CHÉRI
Michelle Pfeiffer thinks Chéri is a hottie, even though he is thirty years younger, pouts and simpers, and looks like he mistakenly stepped off the set of Twilight.
TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN
Thinking of the millions and millions of dollars poured into films like the 2 1/2 ass-numbing hours that is Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen fills me with summer blockbuster ennui and malaise.
YEAR ONE
This movie, directed by Harold Ramis (Groundhog Day, Vacation) and starring Jack Black and Michael Cera as a pair of misfit tribesmen on an epic journey in 1 A.D., literally made me laugh until I cried. Seriously.
AWAY WE GO
This sweet, melancholy, and shuffling drama of a young(ish) couple searching for a new place to call home totally made me teary-eyed in the blink of the movie trailer a few months back. Did it deliver? Well, yes, the film is just what it advertised... but does it achieve greatness? Not really, and that is too bad.
MOON
Moon is a captivating and quietly thrilling take on modern sci-fi, with the slow and graceful unfolding of a puzzle that truly shocks.
