Burn After Reading: 6.5 out of 10. I'm on holidays. I'm still in the city, because I've got a couple of important slo-pitch playoff games to play tonight and my priorities are in order, so my wife and I decided to watch this Coen brothers film we missed last
You Don't Mess with the Zohan: 4 out of 10. I'm getting tired of mediocre comedies. This Adam Sandler flick might be the mediocre-est of them all. I want my 113 minutes back.
Hancock: 5.5 out of 10. For the second flick in a row, I was reminded of Arrested Development. Last time I saw George Michael Bluth and this time I saw Michael Bluth and Rita, together again. And once more, she wasn't who he thought she was... This is typical
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist: 6 out of 10. I love this Michael Cera kid. "The Berenstain Bears", "Arrested Development", "Superbad", "Juno" and the guy's from Brampton. His presence alone gets this flick an extra point or two. The soundtrack is better than the movie, although the movie doesn't suck.
Pineapple Express: 6 out of 10. Maybe I've had a little too much Seth Rogen lately. Although parts of this movie are kind of funny, as a whole it's really best watched while stoned. I, unfortunately, was stone sober when I watched this last night. That made chunks of this
Gran Torino: 8 out of 10. They say most artists hit their creative peak in their 20s and 30s. Clint Eastwood would disagree. This man didn't hit his creative stride until sixty and he's still directing excellent films at the age of 79. Think about it. Since Clint turned 70
Zack and Miri Make a Porno: 4 out of 10. I'm a Kevin Smith fan. I've pretty much dug everything he's done this side of Jersey Girl. Zack and Miri Make a Porno, however, misses the mark completely. There are surprisingly few good laughs in this film. There are a
I'm always on the lookout for a good television series. They're few and far between, and TV in the post-Wire world seems worse than TV in the pre-Wire world. I've watched the first six episodes of Nurse Jackie and I'm enjoying it. It's nice and dark, just the way I
The Dark Knight: 9 out of 10. I'm only a year late on this one. It could be worse. I still haven't seen Doctor Zhivago, and that came out before the Leafs last won the cup. Allow me to report stuff you've probably read a thousand times before. Heath Ledger
Role Models: 5 out of 10. Were you surprised with Paul Rudd started singing "Beth" near the end of this flick? I wasn't. I mean, why else would she be named Beth? This one got a 5 because I happen to like Paul Rudd for some reason. Why, McLovin? Why?
Tropic Thunder: 7 out of 10. I recommend seeing this movie if any of the following appeals to you: Ben Stiller going "full retard" as Simple JackRobert Downey Jr. playing a black guy in black faceTom Cruise stealing scenes out of the blue as a vulgar movie mogulBen Stiller desecrating
The Savages: 7.5 out of 10. I'm not capable of disliking a Philip Seymour Hoffman movie. He's so good, his presence elevates a film. He's definitely in my top five - the man can act. Throw in a great Laura Linney performance, and you can't really screw it up.
Twilight: 5 out of 10. My wife loves the Twilight books. She's read them all, and raves about them. My only exposure to Twilight was all the awards the movie won at the recent MTV Movie Awards, and that's usually the kiss of death for a flick. Still, I was
Up: 9 out of 10. When I saw WALL-E last summer, I called it my favourite film from Pixar, and that was really sayin' something. All the Pixar films are pretty damn good. Last night, I saw Up in 3D and I'm ready to declare it my new favourite Pixar
The Incredible Hulk: 6 out of 10. Only five years after Ang Lee's Hulk, we get Louis Leterrier's The Incredible Hulk starring Ed Norton as Bruce Banner and the University of Toronto as Culver University. Torontonians will enjoy spotting parts of our city with lots of scenes of Convocation Hall
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: 6 out of 10. The whole family watched "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" last night. It was strange at first to see Indy as an old dude, and I found it opened a little slow, but once
Iron Man: 8 out of 10. Like the rest of you, I thought I'd see Iron Man before I saw The Dark Knight. I didn't know Jon Favreau had it in him. This is quite a step up from Elf. Iron Man is precisely the kind of action movie I
Layer Cake: 7 out of 10. Outside of revisiting some old Indiana Jones flicks with my son, Layer Cake is the first movie I've seen since The Love Guru exactly one month ago. That's partly because The Love Guru was so disappointing it took a month to get the taste
The Love Guru: 3 out of 10. I've finally seen my beloved hockey team win the Stanley Cup. Unfortunately, it was embedded in this steaming pile of elephant dung that I watched last night. I'm thoroughly disappointed. Mike Myers gets to make amends for our game seven loss to Gretzky
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song: 8 out of 10. Pete Seeger: The Power of Song is one of three amazing music docs I've seen over the past six months. first there was Joy Division, then there was Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten and now there's Pete Seeger: The
The Visitor: 8 out of 10. I hadn't heard of this film until its star, Richard Jenkins, got nominated for Best Actor at last weekend's Academy Awards. I've always thought Jenkins was one helluva character actor, but I had never seen him carry a film or show on his own.
Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?: 5 out of 10. I was really disappointed in this Morgan Spurlock documentary. It's far too silly for its subject matter. Spurlock doesn't really want to find Osama Bin Laden, he just wants us to know Muslims in the Middle East are
One Week: 8 out of 10. Finally, a movie made for me. Ben Tyler was born in Toronto in the 1970s. We travel with him on the Gardiner Expressway, on the 400, on the 401, through Ontario and west to the Pacific Ocean. Along the way, we hear amazing Canadian
Frost/Nixon: 8 out of 10. Frost/Nixon was one of five films I watched during yesterday's AMC Best Picture Showcase at Yonge and Dundas. It was great. You're forgiven if you don't know that name Frank Langella. He's worked a tonne, but there's nothing that really jumps out and
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: 6.5 out of 10. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was one of five films I watched during yesterday's AMC Best Picture Showcase at Yonge and Dundas. After watching Milk and The Reader, I was left underwhelmed by The Curious Case of Benjamin
