Priest is the sort of movie you walk into knowing full well its IQ is significantly less than the bucket of popcorn balanced in your lap. About all you can hope for in this situation is that it will also be fun. And when it turns out to not be any fun at all, you [...]
Priest
May 13th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Film Reviews
Tags:Alan Dale·Brad Dourif·Cam Gigandet·Christopher Plummer·Karl Urban·Lily Collins·Madchen Amick·Maggie Q·Paul Bettany·Priest·Scott Stewart·Stephen Moyer
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
January 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Film Reviews
This review first appeared in The Colorado Springs Gazette. To read this review at its original source, click here.
Though Terry Gilliam may call himself a film director, he has much more in common with the ringmaster under a circus big top. A Gilliam film is a psychedelic experience (think Fellini on hallucinogens), a surreal carnival [...]
Tags:Andrew Garfield·Christopher Plummer·Colin Farrell·Heath Ledger·Johnny Depp·Jude Law·Lily Cole·Terry Gilliam·The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus·Tom Waits·Verne Troyer
9
September 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Film Reviews
This is an abridged version of a review I wrote for Christianity Today Movies. To read this review at its original source, click here.
I first saw Shane Acker’s Oscar-nominated short film on which 9 is based at the Telluride Film Festival nearly five years ago. It was an intriguing film: dark yet captivating, dynamic yet [...]
Tags:9·apocalypse·Cat Beast·CG animation·Christopher Plummer·Elijah Wood·Jennifer Connelly·John C. Reily·machines·rag doll·Shane Acker·short film·Somewhere Over the Rainbow·steampunk·The Wizard of Oz·Tim Burton·Timur Bekmambetov·war





