Category Archive: Movies

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

I like Jason Segel in “How I Met Your Mother”, so I was looking forward to his movie.  It was funny, but with just a …

 

Twilight

Twilight

Twilight is based on the first book in a series I read last year.  I thought the books were great and was looking forward to …

 

Religulous

Religulous

Bill Maher’s interesting documentary examines faith and politics, presenting a large amount of statistics and arguments against organized religion.  While I don’t know the accuracy …

 

Rachel Getting Married

Rachel Getting Married

Anne Hathaway plays an interesting role as a recovering addict leaving a rehab home and returning to her family’s home, where her sister, Rachel, is …

 

La Maison en Petits Cubes

La Maison en Petits Cubes

This 11-minute movie won the Academy Award for best animated short film.  For only 11 minutes, it was a really moving film.  An old man …

 

Man on Wire

Man on Wire

I saw this movie the day before it won an Academy Award for best documentary.  It was good – especially the old footage from Philippe’s …

 

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

The title of this movie tells the premise of the entire film: two friends, Vicky and Cristina, go to Barcelona for the summer.  While the …

 

W.

W.

W. was an interesting movie.  It was less about George W. Bush’s presidency than it was about how he got there, with a focus on …

 

Sex and the City

Sex and the City

  One user on IMDb wrote a comment, which I thought summarized this movie well: “Cute enough for an evening’s mindless entertainment, but exactly that and …

 

The Women

The Women

While I’ve never seen the original film, this remake wasn’t that great.  A few lines and scenes were funny, but the characters were unbelievable and …