Lots of good movies. Lots of Bad movies.
Someone must separate the Wheat from the Chaff.
The StoryBlazers have just started to Blaze.
Unfortunately not all big screen cinematic artwork or lack of it can be seen and commented on while they appear in their first run status. That is why home video was invented. BUT here are some pre-comments on some films that may or may not be commented upon. Till then some Rotten Tomatoes may have some interesting insights into these films that were missed.
MOVIES SEEN AND REVIEWED
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Push
Doubt (2008)
MOVIES SEEN BUT NOT REVIEWED
Coraline: This film has been seen but not written about. When I was a kid, the film ’Willy Wonka and the chocolate Factory freaked me out. Kids turning into blueberry’s, kids getting sucked up tubes, freaky tunnels. If you’re a kid, Coroline might be a freaky movie for you. But it none-the-less is a very good film and I plan on writing a ‘Truth in the Land of Make Believe’ review about it, at some point. The theme will center around God and creation and why God created the world.
Fr. Ignatius Xavier
Storyblazer.com
WILL SEE AND REVIEW WHETHER ON VIDEO OR OTHERWISE
Inkheart- The first big bomb at the box office this year. It is not even playing at the discount theater. Fantasy movies based on books don’t seem to be having a long life at the box office. I tried to see this film a few times but missed it. I have listen to the book on tape and thought it was ok. They didn’t do enough with the interesting premise. But still, I wanted to see the film. But alas the big Storyblazer review chock full of interesting insights will have to wait.
I never knew reading was so dangerous. No child seeing "Inkheart" will ever want to be read to again. The movie descends into the realm of your basic good guys vs. wrathful wraiths formula, with pitched battles and skullduggery.
Lots of screams, horrible fates almost happening, close scrapes, cries for help, special effects, monomania, quick thinking, pluck, fear and scrambling. You know the kinds of stuff. –Roger Ebert
The main attractions are the Serious British Thespians cutting loose and having fun while still displaying convincing commitment to the fanciful material. -Michael Dequina Mr. Brown's Movies
Last Action Hero for books. By proxy, it's also kind of The Purple Rose of Cairo for books, but it's not as good as either... It would really amuse me if it ended with the family deciding, after all this trouble, let's never read again.
Fred Topel Can Magazine
The Pink Panther 2- When the original Pink Panther with Peter Sellers is reviewed and all the other PP’s are seen then this one will be seen and reviewed. Steve Martin once again tries to channel Peter Sellers in another wacky film that tries to relieve the glory days of Slapstick comedy.
There is something depressingly old hat about the slapstick in The Pink Panther 2, a movie whose target audience appears to be tiny tots and those with a high tolerance for jokes about people falling over.
Allan Hunter Daily Express
The entire film is a tedious string of pratfalls. James Christopher Times [UK]
Steve Martin is back doing the fur-nay ack-saynt (now increasingly eun-fur-nay); and with this film he's very much channelling the spirit of the final Panther movies from the original series, when Peter Sellers had nothing to offer but despair. Peter Bradshaw Guardian [UK]\
after a long week of financial worries, children worries, job worries, The Pink Panther 2 hits all the right notes and is an excellent 90-minute escape. - Gary Wolcott Tri-City Herald
SOUNDS INTERESTING
Chandni Chowk to China: Bollywood meets Kung Fu
Chandni Chowk is the kind of madness to which you surrender unconditionally or not at all. You'll find the trans-Asian journey from the market street in Delhi to the tyrannized village in China bewitching or bewildering, with little room in between.
Lawrence Toppman Charlotte Observer
Chandni has martial- arts montages and Bollywood song-and-dance numbers. As tacky as the latter are, they're the
Lisa Kennedy Denver Post
Fanboys – Lots of Cameos including William Shattner providing a way into Skywalker Branch (I think). Star Trek Fans vs. Star Wars Fans. The SW guys back into a statue of Picard on purpose. It seems a lot of fun with some immoral material. Is it good and funny though?
Makes me appreciate how the jokes in Family Guy are really accessible to anyone. These are not. This is really just for fanboys, and that's fine. Have a celebration of love of Star Wars and write a love letter to the fans. Fred Topel Can Magazine
My favorite moment involves a Jar-Jar Binks tattoo -- and whether or not that idea strikes you as funny should be a pretty good indicator of whether or not you'll like Fanboys.
Jurgen Fauth About.com
Above all else, Fanboys remains an enthusiastic attempt to pay tribute to the film that sparked countless fans' love for the movies.
Peter Debruge Variety
Hotel for Dogs
Despite all these reservations, many children will enjoy this picture, and it's the best-crafted, most entertaining Hollywood product of a very bad week.
Christopher Tookey Daily Mail [UK]
Although it's not quite as consistently engaging or funny as it could be, this doggy adventure has moments that grab the imagination
Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall
It is a nice blend of slapstick fun, a little family pathos and a whole bunch of dogs of all shapes and sizes and is likely to be a popular draw for harassed parents looking for a little respite from the youngsters.
