Frozen River (2008)

 

Unlikable characters in a depressing story. Grating. 

Rating: D

Hugo Pool (1997)

 

Robert Downey Jr.’s foray behind the camera was a manic mess. A mismatch of connected scenes. 

Rating: D

Batman Begins (2005)

 

Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale pull the superhero genre out of the muck with a film for adults. Characters are developed slowly. Batman’s backstory is portrayed in a series of flashbacks. Gadgets, abilities, villains, and everything else had at least some foundation in science

Rating: B

30 Days Of Night (2007)

Pretty decent as far as vampire movies go. They took a simple idea and fleshed out an entire film from it. Very gory. I kept having flashbacks of Kill Bill. You could do much worse in looking for a scary movie.

Rating: C

Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)

It's not everyday you get to see a comedy about suicide. In fact, every character in this film has killed themselves. Surprisingly, it's not depressing. Instead, it's like a darker version of the film "Defending Your Life", which is a great movie if you haven't seen it.

Favorite parts: Gogol Bordello & the black hole underneath the seat.

Rating: C+

2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)

I liked the original better, but still had fun watching this one. My entire house was thumping from the fantastic sound on the DVD. If you aren't feeling a movie like this instead of just watching it, then its faults will get in the way of your viewing pleasure.

Acting was very poor. Ludacris gave the best performance in my opinion. Great car racing scenes and plenty of action. I thought the short movie prequel on the DVD was a great idea... linking both movies together.

Rating: C

Animal Factory (2000)

Interesting prison movie that focused on the characters and left out the flash. Steve Buschemi directs his sophomore effort with style and feeling. Great performances by everyone involved. Especially fun to see Tom Arnold playing a hillbilly rapist convict. Creepy.

Rating: B-