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Forum: Movie Reviews 09-14-10
Replies: 0
American assassin
Posted By hgsmoth
American assassin

Cold-blooded killer Jack (George Clooney) is hanging up his sniper rifle after one last job in Anton Corbijn’s The American. Stripped of profuse action sequences or superfluous subplots, this quiet...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 06-13-10
Replies: 37
What Actor/Actress do you have most in your DVD collection?
Posted By hgsmoth
Re: What Actor/Actress do you have most in your DVD collection?

Jack. Do I need to include a last name?

Terms of Endearment
Witches of Eastwick
Easy Rider
One Flew Over the Coocoo's Nest
The Shining
Something's Gotta Give
Batman
As Good as it Gets
Forum: Movie Reviews 06-13-10
Replies: 30
Poll: What's your favorite movie of 2010 so far?
Posted By hgsmoth
Re: What's your favorite movie of 2010 so far?

Oh, man... I have to agree with some of you. It's totally June, and I usually don't see movies in the theatre (AT ALL) until November. I know it's snobby. Sorry. Until I found my favorite little...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-13-10
Replies: 30
Top Movie Drunks
Posted By hgsmoth
Re: Top Movie Drunks

Brick (Paul Newman), in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. His alcoholism is so gut-wrenchingly honest. Gotta love a guy who breaks his leg attempting hurdles on his high school track field in the middle of...
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 06-11-10
Replies: 521
Jrs' Sequel Buzz Thread
Posted By hgsmoth
Re: Jrs' Sequel Buzz Thread

Thank you for all the work you did here. This is fantastic! Looking at your list, I guess I'd have to say I'm a little apprehensive about the 4th installment of the Spider Man franchise. No Raimi,...
Forum: Movie Reviews 06-11-10
Replies: 2
Sex and the City 2
Posted By hgsmoth
Sex and the City 2

ROUTINE SEX: DRESSED UP IN MANOLOS

Mouths worldwide were left agape in 1998 when HBO debuted its groundbreaking series, Sex and the City. “Do women really talk like that?” The show introduced 30...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-11-10
Forum: Movie Reviews 05-17-10
Replies: 12
Robin Hood
Posted By hgsmoth
Re: Robin Hood

Let me know what you think. It's pretty long - weighing in at a heavy 2 hrs 20 mins. I was checking my phone on and off throughout, wondering how much longer I'd have to be taking notes in my...
Forum: Movie Reviews 05-15-10
Replies: 24
Did you enjoy Date Night?
Posted By hgsmoth
Date night

A DISASTROUS DATE

There are people who will love Date Night. They won’t bat an eye at any of the film’s unexplored characters. They won’t mind that it doesn’t come close to providing the...
Forum: Movie Reviews 05-15-10
Replies: 24
Up in the Air
Posted By hgsmoth
Up in the Air

A CYNCIAL DEPARTURE

You want to hate the characters in this film. Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) flies over 350,000 miles a year firing employees at companies whose bosses don’t “have the balls” to...
Forum: Movie Reviews 05-15-10
Replies: 1
An Education
Posted By hgsmoth
An Education

A SORDID EDUCATION

How different the world was in 1961. Life was innocent, families stayed together, and their kids could play in the street without worry of being abducted. Well, unless one...
Forum: Movie Reviews 05-15-10
Replies: 0
Julie & Julia
Posted By hgsmoth
Julie & Julia

ANOTHER SAVORY EPHRON CONCOCTION

I could spend a full day at Meryl Streep’s feet thanking her for being an actress. I could spend a subsequent day thanking her directors for convincing her to sign...
Forum: Movie Reviews 05-15-10
Replies: 62
The Hurt Locker
Posted By hgsmoth
The hurt locker

A SLICE OF WAR

Few films leave me riveted. This one did. Katherine Bigalow’s slice of life war movie doesn’t confuse itself with political commentary or take sides in the fight. This film doesn’t...
Forum: Movie Reviews 05-15-10
Replies: 12
Robin Hood
Posted By hgsmoth
Robin Hood

Russell Crowe teams up with director Ridley Scott for the fifth time with Robin Hood. It’s difficult to forget the massive entertainment these two forces brought audiences with 2000’s Gladiator, and...
Forum: Movie Reviews 05-11-10
Replies: 23
'The Losers' a loser?
Posted By hgsmoth
The Losers

Music video director Sylvain White must have been thrilled to helm a mainstream comic film, after delivering critical disasters like the straight-to-video horror flick I’ll Always Know What you did...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 05-08-10
Replies: 140
Your favorite low budget film
Posted By hgsmoth
Re: Your favorite low budget film

Define "low budget." My pick would be Memento (Christopher Nolan's 2000 suspense film about a man with a memory problem trying to piece together his life with polaroids). It was produced for $5...
Forum: Movie Reviews 05-08-10
Replies: 0
Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Posted By hgsmoth
Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

Moviegoers should be petrified. They should purchase their tickets with trepidation. Their bodies should shake uncontrollably with anxiety, as their fingernails leave rips in the faux velvet that...