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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Whenever you remake a classic childrens’ book, especially if it has already been made into a popular movie, there are always high expectations and numerous hurdles to overcome. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the classic Roald Dahl childrens’ story gets the Tim Burton makeover for better or worse. What results is a [Read More …]

Sin City

I’m not sure where to begin with this review. I can’t decide if I liked the movie or not. What I can say about the film is that it was bold and visually intense and very very violent. But the film does stay with you, not just the images but the vignettes and the people [Read More …]

Hero/Ying xiong

The film that was nominated for the 2002 Best Foreign Film Oscar receives wide theatrical release in the United States in an odd situation. Though the film has made more than 100 million worldwide and is available in the Far East on DVD the film has just released here in the US to great fanfare. [Read More …]

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third installment of the gloriously successful Harry Potter franchise. Though the first two films were fun and beautifully appointed this film ventures beyond the imagination on the page and brings to life not just the story but brings the characters beyond imitation of the books to [Read More …]

The Day After Tomorrow

The Day After Tomorrow takes all of the disaster movies of the ’70s like Towering Inferno, The Poseidon Adventure, and Earthquake, puts them in a blender and puts it on churn. The poor people of the US, and other countries we are told through out the story, are plagued by earthquakes, twisters, tidal floods, and [Read More …]

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