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The Game Plan

The Game Plan

The Game Plan is another one of those cheesy feel good movies from the well intentioned folks at Disney. With all the quality stuff this studio is putting out in the animation department, you'd think there would be a little something left over for the live action division. Alas, for every five or... [More]

[Fri Sep 21st, 2007] Written By: Adam Mast
In the Valley of Elah

In the Valley of Elah

Paul Haggis' latest directorial effort (his first since the Oscar winning Crash) is already being dismissed by many conservatives as nothing more than a trashy piece of anti-war claptrap. Personally, I found In the Valley of Elah to be a quietly haunting portrait of the war in Iraq told from an inte... [More]

[Fri Sep 21st, 2007] Written By: Adam Mast
Becoming Jane

Becoming Jane

I have never read a Jane Austen novel; my life-long reading interests veer in a different direction. I'm reading "Aghora ll: Kundalini" by Robert E. Svoboda right now. I do not know why Jane Austen's six novels are considered great literature. I was curious, but seeing "Becoming Jane" has not prompt... [More]

[Sat Sep 15th, 2007] Written By: Victoria Alexander
The Hunting Party

The Hunting Party

Somewhat based on parts of a true story, writer-director Richard Shepard's "The Hunting Party" is a film about a war criminal hiding out in Bosnia and the three would-be bounty hunters who want to snatch him. With 50 million on his head, I know an infamous, 69 year-old-man who asked a mutual frie... [More]

[Sat Sep 15th, 2007] Written By: Victoria Alexander
The Brave One

The Brave One

Jodie Foster does her best Charles Bronson impersonation in The Brave One, a dark, vigilante thriller in which a woman (played by Foster) decides to take out the garbage after she and her husband (played by Naveen Andrews) are beaten by street thugs while taking a nightly stroll through a park in N... [More]

[Sat Sep 15th, 2007] Written By: Adam Mast
Eastern Promises

Eastern Promises

Director David Cronenberg's "Eastern Promises" starts right off with the most realistic, horrific throat slashing with a dull knife you will ever see. You have been duly warned and every scene after that is charged with pure danger. You don't know what will happen because a character's glance might... [More]

[Wed Sep 12th, 2007] Written By: Victoria Alexander
Death Sentence

Death Sentence

I watch CBS' 48 Hour Mystery, NBC's Dateline and ABC's Primetime: Crime and always wonder why aged parents do not seek a more satisfying solution when the lousy spouse kills their son or daughter. Since personal revenge is very rare, the police must be doing a terrific job in promising that life in... [More]

[Tue Sep 4th, 2007] Written By: Victoria Alexander
3:10 To Yuma

3:10 To Yuma

3:10 To Yuma is yet another remake, but thankfully, this one works like a charm. Based on the 1957 film of the same name (a classic which also inspired director James Mangold to make the stunning Copland). This gritty, exhilarating western features Christian Bale as Dan Evans, a poor rancher whose o... [More]

[Tue Sep 4th, 2007] Written By: Adam Mast
September Dawn

September Dawn

September Dawn may just be the fifth funniest movie of the year (right behind Superbad, Knocked Up, Hot Fuzz, and The Simpsons Movie), the only thing is, this bogus telling of the Mountain Meadows Massacre is trying to pass itself off as a serious drama. In case anyone is wondering, September Dawn i... [More]

[Tue Sep 4th, 2007] Written By: Adam Mast
Halloween

Halloween

Is nothing sacred in Hollywood? I've had it up to here with remakes! Particularly of films that don't need to be remade. That would be about 99% of them. Now, the John Carpenter classic Halloween has been subjected to a make-over and with Rob Zombie (Devil's Rejects) at the helm no less. At the very... [More]

[Sat Sep 1st, 2007] Written By: Adam Mast
Bourne Ultimatum

Bourne Ultimatum

The Bourne Ultimatum is clearly the strongest of this summer's threequels, and I suppose we have director Paul Greengrass and star Matt Damon to thank for that. Damon returns as Jason Bourne, a sort of James Bond for a new generation. Continuing his quest to remember his past, Bourne stops at nothi... [More]

[Fri Aug 31st, 2007] Written By: Adam Mast
Return With Honor

Return With Honor

Reviewing LDS themed films always presents a bit of an objectivity crisis that often places an LDS critic on the horns of a dilemma. Reviewing even the stronger films from the Halestorm stable, or Richard Dutcher by the same standards applied to other films often requires "kid glove" treatment or th... [More]

[Fri Aug 31st, 2007] Written By: Kevin Jones
Resurrecting the Champ

Resurrecting the Champ

Resurrecting the Champ isn't so much about the sport of boxing as it is a sentimental character study about the relationship between fathers and sons, redemption, and another issue, ethics in journalism. Think of boxing as a backdrop and you've got the idea. The story is "inspired" by an article... [More]

[Tue Aug 28th, 2007] Written By: Judy Thorburn
License To Wed

License To Wed

Sadie Jones (Mandy Moore) and Ben Murphy (John Krasinski, of TV's The Office, in his big screen debut) appear to be the perfect twenty something couple. The cute pair is a match made in heaven – until Ben meets the pastor from hell, or as he is more commonly known in his community, the minister of S... [More]

[Sun Aug 26th, 2007] Written By: Judy Thorburn
War

War

Action Kung Fu films are primarily a genre that should be judged on other terms: Story (to at least to some extent), buildup ( to heighten expectations for the final battle), stunts (the more dangerous the better), choreography (the fighting must be cool to look at) and the climax ( the villain must... [More]

[Sun Aug 26th, 2007] Written By: Tyler Sanders
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