Movie Reviews

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REVIEW: JOSHUA (DEVIN’S TAKE)

Perhaps the scariest thing about Joshua was the feeling I got at the end that I had just sat through some kind of weird gay panic movie. As the movie came to its conclusion I found myself more than a little gobsmacked by what writer and director George Ratliff had ended his movie with: the … Continue reading

REVIEW: TRANSFORMERS (DEVIN’S TAKE)

With Transformers Michael Bay has come very close to giving us the great summer blockbuster of this decade; while it never fully comes together as the ass-kicking, brain-annihilating joy we wanted, it does manage to stand head and shoulders over the rest of the stunted crop of Summer 07. Transformers is probably the Rosetta Stone … Continue reading

REVIEW: TRANSFORMERS (JEREMY’S TAKE)

***SPOILERS TO FOLLOW!!! TRANS-VIRGINS SHALL NOT PASS!!!*** Michael Bay’s giant fucking robots are here, and they are dead-set on destroying lots of property, so it’s fortunate that, in anticipation of the edifice-toppling third-act tilt, they’ve landed in Los Angeles, where great architecture is as disposable as a socialite’s virginity. The only drawback to Bay’s final … Continue reading

REVIEW: A MIGHTY HEART

Before seeing A Mighty Heart I made a mistake – I thought I knew what to expect from Michael Winterbottom’s new film. I knew that Winterbottom is driven to jump genres, and I assumed that A Mighty Heart was exactly what it was being sold as: a weepy tearjerker strong woman movie. It turns out … Continue reading

REVIEW: NANCY DREW

It’s easy to find commentary about the one-note nature of summer films. Doesn’t take a think tank to understand that May through July are given over to sixteen year old boys, with the occasional nod to 30-year old boys through a film like Ocean’s Thirteen. Counter-programming is an easy way for a studio to make … Continue reading