Invictus is a tried-and-true sports film: inspiring and great to look at. But that’s all it is, which, considering the historical and political implications, is a letdown. Here we have a true story of how a leader used an athletic competition to help ease racial divides and unite a country,… Continue reading
I take back everything I ever said about 1998’s Armageddon being the epitome of sensory overload. The Wachowski Brothers’ Speed Racer is certainly an ambitious visual project, but aside from that it is a misfire without much of an audience (it seems to be aiming squarely for the pre-teen, sugared-up… Continue reading
I have no doubt that a 70’s funk-style basketball comedy starring Will Ferrell with giant, frizzy hair sounded great at a pitch meeting. Had a script been written, I’m confident that we could have had a great comedy on our hands. Instead, we get what largely looks to be drawn-out… Continue reading
The title Balls of Fury opens the door for a cavalcade of obvious jokes, and one should definitely process that before entering the theater to catch this comedy. It’s yet another that capitalizes on games that few of us would even consider sports, and it continues this summer’s unlikely run… Continue reading
Resurrecting the Champ is a stellar drama and lesson in morals; something we are sorely lacking in the world today. Rarely these days does an overwhelming theme stick with an audience, but this film is refreshing in that its characters own up to their faults and fully realizes the scope… Continue reading
They’ve marched, they’ve danced, and they’ve even been farced. In Surf’s Up, they now surf. I guess the only genre that hasn’t been covered by penguins is the stoner comedy. I’ll be looking forward to that. Anyways, as some may recall, I quipped in my review of Meet the Robinsons… Continue reading
The Will Ferrell Movie has really become a genre of its own. Most people seem to either love or hate the guy, dating all the way back to his early Saturday Night Live career. He plays abrasive, often vulgar characters and would appear at first glance to be as one-note… Continue reading
Ditching right to the front of the line and running away with this year’s “Most Unnecessary Sequel” award is Rocky Balboa, the sixth installment in what was an already-prolonged series before this brain fart even bubbled to the surface. Amateurish and unintentionally hilarious, the project reeked of desperation from the… Continue reading
Nascar is one of those things that I have really tried to like. The massive spike in popularity over the past few years has left me completely confused and wondering if I’m missing something. But every time I try and watch a race I continue to find myself wanting to… Continue reading
Nacho Libre serves as further evidence to the theory that people will laugh at anything as long as they expect to. I thoroughly hated director Jared Hess’ now-cult classic, Napoleon Dynamite, but now Hess returns with a movie that actually makes Dynamite seem remotely watchable. It doesn’t take much research… Continue reading