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Jane's Elliptical Movies
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Short and simple film, TV, and DVD reviews rated in terms of how much I would pay to see it.
- Added on: Oct 14th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Jane Powers
- Listed in: Film Television
- Tags: movies TV movie reviews film reviews DVD Reviews
Recent Posts
Funny People
I can almost understand all the negative things I have been hearing about this film. If you are expecting a raunchy or silly Judd Apatow (or, for that matter, Adam Sandler) style comedy then you will leave the theater disappointed. If you are expect...
Julie & Julia
A wholly delightful film, but in the end I would prefer twice as much Julia and little to no Julie. Not to say that Amy Adams wasn't enjoyable. She was, in fact, quite good. I just wasn't interested in her character (ironic, since she is a fellow blo...
(500) Days of Summer
There are plenty of films out there that are good enough to be called realistic. This film is a cut above- it feels honest, or truthful, rather than real. It is, as the trailer asserts, not a love story but glimpses of a 500 day relationship between ...
Synecdoche, New York
I am by no means a die-hard Charlie Kaufman fan, but I enjoyed the giddy madness of Being John Malkovich and relished the mind-fuck that is Adaptation so I was cautiously optimistic about this film. I can't say I enjoyed it but I am glad I watched it...
Up
A totally delightful and sometimes heartbreaking film (we expect no less from Pixar these days), Up has something for everyone. My only complaint would be that as the film progresses things get more and more fantastic/unrealistic and contrary to the ...
Twilight
Frankly, the only reason I watched this film is because it was filmed in my neck of the woods and I know a few people who worked on it. So that made it interesting to me. Otherwise it was a pretty darn average romance/genre film with some mildly ente...
