Just a couple of Movie Geeks exploring the world of cinema.
Chick 2 says:
Whether it is the best movie ever made or not, I feel that Valkyrie is an important movie, and definitely one to go see. Tom Cruise plays Claus von Stauffenberg, a German colonel committed to leading an assassination plot of Adolph Hitler. Having been to Germany and walked through a concentration camp myself, this movie struck a note with me about Germans who believed in a Germany without Hitler. Read the rest of this entry »
Chick 1 says:
Will Smith in a drama; I’m there. Will Smith in pretty much anything; I’m there. The man has earned my trust. He can act. He’s charming. And he can make the most mundane line funny.
What I Liked: Shocker. I liked Will Smith. I cared about his character, Ben Thomas, and wanted to know what the heck was going on with him. Read the rest of this entry »
Chick 1 says:
All I knew about this movie from director Danny Boyle was that it was about a boy from the slums in India who gets to go on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and that it was getting a lot of Oscar buzz. The words life affirming had also been thrown around so that made me inclined to see it. Read the rest of this entry »
Chick 2 says:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is very curious indeed. What was once a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald perhaps should have stayed a short story, or at least been a shorter version of a movie. Born with an unknown ailment (perhaps brought on by a clock that ticks backwards) that causes him to age backwards, Button (played by Brad Pitt) begins his life as an infant eighty-year old man not expected to live. Read the rest of this entry »
-Mal Johnson (Danny Glover)
Silverado 1985
Chick 1 says:
I like Jim Carrey. I think he’s both funny & he can act. He’s proved himself in movies like Ace Ventura, The Truman Show, Bruce Almighty, & one of my favorites, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. But he’s also put out quite a few mediocre projects and Yes Man, about a man who is challenged to say “yes” to every opportunity, looked like it might just be Jim Carrey Comedy #48. So I went with limited expectations. Read the rest of this entry »
Chick 1 says:
Having wandered through the first round of holiday movies with varying enjoyment, the start of December seemed to bring a lull in good films. Seems that dry spell may end on Friday.
The Tale of Despereaux
This little fairy tale starring Matthew Broderick as the tiny mouse Despereaux and Emma Watson as Princess Pea, looks absolutely delightful. Beautiful animation, fun cast, and a sweet story. Opens Dec 19th. See the trailer here. Read the rest of this entry »
Chick 2 says:
Right now, Michael Bay wishes he were Baz Luhrmann. Australia touted epic and it delivers. It introduces the characters in typical Luhrmann fashion, a bit silly and showy, but within 15 minutes or so it begins to improve and, in my opinion, proves to be the director’s best work. The leads, played by Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman, are both people of tremendous character, the kind of people the world needs today. Lady Ashley (Kidman) comes to Australia and immediately must decide between the easy choice of returning to London and ignoring the injustice that’s being done Down Under, or making the tough decision to fight the battle of saving her husband’s ranch and the people whose lives would be affected. Read the rest of this entry »