**Rerun's Movie Reviews**

[dwcrawford]

 
I don't come on this site to read movie reviews that I can see online or in NYT.  I come on this site to make friends with some people to go to the movies with!   

Joke, joke, joke.  It's a joke.

[Chris]

District 9 - Well it was a yawner for me. Story seemed jumbled and took to long to get going. It was a little hard to follow at some points. I give it a 

[cariad]

My husband and I were trying to pick a film for the "Worst Movie I Have Ever Seen" title, but struggled to think of contenders. As luck would have it, I had picked up a copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine from the library because I knew my son wanted to see it. He didn't have time to watch it, though, and it was due back, so Gwyn and I watched it last night. Wow. What an awful mess of a film. I'm glad my 7-year-old didn't see it. He would have been alternating between bored and scared.

[Though, I think Gwyn was right that Requiem for a Dream still holds an iron grip on the Worst Film prize around our house. I know many people, including top film critics, thought it was a masterpiece. We were utterly repulsed.]

We saw The Soloist. I found it enjoyable, though wasn't as moved as I thought I might be. I don't think it did a proper job of explaining how unrealistic the reporter's expectations were. I also think it reinforced a few damaging stereotypes about the mentally ill. The representation of what was going on inside this man's head, though, was riveting.

[cariad]

I saw Food, Inc. a documentary on the food business in America. I do believe this is an extremely important film to watch, but as bad as I feared it would be, it was infinitely worse. I imagined it was going to be two hours of hearing about despicable animal abuses, and there was a fair amount of that in there. There was also some of the most disgusting human abuse - physical, financial, and emotional - that I have ever seen. The one I really want to warn people to brace themselves for is the mother whose child contracted E. coli from contaminated meat. (The government was fully aware it was contaminated but lacked the authority to stop its distribution. Yes, the US government lacks the authority to shut down dangerous business practices.) This mother described watching her two-year-old son dying on dialysis. It was absolutely devastating to listen to that, remembering going through it myself, and not being able to stop myself from picturing myself in that woman's place, watching it happen to one of my own boys. There was really no amount of uplift at that end that was going to be able to overcome hearing her story. Please watch it if you are able.

[fc2821]

        Recently watched "Army of Shadows" or  "L'Armée des Ombres"   is a 1969 French film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. It is a film adaptation of Joseph Kessel's 1943 book of the same name, which blends Kessel's own experiences as a member of the French Resistance with fictionalized versions of real Resistance members who fought against the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. Army of Shadows follows a small group of Resistance fighters as they move between safe houses, work with the Allied militaries, kill informers, and attempt to evade the capture and execution that they know is their most likely fate.  While portraying its characters as heroic, the film presents a bleak, unromantic view of the Resistance.   It stars Simone Signoret, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Paul Meurisse, and  Lino Ventura.  Good acting and cinema photography.  Presents a diferent ascpedct of WII history.   
       Saw it in France in the late 1970's and this is the first time I've seen it with sub-titles.  Enjoyed it better being able to understnad more of what is happening.  We have net flicks and obtained it from them.         

[cariad]

Saw the GI Joe film on DVD with my older son. Now I'm dreading that 2nd Transformers movie even more - it's supposed to be even worse.

[angela515]

Dreading Transformers 2?

Transformers 1 and 2 are both amazing and awesome movies. #2 is even better than #1.

[cariad]

Gwyn and I watched the documentary Kicking It free on Hulu.com last night. It's about the Homeless Football World Cup, played every year with all homeless players from around 50 different countries. The documentary follows the games in Capetown, but really it is a fascinating analysis of what it means to be homeless around the world - in the US, Ireland, Afghanistan, Spain, Kenya, and so on. Really well done, and I challenge anyone to watch it all through without fighting back tears.

[monrein]

I just saw and thoroughly enjoyed An Education.   

[YLGuy]

I just saw The Book of Eli this weekend.  I really enjoyed it but I have pretty much liked everything Denzel has done.

[fc2821]

     We watched "G-force" Saturday night. Thought it might be funny, it wasn't.  That might be what made me sick, and I thought it was the flu..

[galvo]

Just saw Mel Gibson in "Heart of Darkness". A good violent revenge movie. Reminescent of the old Chuck Bronson movies.