Mark Adams Sunday Mirror [UK]
I MAY GO OUT OF MY WAY TO SEE THESE
Bride Wars- It’s not too often that you actually get a PG rated romance. So it might be worth checking out.
Maybe)
Eighty-eight minutes and 14 seconds of pure, unadulterated piffle.
Leigh Paatsch- Daily Telegraph (Australia)
A light-hearted comedy romp that is not meant to be taken seriously
Jackie K. Cooper jackiekcooper.com
There's more cheer to be gained from staring outside at a bleak and desolate winterscape in the twilight of a shortened day than paying good money to endure this example of cinematic offal.
James Berardinelli ReelViews
New in Town- Another romantic PG rated film
Groundbreaking cinema it ain’t, with the story unfolding exactly as you’d expect. But fans of the corn director Frank Capra used to cook will find it a dish to savour.
David Edwards Daily Mirror [UK]
New In Town is rather like tapioca itself, soggy and virtually tasteless. It’s like a Frank Capra movie with hardened arteries.
Derek Malcolm This is London
As a movie critic, I see movies so you don't have to. Thus, it's my sacred duty to warn you off New in Town -- assuming I have enough brain cells left to write this review.
Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal
Outlander: Jim’ Passion of the Christ’ Caviezel is a human hunter type alien who crash lands on earth during the time of the Vikings taking some ugly beast with him. No critical comments on this one.
CULTURAL AWARNESS MOVIES
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans: More Vampires having a war with someone and more blood being spilled.
Take our advice: Buy a rubber mallet and strike yourself repeatedly until you start to black out. Same basic feeling.
Hank Sartin Time Out New York
Compared to its sister films, the storytelling is stellar, remarkable not because there's a whole lot going on -- in fact, you'll likely leave the theater thinking, "That's it?" -- but because what little does happen makes sense.
Tricia Olszewski Washington City Paper
It may be a definite upswing in quality for the series, but if you thought the previous two films were overblown goth-horror nonsense, Rise Of The Lycans really isn’t going to change your mind…
Saxon Bullock nSFX Magazine
Friday the 13th- This is a film no good Storyblazer would subject their eyes to, unless professionally paid to see this film. Enough psychos’ chase some of them around and none of them really need to see humans severed in a variety of creative and interesting ways by a depressed Emo nut job wearing a hockey mask. If you fornicate Jason (incarnated STD) will get you. There is the moral lesson you will gleam from this film if you actually see it and actually look for more then a meaningless 90 minutes to 2 hours to passively pass you by. Although I don’t really think those who watch the film will stop drug use and fornication if they are all ready doing those things.
Dude # 1: So why did you give up weed man?
Dude # 2: Because I saw the evils of it by watching Friday the 13th.
Dude # 3: Yeah and I realized that I might get an STD so I stopped sleeping with my girlfriend.
Dude #4. Really? Whoa that’s tough. To me the message was practice safe sex, so I bought a rifle and keep it by the bed, just in case.
The film, an endless succession of strippings, slashings and skewerings, looks as if the production team had learnt their art doing work experience under the influence of drugs at an abattoir next door to a nudist camp.
Philip French Observer [UK]
Somewhere inside Jason Voorhees’ latest escapade is a hilarious comedy yearning to break free from the stifling clutches of its over-serious guardians.
Simon Abrams New York Press
Unlucky for almost everyone. It’s a sad day when a Friday the 13th remake is shown up by a My Bloody Valentine remake – couldn’t they at least have sprung for 3-D?
Kim Newman Sunday Times (UK)
Slasher movies are not my cup of tea. At the same time, honesty requires me to acknowledge that Friday the 13th is a really well-made and effective example of something that I don't like.
Mike McGranaghan Aisle Seat
Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience (2009)
Those squeaky clean Jonas Brothers have made a squeaky clean movie that is all songs - no plot, no acting
Jackie K. Cooper jackiekcooper.com
Jonas Brothers fans will feel like they are on stage with Joe, Nick, and Kevin in this immersive 3D concert film from the recent "Burning Up" tour.
Nell Minow Beliefnet
Girls are crazy. I don't mean they're mildly emotional or excitable. I mean completely nuts. At least the girls flocking to see the new 3D Jonas Brothers movie are.
Kevin Carr 7M Pictures
I'm a fan of power-pop, and I was even an unapologetic Hanson listener when it was uncool to be one, so I wish I could be more enthusiastic about the actual music here.
Alonso Duralde MSNBC
Walking into this picture, I couldn't name a single Jonas Brothers song. Walking out, I still couldn't name a single Jonas Brothers song, but at least I know now Joe's the guy on all the erasers and backpacks at Target.
Brian Orndorf BrianOrndorf.com
It's no mystery that the target audience for this G-rated bubblegum fantasy is tweens, parents of tweens and the occasional pervert. They'll be so pleased. Anything for the rest of humanity? Not so much.
Peter Travers Rolling Stone
Other Noteworthy Titles that may be interesting or not.
Shadows
Of Time and the City
The Unborn
The Class
He’s Just not that into You
Confessions of a Shopaholic
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