Film ratings [5]

Filed under Film ratings on February 18th, 2009

Father Brendan Flynn: “I can fight you.” Sister Aloysius Beauvier: “You will lose.” When you are up against Meryl Streep, of course you’re going to lose! Her performance as Sister Aloysius Beauvier is so passionate, cool, believable. She’s not the only one in Doubt who scores a decent A+ on the acting scale. Amy Adams, [...]

Film ratings [4]

Filed under Film ratings on January 21st, 2009

“What the hell does that mean?” — King Konreid I still don’t understand why Burt Reynolds signed onto a Uwe Boll film, but at least he got to utter the best line in the whole horrific viewing experience. His role isn’t much; truth be told, his character is just as idiotic as the rest, but [...]

Film ratings [all-time]

Filed under Film ratings on January 13th, 2009

Whenever somebody mentions Gone With the Wind, especially when it is in a negative way, this strange paternal (almost wrote maternal) feeling comes over me to defend it. Ever since the first time I saw this cinematic masterpiece, it has been my favourite film, and my prime example of how grande and epic a film [...]

Film ratings [3]

Filed under Film ratings on January 5th, 2009

I like to begin with a quote, so I went searching for an incredibly good one. With three 9.0+ films this week, it should be pretty easy, right? Especially with Driving Miss Daisy representing the best of cinematic art this week. Boolie Werthan’s “Oh, no, she’s all there. Too-much-there is the problem!”, is a pretty [...]

Film ratings [2]

Filed under Film ratings on December 28th, 2008

“Sometimes I wish I had a pill to make people disappear.” Sometimes I wish I had a pill just like the one Dr. Baugh (from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) wishes for to make certain films disappear. Watching too many contemporary films can drain the life out of you, especially the ones that have [...]

Film ratings [1]

Filed under Film ratings on December 19th, 2008

So, I’m finally getting around to watching films again, after a long hiatus in which I did watch a lot of television series regularly, but no films. So, to catch up on a lot of great masterpiece of cinematic art, I’ve officially marked this two-month vacation, “The Film Holiday”! (Cheesy, much?) I have noticed that [...]