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The Dark Knight: A Fan’s Review

I came out of the theatre stunned. Simply stunned. Hands down, this is the BEST BATMAN MOVIE EVER. This movie is nine kinds of awesome. Yes, really. Okay, more than nine kinds but here are the nonspoiler versions.
1: Heath Ledger IS the Joker.
2: Aaron Eckhart IS Harvey Dent
3: Maggie Gyllenhaal IS Rachel Dawes (she should [...]

Video: ‘Stardust’ review

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Film Review: Hello Double-O-Sexy, goodbye spy fi

Casino Royale (2006)
NO SPOILERS
In the many, many years I’ve been an avid film-goer, there have only been three times I have actually heard female audience members openly gasp in shocked pleasure at displays of unexpected male beauty on the silver screen.
One was the beach volleyball scene in Top Gun, which made a superstar out of [...]

Film Review: ‘Ultraviolet’ a beautiful mess

Ultraviolet (2006)
NO SPOILERS
If you’ve been dying for the first big-budget live-action anime film, the good news is your wait is over. The bad news is that it comes in the form of Ultraviolet, the new wire-fu sci-fi flick from Sony’s Screen Gems genre studio.
The plot revolves around a concept that sometime in the future, scientists [...]

Film Review: ‘Nanny McPhee’: A disciplined treat with a magical touch

Nanny McPhee (2005)
NO SPOILERS
Of all the so-called family films I’ve seen in the past 12 months, two have stood out as films I’ve told adults to go see – whether they have children or not. One is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the second is Nanny McPhee.
This film is a modern classic. Like [...]

Film Review: ‘Underworld Evolution’ sucks and bites – in a bad way

Underworld Evolution (2005)
NO SPOILERS
Every so often a stylish little film comes out of nowhere and becomes a cult hit. That happened in the fall of 2003 when a lower budget vampire and werewolf movie called Underworld opened in theatres. To almost everyone’s surprise, it was the top movie of the weekend and went on to [...]

Film Review: King Kong is a triumph

King Kong (2005)
NO SPOILERS
This movie is proof that director Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) is no one trick pony. This newest – and possibly best – version of King Kong had even the most jaded movie goers squirming in their seats and jumping at startling moments.
Somehow this film pulls off being a [...]

Film Review: Swinton’s White Witch saves Narnia flick from Disney mediocrity mill

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (2005)
NO SPOILERS
If only I were 30 years younger, I’d probably adore this film.
First of all for the avid C.S. Lewis fans, rest assured, that by far this is the best film adaptation of this book ever, it easily eclipses previous TV versions filmed in [...]

Film Review: ‘Aeon Flux’: So-so anti-science sci fi flick

Aeon Flux (2005)
Aeon Flux is a hit-and-miss live-action big screen adaptation of a series of animated shorts that first appeared on MTV’s Liquid Television series (which also spawned Beavis and Butthead and the film Office Space) in 1991. The film succeeds in capturing the look and feel of the original cartoon, which was virtually a [...]

Film Review: ‘Goblet of Fire’ a darker, better effort

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Before I begin this review, I have to admit that although I am an avid reader, I have never read any of the Harry Potter books. And, although I have seen all of previous three films, I would not consider myself to be a Harry Potter fan.
Although I [...]