I review movies with irreverence and humor, and an eye towards whether or not kids would like them or benefit from seeing them. I've been a movie fanatic all my life and studied film in college, but I hate pretentiousness in film reviews so you won't find it in my blog.
Recent PostsA few days ago, I took my son Mike and a couple of his friends to see the movie Avatar, the new film from director James Cameron. I had no preconceived ideas about it, except I've always like Cameron's films. I liked Titanic so much I bought ...
I usually try to write mostly about movies I really like. I like to tell people about hidden gems of movies I find, that I want everyone to see, like Local Hero, or Truly Madly Deeply. Year One is the opposite - a horrifying stinker of a movie. Today...
I was not enthusiastic about seeing this movie, but my 18 year old daughter was asking me to order it from Netflix for months. To my surprise, however, I really enjoyed it. The premise of 17 Again is that Mike O'Donnell, a man in his 30'...
I was not so thrilled with this movie. It seemed too dark and complicated, to me. Hogwarts looked more dreary and scary. Everything was more gothic.My son, 13, liked it. He didn't like the ending, however. "It just cut off."There's ...
OK, so neither of these films are out in the theater, we got them from Netflix, but I wanted to write about them because I hate them A LOT.I rarely write about movies I don't like. Truth be told, I rarely feel great love or great hatred for movie...
I read the DaVinci Code right after it was released, and I was on vacation. I'll never forget it. I was mesmerized. I read it in less than a day. Of course, I had a lot of time to lie around the pool. Sometime later that year, I read Angels and D...
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ibpurpledragonGood reviews, you don't reveal too much of the story while offering a viable critque. I enjoyed reading them. Of course with Opus as a symbol, surrogate or icon how could you go wrong. Long live Death Tongue!
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Posted: April 12th, 2009 | More Reviews From TonyB | Report This Comment