Sucker Punch (2011)
Many questions emerge shortly after walking out of a viewing of Sucker Punch. Perhaps the first and foremost one is, “What the *bleep* was that all about?” There may be a few more thoughts that...
Category: 2010s
The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
The Adjustment Bureau is the latest Hollywood adaptation of a Philip K. Dick work, this time of one of his short stories, “Adjustment Team” (one presumes the title was changed to ‘Bureau’ to make the...
Alien vs. Ninja (2010)
For anyone who ever watched the original Alien and wondered what might happen if the deadly Alien encountered a group of Earth’s elite warriors rather than a hapless commercial vessel full of average joes, we finally...
The King’s Speech (2010)
An atypical underdog story, The King’s Speech is a well executed piece through and through, featuring very fine performances, good character touches and wit in the script (David Seidler, Tucker), Tom Hooper’s (The Damned United,“John Adams”) consummate direction,...
Kick-Ass (2010)
Many before me have commented that Kick-Ass, the movie, is also a kick-ass movie, and I’ll just say that I agree with that assessment. Having been a minor fan of the Mark Millar/John Romita Jr....
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
The big screen adaptation of the cult-y Bryan Lee O’Malley comic book is, like its print counterpart, a mash-up of teen pop culture obsessions infused into a young romance storyline. Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World works...
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Robert Downey Jr. reprises his role as narcissist hi-tech playboy billionaire Tony Stark, who finds his world popularity surging after his adopted superhero status has caused the longest era of peace on Earth in...
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Director Tim Burton teams up with Disney scribe Linda Woolverton in a visual tour-de-force telling of the classic story, which combines elements of the two Lewis Carroll allegories, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and its...
Pay It Forward (2000)
Only the terrific performances by the two stars keep this mushy and manipulative “inspirational” tear-jerker together. Pay It Forward has a decent idea: a teacher (Spacey) introduces a different kind of assignment for his social studies...