[kitkatz]

U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton

[paris]

The Princess and The Frog     It was very cute.  The grands loved it.

[fc2821]

   We saw "Up"  last night...yeah "Netflicks"    ......  FANTASTIC!      If you've not seen, do.  If you think because it's pixar and animated it's only for kids...it isn't.  Best animation I've ever seen.

[monrein]

   We saw "Up"  last night...yeah "Netflicks"    ......  FANTASTIC!      If you've not seen, do.  If you think because it's pixar and animated it's only for kids...it isn't.  Best animation I've ever seen.

I liked that movie a lot also.

[Wattle]

Finally got to the movies to see "It's Complicated"   

My girlfriend and I laughed all the way through! Merryl Streep and Alec Baldwin are fantastic.

[MooseMom]

h, I love movies, and I love Netflix which is the best invention in the history of the universe!  We love foreign films; we are watching a Japanese movie called "Departures" about a cellist who finds himself unemployed after his orchestra is dissolved.  He applies for a new, mysterious job advertised as "NK agent for departures"; he thinks it's for a travel agency when in fact it is for a funeral home.  It's very funny.

This weekend we saw Avatar, The Hurt Locker and The Last Station.  We try to see as many movies as we can before the Academy Awards are given out.  If you are a Helen Mirren fan, do see The Last Station; she plays Leo Tolstoy's wife and is a marvel in the role.  Avatar was truly lovely to look at, but the story was not particularly creative at all.

[galvo]

Saw "Shutter Island" on the weekend. A bit fantastic, but intriguing and downright scary at times - 3/5.

[angela515]

Paranormal Activity- I watched this last night.. I did get scared. 

[Rerun]

Flash of Genius (2008)  Five Stars         

In this David vs. Goliath drama based on a true story, college professor Robert Kearns (Greg Kinnear) goes up against the giants of the auto industry when they fail to give him credit for inventing intermittent windshield wipers. Kearns doggedly pursues recognition for his invention, as well as the much-deserved financial rewards for the sake of his wife (Lauren Graham) and six kids. Alan Alda and Dermot Mulroney also star.

Imagine That (2009)  Five Stars         

Work problems are piling up for financial exec Evan (Eddie Murphy), and his ruthless rival (Thomas Haden Church), greedy boss (Ronny Cox) and touchy-feely best (DeRay Davis) friend aren't helping matters. But when Evan discovers a pathway to his daughter's imaginary world, he starts finding some solutions. Nicole Ari Parker co-stars as Evan's estranged wife in this inventive family comedy from Over the Hedge director Karey Kirkpatrick.

[Rerun]

My Sister's Keeper (2009)  Five Stars              

A former defense attorney (Cameron Diaz) finds herself back in the courtroom when she and her husband (Jason Patric) are sued for medical emancipation by their 11-year-old daughter, Anna (Abigail Breslin), who is expected to donate a kidney to her dying older sister. The subsequent trial tests ethical boundaries and the limits of parental love. Joan Cusack and Alec Baldwin round out the cast in this powerful drama based on Jodi Picoult's novel.

Zach mentioned this movie when it first came out and I finally watched it.   

[MooseMom]

Just finished watching "Precious" and have to say that it was more uplifting than I thought it would be.  Such powerful performances; Mo'nique deserved her Oscar.  She actually made me feel pity for her character.  This film presents the idea that if you feel you are unloved, you can easily turn into a monster.

Saw "Shutter Island" and found it to be surprising yet extremely depressing.  If I explained myself, I'd have to issue a spoiler alert.

Hated "Alice in Wonderland".  Loved the cast, but I had forgotten how little I liked the story.  I've discovered that 3D annoys me.

[Rerun]

Julie & Julia (2009) Five Stars               

Amy Adams stars in this truth-inspired tale as Julie Powell, who decides to enliven her uneventful life by cooking all 524 recipes outlined in Julia Child's culinary classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Based on Powell's book Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen, director Nora Ephron's heartwarming dramedy also stars Meryl Streep as legendary chef Child, for which she won a Golden Globe.

[galvo]

Just seen 'The Hurt Locker'. Great!!! Ordnance disposal would not be a career path for me.