The Spiderwick Chronicles
Based on the series of five serial children’s novels, The Spiderwick Chronicles is a hollow spectacle that’s good for the action and effects but light on everything else.
Category: Films: S
Strange Wilderness
A few cute gags aside, this is an exercise in stupidity aimed at those who find 15 different names for a bong to be funny.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Another bizarre and beautiful excursion courtesy of one of Hollywood’s most creative minds.
Stardust
On the surface, Stardust looks like a cheesy little fluff fantasy. In many ways it is. Yet at the same time, it’s also the most fun I’ve had with a film since watching the first Pirates of the Caribbean.
Films: S · Reviews: S · Sucky Sequels
Shrek the Third
While there are times of moderate amusement, Shrek the Third offers few surprises. It seems as though perhaps the creators have found their stride and are calling it in more than going out on a limb.
SiCKO
Unlike his other films, Moore finally starts to offer some sort of a solution that involves something other than marking an ‘X’ next to a name that doesn’t say ‘Bush’.
Smokin’ Aces
It’s flashy and feels hip, but I wonder if it’s all just a smokescreen much like the one in the film’s plot.
Christmas · Films: S · Reviews: S
Santa Claus: The Movie
One would expect a holiday epic with a title like Santa Claus: The Movie. It implies something definitive, which would therefore put it in the canon of Christmas classics. However, this is definitely not the case.
Superman Returns
A tender film that steps outside of its expected genre.
Sidekick
Even though I have read a comic or two in my life, it’s not just for us nerds….It’s a universal story. Honest.
