R E »

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Last night was the first time I’ve seen a Star Wars movie at midnight on the day of its release: I had no idea what I was missing. I actually... M O R E »

Preparations for Midnight

In the past two weeks, we’ve: Rewatched The Original Trilogy Rewatched Episodes I and II on DVD Watched The Clone Wars DVD Purchased several wookiees and constructed the Millennium Falcon... M O R E »

Million Dollar Baby

I finally talked Amanda into seeing Million Dollar Baby last night. I’d been on the fence whether I wanted to see it or not, but its strong showing at the... M O R E »

Favorite Movies 2004

I always have a hard time enumerating my favorite films of the year, because it’s so hard to compare in my mind a film I saw ten months ago with... M O R E »

Ray

I know good advice when I see it, so we went out to see Ray tonight. I’m almost ashamed to admit it, but I knew next to nothing about Ray... M O R E »

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

I saw Bridget Jones’ Diary for free before it came out at a school-sponsored preview. I hated it. Last summer, it was on TV while I was in Alabama missing... M O R E »

Brief Hellboy Review

When Amanda and I went on our first-paycheck-induced spending spree last weekend, I couldn’t help but pick up a copy of Hellboy. It’s rare that I buy a DVD of... M O R E »

An Open Letter to M. Night Shyamalan

Amanda and I saw The Village last night. We both had a lot to say about it afterwards, and I decided that my thoughts could best be expressed in a... M O R E »

Pop Culture Encyclopedia

A conversation between my brother and me via SMS yesterday: How many gigawatts in the flux capacitor One point twenty-one jiggawatts! Im right thanks... M O R E »

Jersey Girl

I’m not even going to bother trying to write an objective review of Jersey Girl. My biases—my love of all things View Askew, my heterosexual man-crush on Ben Affleck—are far... M O R E »

Recent Movie Wrapup

M*A*S*H Saw this last Tuesday as required viewing for my film class. Although I liked North By Northwest a lot, this film may be my favorite so far this semester.... M O R E »

Oscar Nominations

Oscar nominees are out. I've never felt so strongly about who should win certain awards. Johnny Depp or Bill Murray for Best Actor? Johnny Depp was awesome, but the nomination... M O R E »

Respect My Ass

You know those annoying commercials that began appearing in front of feature films last year whose messages are "Respect Copyrights?" You know, those ones that people (read: I) openly laugh... M O R E »

Two MORE months? NOO!

Based upon my enthusiasm for Kill Bill Volume 1, it should come as no surprise that I consider the delay of Volume 2 to be a Crime Against Humanity.... M O R E »

The Ring

I watched The Ring on HBO On Demand last night after hearing from almost everyone that it was really scary and well-done. As it wound up, I thought, "Good movie,... M O R E »

Sean Astin For President

Failing that, Sean Astin must at least win Best Supporting Actor.... M O R E »

The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

I saw Return of the King on Wednesday at 1 PM, but haven't had time to sit down and write what I thought about it until now. In short, this... M O R E »

Kill Bill Has Penetrated My Brain

I saw Kill Bill twice this weekend, which should be enough information to convey that I loved it. I don't really know what Volume 2 has in store, but I... M O R E »

Suggestions?

Amanda and I are planning on a double feature this Friday of Kill Bill and Lost in Translation. Which should we see first?... M O R E »

Underworld Trailer

Just brought to my attention by Dan: Underworld. Un-fucking-believable. Looks insanely hot. I am so there.... M O R E »

More Movie Distractions

Evolution is over....on a scale of one to ten awesomes, I give it five awesomes. The commercial at the end was the best part. Dan and I have now moved... M O R E »

Not Giving Up Yet

So far, Evolution has been funny for all the wrong reasons. I'm not sure if we'll be sticking with this.... M O R E »

Movie Break

Dan and I are checking out Evolution. I've seen parts of it, but never from the start, and we're both feeling like laughing. I will update periodically on whether it... M O R E »

Avast!

