A good friend asked if I could recommend a few good films that were available through the Amazon Prime Video program, so I started digging. Now they specifically asked about whether the movies are available for downloading, a cool feature of the Prime program that’s available for some, though not all, movies you can watch through Prime Video. Unfortunately, there’s no list of movies that meet this criterion on the site so it’s up to…Read More
Review: Thor: The Dark World
Thor is one of the old Gods, the son of Odin, brother of trickster Loki and part of the pantheon of Norse Gods. So Thor being in a world of swords and armor makes complete sense, and indeed, Thor’s weapon of choice is Mjölnir, his hammer. Yes, his hammer has a name. Drop Thor onto modern-day Earth and we have a humorous situation where he’s incredibly powerful but also completely clueless about common technology like…Read More
Review: Your Highness
What do you get when you combine an atrocious script with a big budget production and a bevy of top actors? Your Highness, one of the worst films I have had to sit through in a long time. To think that it featured Natalie Portman, James Franco and Zooey Deschanel boggles the mind. What where they thinking when they attached themselves to this production? The worst part is that the film looks beautiful, with gorgeous…Read More
Best and Worst Films of 2010
According to Movieweb, there were 651 films released in 2010 and no, I didn’t see them all. In fact, there are some movies still on my to-watch list that I know will affect this article (including The Fighter and The Kids are All Right), but I hope to see them soon and add some additional commentary at that point. For now, however, I figure I saw maybe 100-150 new films this year, both clunkers and superb…Read More
Review: Black Swan
When I sat down to watch Black Swan I really had no idea what to expect, and frankly wasn’t too enthused about a film about dancers. Yes, there’s lots of drama and politics in a dance troupe – after all that’s where “prima dona” comes from — but would the prospect of watching Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis compete for the lead in a performance really be entertaining? Turns out that Black Swan is a…Read More