Arctic Tale
Capitalizing on the successes of both March of the Penguins and An Inconvenient Truth, the sappy Artic Tale is more akin to a commercial for a McDonald’s Happy Meal.
Category: Films: A
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Scorsese shows his range as a filmmaker and proves what makes him so good: he’s a director with an eye for fancy camera work but a heart for his characters and the journeys they take.
All the Real Girls
Like love, the film mucks about, making up the rules as it goes along. It’s not perfect, but neither is love.
Christmas · Films: A · Reviews: A
All I Want for Christmas
Generic at its core, the idea behind the movie is valiant enough but happy themes aren’t enough to carry an otherwise boring film.
Alien
Scott can still get me to jump by putting me almost on edge and then throwing me overboard with a small but loud hiss or from something that leaps out of the darkness.
American Cousins
A quirky crowd-pleaser that builds off of the strength of strong characters to draw its audience in.
At Five in the Afternoon
Makhmalbaf wants to reflect what’s happening in Afghanistan today. To that end this is a timely piece. Whether or not it remains as such as the years go by will only be known as history rolls itself out.
Anger Management
I chuckled quite a bit, but when you have Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson teaming up anything less than laugh-out-loud hilarity has to be considered a major disappointment.
The Apostle
Nobody’s perfect, but this movie’s pretty darned close in its subtle telling of a Godly man from the south on his quest for conviction.
Almost Famous
An honest and touching look at many big themes such as family, friendship and fandom.