Went to see Pirates of the Carribbean tonight. It is the best kind of laid-back, easygoing, and most importantly fun adventure flick. At points, I was thinking to myself "This... M O R E »

Why Hulk Sucked

I didn't want to write a bad review of Hulk. Since the trailer before X2, I thought it looked promising and everyone else I spoke to thought it looked horrible.... M O R E »

Finding Nemo

In keeping with my planned summer movie schedule, I saw Finding Nemo tonight with a theater full of little kids, and it was phenomenal. It's too early to say something... M O R E »

Matrix Reloaded

Non-spoiler review: see this movie. Spoilers ahead.... M O R E »

Ready to Reload

I made plans to see Matrix: Reloaded opening night several months ago, and I never dreamed I'd have as much of a hard time avoiding spoilers as I have. Of... M O R E »

More on Neil's Plate

Neil Gaiman has been hired by Sony to write for their new animation division. As if he wasn't busy enough... Congratulations, Neil!... M O R E »

X2

I saw X2 yesterday with Amanda and Dan at 4 PM. I don't want to give anything away, but it was totally the Empire to X-Men's A New Hope. Let... M O R E »

Identity

Amanda and I wound up seeing Identity last night, and while it wasn't quite on the level of Memento or The Usual Suspects, it was definitely worthy of comparison to... M O R E »

Trying to Decide

Amanda and I are seeing a movie tonight, and I've been unable to decide between Identity and Confidence. Both look cool. One has Dustin Hoffman, one has John Cusack and... M O R E »

Summer 2003

X2 is out in a few weeks (May 2), which begins the "Summer" movie season as far as I'm concerned. Other movies I'm anticipating this summer: The Matrix Reloaded (May... M O R E »

I Watched the Oscars

I don't usually watch the Oscars. A checklist: See Adaptation. It'll be on campus Wednesday and Thursday. See Chicago. I'll probably wind up renting it. See Spirited Away. I hadn't... M O R E »

Bowling for Sanity

I finally saw Bowling for Columbine the other night. My three word review: Life-changing experience. Who wants to move to Canada with me?... M O R E »

Daredevil

After months of waiting, I saw Daredevil with Amanda last night. I have almost nothing to say about the film that could even vagulely be construed as negative: Ben Affleck... M O R E »

Shanghai Knights

Went with Amanda to see Shanghai Knights last night on something of a whim. I wasn't expecting too much, just some nifty action and quick one-liners, and came away happy.... M O R E »

John Cusack: Good and Bad

I saw High Fidelity for the first time on Thursday night and loved it. So much, in fact, that I told Amanda afterward that I'd watch any John Cusack movie... M O R E »

Morons at the Movies

Anders Jacobsen: "She actually answered the phone(!!) and when a guy a seat or two to my right leaned over and discreetly asked her to get off the phone, she... M O R E »

Jackass

Yeah, it's stupid. Yeah, it's disgusting. Yeah, it probably is a sign of the apocalypse. It's also the loudest I've ever laughed for 90 consecutive minutes.... M O R E »

Heavy

Jake Gyllenhaal is fast becoming one of my favorite actors. That's pretty impressive for a guy who I couldn't pick out of a lineup only three short months ago. But... M O R E »

The Two Towers

I've yet to read a bad review of The Two Towers, and I'm not about to write one. Neither do I believe that I can say anything original in a... M O R E »

Forty Hours and Counting

I've got my tickets to see the coolest film of all time (until the next one) on Wednesday at 2:30 with Dan, Amy and Amanda. Every commercial, every banner ad,... M O R E »

Donnie Darko

I went to see Donnie Darko at Grafton-Stovall tonight based strictly upon word-of-mouth. When the October film schedule came out last month, I outright dismissed it, as I'd never even... M O R E »

My Love Affair with Signs

I've seen Signs three times now, once the night it came out, once a week later, and once tonight. I'm seeing it again tomorrow night. It was as scary and... M O R E »

Superman Lives

For the past several weeks, I've read way too much about the possibilities of the upcoming Superman movie. From the possibilies of an epic Batman vs. Superman saga to the... M O R E »

Jersey Girl Part 2

Kevin Smith has completed the second installment of his Jersey Girl diary. His excitement is contagious. He's also grown, a lot. "[M]e cutting dialogue out in favor of visuals? Letting... M O R E »

