Monthly Archives: April 2006

The Chronicles of Riddick

Posted on April 22, 2006

The producers of Pitch Black knew they had to do something after the movie was a big hit and Vin Diesel saw the chance to co-own a potential big budget science fiction franchise. The Chronicles of Riddick was not bad … Continue reading →

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Robots

Posted on April 17, 2006

I was quite surprised at how well Robots worked as a movie. Even the smallest things in this world are robots, right down to the fire hydrants (Jay Leno) and dishwashers (Stanley Tucci). The colors were bright and made me … Continue reading →

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Saved!

Posted on April 17, 2006

Teens are teens, according to Hollywood, no matter what situation you put them in and Brian Dannelly’s Saved! hardly says different despite setting the story in a private Christian high school. What elevates this movie is the quality of the … Continue reading →

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Scary Movie 4

Posted on April 17, 2006

Yesterday was my sweetie’s turn to choose the movie and so we saw Scary Movie 4. I wouldn’t have picked it, not because it’s beneath me but because seeing it on TV would be essentially the same experience. I laughed … Continue reading →

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Crash

Posted on April 13, 2006

Maybe it’s my inner racist and maybe I’ve been disappointed once too often by Robert Altman films but 2005 Academy Award Best Picture Crash simply didn’t reach that lofty level for me. The movie is decent, I’m not saying otherwise, … Continue reading →

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Layer Cake

Posted on April 3, 2006

In the role which probably got him consideration as the new James Bond, Daniel Craig stars as a man trying to apply business school techniques to drug dealing in the 2004 release Layer Cake. Sadly, neither his old school boss … Continue reading →

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Inside Man

Posted on April 2, 2006

Spike Lee has been falling off the radar in recent years, for me his last really strong films were Clockers and Malcolm X back in the early ’90s, but Inside Man should change that. As he has in so many … Continue reading →

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