In the trailer for Christopher Nolan’s lastest opus “Inception” a question is asked – “What’s the most resilient parasite?”  An answer is also given – “An idea”.  Various scenes flash before your eyes and you are left pretty much befuddled with the notion that the film will touch on dreams.  I was excited to see [...]

I can’t tell you how happy it makes me that I finally caught up with Terry Gilliam’s latest effort – “The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus”.  Gilliam’s last film, “Tideland”, was flawed and didn’t give me much hope that Gilliam would still be able to produce a film that elicited the feelings of awe that his [...]

I recently went to a screening of Matthew Vaughn’s (Layer Cake, Stardust) latest film “Kickass”. (Okay…it was in May..and I’m lazy and just now getting around to writing the review.   Sorry.)  I was somewhat surprised that the film was only showing in a small theater close to my house instead of the customary multiplex [...]

“Brothers” is a film from 2009 that came and went from multiplexes without much fanfare to my knowledge.  While in the theater during the Christmas holiday, I believe to see “Up In The Air”, I saw a preview for the film.  It looked horrible.  From what I could tell the plot seemed to be a [...]

Count me among the droves of folks who loved the Where The Wild Things Are book as a kid.  I couldn’t have been more excited when I heard that Spike Jonze was going to make a movie of it.  Sure, like most, I was curious how he was going to take a book with about [...]

Extract- (tr.v.) – to draw or pull out, often with great force or effort.  I think this definition gives some insight into the plight of the latest offering from Mike Judge.
The comedy featuring Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, and Ben Affleck centers on an extract factory owner (Bateman) and his struggles as he tries to sell [...]

I haven’t written a review in awhile, but when you see a film like “Inglourious Basterds” you have to sit down and write something.
As I told fellow Footcandler Chris Frye, I had somewhat muted expectations for this film.  The trailer led me to believe it was going to be an ultra-violent series of scenes where [...]

A summer movie with a big spaceship looming over a city.  For me this brings back bad memories of Independence Day.  As a Sci-Fi nerd I was all excited for that movie.  I had seen Will Smith in Six Degrees of Separation and knew he was capable of doing a great acting job.  What I [...]

Harry Potter 6. You’ve come along way baby. The first two were simple popcorn movies. Nothing special but enjoyable all the same. When Cuaron swiped the director’s chair from Columbus to helm the third film, the series seemed to truly hit its stride. Too bad they couldn’t convince Cuaron to stay on though. The next [...]

Going in to this movie I’d been prepared to be grossed out, repulsed, and disgusted. I’d also been prepared to laugh hysterically and be entertained. Alas, very few laughs were to be had and I was barely entertained. Granted if I’d never seen Borat I’d probably have thought this was funnier. The jokes and scripts seemed [...]