movie micro-reviews
Paranormal Activity (2007) ★★★★★
If you've ever been alone at night and enjoyed freaking yourself out over every spooky shadow and noise, you're gonna enjoy this flick. As in Cloverfield, the "camcorded" video adds a certain realism, and therefore uncanny creepiness, to the events of the movie. (theater)
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) ★★★★★
A pleasant matinee diversion. I have a feeling it's going to grow on me the more I watch it - City Slickers was the same way. (theater)
The Ugly Truth (2009) ★★★★★
I enjoyed this one so much when it was in the theater that I picked it up when it came out this week. Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler have some fantastic chemistry! (Blu-Ray)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986) ★★★★★
It'd been years since I'd seen Big Trouble all the way through, and I've gotta say: We've got ourselves some kick-ass fun here. That Kim Cattrall is in it (though with strange green contact lenses) doesn't hurt. (Blu-Ray)
If you've ever been alone at night and enjoyed freaking yourself out over every spooky shadow and noise, you're gonna enjoy this flick. As in Cloverfield, the "camcorded" video adds a certain realism, and therefore uncanny creepiness, to the events of the movie. (theater)
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) ★★★★★
A pleasant matinee diversion. I have a feeling it's going to grow on me the more I watch it - City Slickers was the same way. (theater)
The Ugly Truth (2009) ★★★★★
I enjoyed this one so much when it was in the theater that I picked it up when it came out this week. Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler have some fantastic chemistry! (Blu-Ray)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986) ★★★★★
It'd been years since I'd seen Big Trouble all the way through, and I've gotta say: We've got ourselves some kick-ass fun here. That Kim Cattrall is in it (though with strange green contact lenses) doesn't hurt. (Blu-Ray)