Movie Reviews

Meet Dave

After Norbit, it’s a wonder why Eddie Murphy would team up again with director Brian Robbins to make another similar humour-strictly-for-children movie. And this is after his Oscar nomination for Dreamgirls too.
The only way one adult can enjoy this movie is to dumb down a little so that the logic-less storyline will not frustrate. Yes, [...]

Mr. Brooks

Sick and deliciously twisted. Beautiful and almost poetic. Kevin Costner hasn’t been this good in a long time.

From the opening monologue by Costner to the first appearance shortly after by William Hurt, that took me right into the movie with gripping force. Nothing spectacular really, but they have a presence that commanded your attention. And [...]

The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor

Rachel Weisz made a wise choice by passing on this project. Even though she brought grace, class, wit and sex appeal effortlessly to her role as Evelyn O’Connell, I don’t think even her can save this disaster.

Maria Bello replacing Weisz for the role could be blame for her part. It’s as if she didn’t study [...]

X Files: I Want To Believe

My reaction after watching it was, “Where’s the paranormal stuff? Where’s the ‘X File’?”
There was almost none other than that psychic priest played by Billy Connolly. The whole thing was going nowhere. There weren’t any suspense, spooks or mystics. Fox Mulder was running around all over the place and yet he didn’t do very much. [...]

The Bank Job

A surprisingly semi-cleverly written bank heist supposedly based on true events that happened in the 70’s, and compiled together to make them linking events in this movie.

Somewhat complicated even, during the first half, but everything tied together nicely in the end. It wasn’t mindblowing though it probably was worked towards that effort, but still a [...]