Transformers Animated: Season Two
Demonstrates that you can modify something for current audiences while respecting the original source material.
Eagle Eye
Attempting to tap into the public’s collective fears and suspicions comes D.J. Caruso’s preposterous Eagle Eye, an action film with plenty of thrills but I have no idea what alternate reality it’s set in.
American Teen
American Teen presents itself as getting inside the lives of America’s current youth culture. But the very idea of individuality is lost because it doesn’t go deep enough into the lives of its subjects to fully convey the idea.
Event Horizon
Paul W.S. Anderson’s outer space horror Event Horizon is an example of a potentially great and complex idea given a simplistic and ultimately ridiculous execution.
Films: D · Racing Movies · Reviews: D
Days of Thunder
When it’s on the racetrack, it’s thrills abound as the big sound and fast-moving cars make for sensory overload. However, when the action fades and it’s time to give the characters some meat.
Basketball Movies · Films: C · Reviews: C
Coach Carter
While the film is over the top at times, Coach Carter has a big heart that doesn’t shy away from challenging the American education system.
Horton Hears a Who
Horton started as a book, less that 40 pages long. To make it a feature seems just a little bit wrong. The magic of Seuss isn’t quite there. It’s got the look but it’s missing some flair.
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Made at the time as a plead for international peace, its message should still ring true today where the world picture is more complex and, in many ways, more splintered and dangerous.
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Andrew Adamson shows a more confident and defined vision that works on several levels, however it’s unable to overcome a nagging feel of disconnect.
Kidulthood
The fact is, while Kidulthood tries to be raw and gritty, it’s really just a mish-mash of events that’s missing characters that you genuinely care for or even begin to understand.
