Leave it to Steve Carrell to make me fall in love with movies all over again. I was so surprised by my reaction to this movie – I knew it would be good (Keira Knightley doesn’t make bad movies) but I didn’t expect it to be as good as it was. The movie centers on […]
Movie Reviews
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Indie flicks, rom-coms, Oscar noms, classics, action movies - they're all fun and they're all here! These posts are listed in order of their posting date on the blog. Click through for a list of movies with the reviews ordered by date, movies listed by star rating, and a list of movies ordered by title.
Review: Insidious: Chapter 2
I had such high hopes for this movie! Unfortunately, they were dashed about forty-five minutes in. The movie started out well enough, a similar suspenseful vibe like in the beginning of The Conjuring. The tie-ins from the previous film were actually done reasonably well throughout the story, but as the movie went on, I’m sorry […]
Review: Irresistible
I had never heard of this movie until I found it on Netflix. It sounded interesting and it has some great actors in it, so I thought I’d give it a shot. The movie focuses on Susan Sarandon’s character Sophie and her relationship with her husband played by Sam Neill. It progresses from her quiet […]
Review: Save the Date
Is it just me, or did no one hear about this movie? Since I’m not in a major release metropolis (San Francisco, New York, Chicago, LA, etc.), I miss a good number of indie movies because they don’t come to theaters here in Denver, or, they’re only there for a week or they only play […]
Review: Closed Circuit
I had higher expectations for this movie, and unfortunately, it fell a little flat. Don’t stop reading yet, it did have its merits! The story focuses on lawyers (I guess they’re called “barristers” in Britain..?) Martin Rose (Eric Bana) and Claudia Simmons-Howe (Rebecca Hall) as they prepare to defend a Turkish man against charges of […]
Review: An Education
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, Carey Mulligan is awesome at what she does. It’s no surprise she got an Oscar nod for the role in this movie. In An Education, she plays Jenny, a high school girl who thinks she’s ready for adulthood. She meets David (Peter Sarsgaard) early on in her […]
Review: Dark Shadows
Normally, this isn’t really the kind of movie I’d be up for. Another vampire movie, another Johnny Depp/Tim Burton collaboration, another period piece. Gag me with a spoon. But, the previews actually looked decent and it reminded me a bit of The Munsters, which I loved, though I never saw the original Dark Shadows series […]
Review: Rock of Ages
This one went under the radar in my neck of the woods, so I didn’t see it until it came up on the HBO line-up. It looked a little silly, Tom Cruise, rock star? But it was actually a LOT of fun! I’m a major Julianne Hough fan, even though I’ve hardly seen anything she’s […]
Review: Pitch Perfect
I wasn’t sure about this movie when I first heard about it. But I always get a little hesitant about movies that have a lot of music/singing in them. There are so many things that could go wrong. Still, I end up enjoying most of them when I finally get around to seeing them, and […]
Review: Despicable Me 2
I had high hopes, and I know everyone else loved it, but I liked the first one better. I’m sorry. I thought the villain was better, I thought the story was better, and even the minions were better. I was most looking forward to Kristin Wiig as Lucy, Gru’s love interest, and she was pretty […]