By aj, on June 8th, 2011%
Rating: 3.5 of 5
In some ways, this was a great movie and in some ways it was uneven (though not nearly as uneven as X2). But the easy stuff first:
I wasn’t thrilled with Kevin Bacon as the villain. In theory I thought it was great, but in execution it made his whole storyline a . . . → Read More: X-Men: First Class
By aj, on June 30th, 2008%
Rating: 3 of 5
Wanted is seriously badass. If nothing else, you kind of have to love that about it.
The movie follows Wesely Gibson (James McAvoy) essentially through a journey of discovering who he is. His world as a mild mannered accountant is well established in the beginning. I kept thinking how much I . . . → Read More: Wanted
By aj, on December 31st, 2007%
Rating: 4 of 5
Atonement is a lovely film. It’s simple and straightforward, not lovely because it’s told with a soft lense or because there is a sense of wonder and beauty about it. But lovely because the 1930′s English countryside lends itself toward that, because language and manners were a bit more formal. Lovely because . . . → Read More: Atonement
By aj, on August 4th, 2007%
Rating: 2.25 of 5
I haven’t read a whole lot of Jane Austen. Honestly, just Pride and Prejudice after I saw the Kiera Knightley movie. So, I could see elements of that story in this film – and was told there were also elements of Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion. Which, when rendering an author’s life . . . → Read More: Becoming Jane
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