>> Camille (6/10)

Someone please pick my jaw up from off the floor.  I have just witnessed one of my new favorite bad movies of all time, the James Franco/Sienna Miller rom-com, Camille.  Wow.  I’ll try my darnedest not to get too spoiler-heavy (no guarantees), but let’s just say that by the time Franco climbed onto the back [...]

>> 007: Quantum of Solace (7/10)

Last night, almost directly after seeing the new James Bond flick, Quantum of Solace, I posted the following on a message board that I frequent:  “Well, it’s definitely a James Bond movie, but it feels like a minor step back from the emotional gravitas of Casino Royale to the almost nonsensical high-octane of the Brosnan [...]

>> Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa (6/10)

I refuse to believe that there are Madagascar fans out there among us–people who cite the first film as one of their all-time favorite films ever.  If those people existed, then their Christmas is truly here, three years later, in the form of Madagascar 2:  Escape 2 Africa.  To me, Madagascar was wholly unremarkable.  Madagascar [...]

>> Changeling (6/10)

Changeling, the new film from director Clint Eastwood, is an unabashed melodrama.  What exactly does that mean?  Webster’s defines it as “a work (as a movie or play) characterized by extravagant theatricality and by the predominance of plot and physical action over characterization.”  Wikipedia gets a little wordier:
Melodramas tend to be formulaic productions, with a [...]