June 2008

Virgin Territory

There’s always a movie that you wonder why an actor with at least some concrete credentials choose to do something so bad that it would actually hurt him and say pay his bills. This was Hayden Christensen’s.
And I’m not familiar with Tim Roth but it’s another wonder why he accepted this movie, though his performance [...]

Grace Is Gone

John Cusack last year has started tackling more emotionally challenging roles with a family theme. His role here is the more difficult one as it’s more emotionally draining.

Playing a father of two young daughters who just lost their mother, he took them on a road trip while he tried to find a way to tell [...]

Penelope

I don’t believe that for a girl as smart as Penelope, she would beg someone she just met to marry her. And that’s what happened here. No wonder the guy ran. And after that it all went downhill for me, even when it started out quite interesting and fairy tale-like.
 
I thought the story development [...]

The Incredible Hulk

For all those who didn’t enjoy Ang Lee’s Hulk, this will almost certainly be to your liking; although I thought both were of equal standards as there were many aspects I liked about Lee’s.

But this time, Louis Leterrier, a new director in Hollywood, brought more fast paced action, more excitement, and gave it more “umph”. [...]

Never Back Down

I wouldn’t have seen this if I hadn’t got after seeing it win the MTV Best Fight award. Without much expectations I thought I’d give it a try. And sure enough, it wasn’t interesting at all.

It’s a typical teen movie set in the high school premise, where you have the underdog versus the “quarterback”, so [...]