Decline of the American Empire
Arcand’s message might not be the happy, happy, joy, joy we have come to expect from our movies but he does shed some truth, no matter how hard it might be to digest.
Author: Ryan Cracknell
The Italian Job
A competent enough feature with cool cars and a bass-heavy soundtrack but with its simplistic characters and mediocre plot, customized wheels and techno riffs just aren’t enough.
Finding Nemo
[Once again Pixar] ensures that the label ‘family film’ isn’t ‘a movie only your tots will enjoy’ but something that actually is for everyone.
The Shape of Things
Thank you Neil LaBute, you bastard. If only there were more like you to challenging us to look a little deeper in the mirror everyday.
Triumph of the Will
As sickening as it might be to watch, it’s this alternate point of view that is important in helping us learn from the past.
Winged Migration
Jacques Perrin’s spectacular documentary takes observation a step further as he literally seems to take flight with flocks of birds as they make their annual migration.
A Mighty Wind
A Mighty Wind looks like it wasn’t a big challenge for Guest and his ensemble cast of mockumentary regulars. But if this is what [they] can accomplish on cruise control all the power to them.
The Matrix Reloaded
Reloaded is far from bad. It’s not great either. The visuals alone make it worth seeing but most everything else falls way short of expectations.
X2: X-Men United
X2 is solid, especially when you put it alongside the original and others like it. At the same time, it is completely disposable.
Identity
In the end, it all comes to mood. The story, the setting, the characters, the twists – none would work if it weren’t for the feel of Identity.