This is Your Life

And you open the door and you step inside. We're inside our hearts. Now imagine your pain as a white ball of healing light. That's right, your pain, the pain... M O R E »

Insomnia: Thoughts

After months of prodding by both parents, I finally got around to seeing Insomnia tonight. I'd heard all sorts of opinions on it, from the praise heaped upon it by... M O R E »

XXX

There was a great chance that XXX would disappoint. I don't recall when the first Internet trailer premiered, but I am sure that it was more than four months ago.... M O R E »

Another Movie Friday

So XXX premieres tonight, and the guy who I've been saying for years will be the next Bruce Willis/Arnold Schwarzenneger takes center stage. There's just something about him that makes... M O R E »

How I Spent My Summer...Paycheck

Seeing as I'm going back to school in only eight days, I treated myself to a final trip to the record store this evening. In no particular order, here's what... M O R E »

Signs

As I've written before, I love scary movies. I'm not talking about cheap, jumpy scares or cheesy, self-aware scares, either. I like the terrifying unknown, where it's even worse than... M O R E »

Vin Diesel Rules the World

Only a few days after seeing The Fast and the Furious for the first time (and wondering why I didn't give it a chance earlier), I discover that The Chronicles... M O R E »

How Trailers Work

Ever since I first saw the trailer for Signs, I have been filled with a bit of dread. I know that my curiosity won't allow me to stay away from... M O R E »

The Weekend

I've had unusually small amounts of sleep for the past five days and not been home all that much, which explains my lack of blogginess. I've simply been unable to... M O R E »

Joel Schumacher May Suck My Gonads

Why, oh why, did I ignore the "Directed By" line in the promotional poster for Bad Company? Every movie that I have ever seen by him has sucked my ass.... M O R E »

Movie

Cyan Pictures is making a short film about a family in Harlan, Kentucky, and they'll be blogging the whole experience, from selecting a script and a cast to editing. Should... M O R E »

A Great Day in the DVD Universe

Just the other day, as I listened to "The Power of Love," in my car, I was wondering when the Back to the Future series would get its DVD release.... M O R E »

Spider-Man

Holy crap holy crap holy crap. That movie rocked the body that rocks the party. I won't say anything more than that. See it. However, the movie-going experience was one... M O R E »

The Fellowship of the Ring

I've now seen it four times, twice in the past two nights. I love this film. I cannot resist it; I'm going again tomorrow night.... M O R E »

Vanilla Sky (the review)

Vanilla Sky is a great concept. Like The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, it challenges the viewer to make sense of what is going on in the movie. If, at the... M O R E »

Vanilla Sky (the non-review)

Just got back from Vanilla Sky at Grafton. I'm not prepared to make a decision on how I liked it yet, or even review it; you'll have to wait for... M O R E »

Movies

A few new trailers came out today. All I can say is, this summer is shaping up to be a good one at the box office! The Sum Of All... M O R E »

Ocean's Eleven

First film at Grafton since Spring Break for me was Ocean's Eleven (2001). Great movie; smart, funny, and Cool As Hell. Reminded me vaguely of Sneakers, though the story obviously... M O R E »

Moulin Rouge!

I pestered Karen into renting Moulin Rouge! with me tonight, and I am having a hard time expressing myself beyond "Wow." Why didn't I give it a chance before?... M O R E »

Friday Night

Saw The Others tonight at Grafton, and was rather impressed by it. Not at all what I expected, it kept tension throughout the film without overdoing it, making the actual... M O R E »

Another Friday

I wasn't going to say anything in this space about Mulholland Drive. I felt too stupid. Then I read this. Now all I will say is that I want to... M O R E »

O Brother, Where Art Thou!

I'm not going to do a full-fledged review of O Brother, Where Art Thou!, but I will say that I really liked it. I'm not generally a fan of George... M O R E »

Movies

After last night's complete waste of time, I decided to watch a good movie tonight: Full Metal Jacket. "I came to meet interesting and stimulating people of an ancient culture... M O R E »

Slackers

I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul. Economists say that there is no such thing as a free lunch. This comes from the concept... M O R E »