Get Smart (2008) - Peter Segal ( Read more... )

Hancock (2008) - Peter Berg ( Read more... )

Maximum Overdrive (1986) - Stephen King

I was too drunk to notice what was really going on. All I know is that Emilio Estevez got laid twice, fought tanker trucks from space or something, and can shoot a rocket launcher from the hip with the accuracy of a marine. I'd give it one star, but I was enthralled in my intoxicated state.

** (2 out of 5

Eagle Vs. Shark (2007) - Taika Waititi ( Read more... )

loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies (2006) - Steven Cantor & Mathew Galkin ( Read more... )

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) - Steven Spielberg ( Read more... )

The Lookout (2007) - Scott Frank ( Read more... )

Stranger Than Fiction. (2006) - Marc Forster
HD On DemandI did not realize until the end credits this movie was the work of Marc Forster, and now I'm highly interesting in watching the rest of his films. In the two works I've seen so far (this and Finding Neverland) I was intrigued by the sly way he incorporates CGI as an enhancement to his ( Read more... )

Ratatouille (2007) - Brad Bird
HD On DemandFinally I got to see this one, and boy was I glad to. Pixar goes back to the genius Brad Bird to get it out of the Cars doldrums and delivers on a beautifully made film about discovering the possibilities in oneself, and in others. No film has made me smile like this for a while, nor drop my jaw at what ( Read more... )

Me and some friends have undertaken the challenge of watching 50 new films this summer (either old or in theaters), and to compile a small review for each. I started with:

Zodiac (2007) - David Fincher
DVDI am ashamed of myself for not seeing this last year - this is David Fincher's masterpiece, and one of the best films of the decade. It was ( Read more... )