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 | The Secret In Their Eyes (Film)A masterpiece - andrewireThe Secret in Their Eyes is often blamed for taking the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar over Jack Audiard's A Prophet and Michael Hanake's The White Ribbon, but those who say it never actually gave Juan Jose Campanella's masterpiece a chance without being full of prejudices against the Argentinean filmmaker and his utterly memorable adaptation of the more ... |
 | Scott Pilgrim vs the World (Film)Unmissable - andrewireScott Pilgrim vs. The World turned out to be a major surprise for me; I had the opportunity to see it in an especial event organised by Universal Studios and after the film ended, I felt extremely satisfied and lucky I didn't turn the invitation down. After all, Edgar Wright has proven he's capable of delivering the most exhilarating movie experiences in more ... |
 | Salt (Film)Entertaining - andrewireSalt is one of those movies that only work because its lead is an extremely charismatic, likeable and sexy movie star who in this case is also a talented one: Angelina Jolie. It doesn't matter if the plot is outlandish; Jolie carries the whole film with her interesting personality and ability to look mysterious. As a moviegoer, I find her fascinating. She more ... |
 | Knight and Day (Film)A fraud! - andrewireI get it. Tom Cruise wanted a vehicle to revive his career as a leading Hollywood star. But why did he choose Knight & Day? The answer is beyond any rational explanation. The story is silly from start to finish. Cameron Diaz in the usual stereotypical blond role who learns to fire guns in 5 minutes isn't amusing at all. What about Tom Cruise killing more ... |
 | Heartbreakers (Film)Cheesy and funny - andrewireHearbreakers has a weak storyline but it relies heavily on its characters' ability to make you laugh and care about them. The result? It works, even though the plot is extremely cheesy, there are some decent laughs and a couple of hilarious scenes in it. The other thing is, of course, Hollywood won't take too much time to remake it with someone like Julia more ... |
 | Splice (Film)Disgraceful - andrewireSplice succeeded in making the whole audience laugh hysterically. But wait a minute... Isn't Splice supposed to be a serious sci-fi thriller? Only in the screenwriter's mind. A pair of brilliant scientists, Adrian Brody (Clive) and the utterly annoying Sarah Polley (Elsa) work in a DNA research centre where they have successfully combined the DNA of more ... |
 | Get Him To The Greek (Film)Dull - andrewireI never understood the praise of Get Him to the Greek by some reviewers. A not so funny version of The Hangover with some cheesy notes towards the ending, it seemed to me like a waste of time and money. Well, this will depend on how much do you like Russell Brand, who in my book is no more than one of those cases of unjustified notoriety. Can he act? No. more ... |
 | Inception (Film)Brilliant, but not a masterpiece - andrewireIt's hard not to think of Christopher Nolan and link him to words like 'genius' or 'master' when it comes to filmmaking. His filmography is not only interesting but also memorable: from Memento in 2000; to The Prestige in 2006 and from Batman Begins in '05 to The Dark Knight in '08. His latest film is not necessarily a masterpiece, but a highly engaging more ... |
 | Toy Story 3 (Film)Spectacular! - andrewireI didn't know what to expect when I went to see Toy Story 3. I had high expectations, of course, because the first two films were brilliant in a different way: they weren't too cheesy like most Pixar films –Wall*e takes the prize for cheesiness— even though you could still cry and feel a mix between sadness and happiness that is hard to explain. The more ... |
 | The Blind Side (Film)American Cheese - andrewireThe Blind Side is one of the laziest movies in recent memory. It never reaches a true climax: Scene after scene, we see the characters have a problem and voilá! Sandra Bullock's yummy mommy fixes everything. She's the closest thing you'll get to a Mother Hen. Big Mike Oher (Quinton Aaron) is a homeless kid with some relatives here and there but they don't more ... |
 | A Prophet (Film)Overrated - andrewireI saw this movie quite a while now but didn't write a review inmediately after because I was unsure of how I would digest all the story... so I decided to give it a second try and rewatch it but sadly --because I did want to like this film-- I can say it's way overrated and disappointing after so much buzz, awards and nominations [including a BAFTA and a more ... |
 | Kick Ass (Film)A Masterpiece - andrewireThe latest adaptation of the comic of the same name will be remembered as one of those films that define a generation, like Star Wars did in the 1970s or Indiana Jones in the 1980s. What's so good about it? Pretty much everything. Why no one has ever tried to be a superhero? asks Dave (Aaron Johnson) at the beginning of Kick Ass. He's a regular guy with more ... |
 | Shutter Island (Film)Ostentatious - andrewireThere's no doubt that Shutter Island was directed by a brilliant filmmaker. The problem is that his ego finds its way between you and the screen, making the whole cinematic experience an ostentatious show. It's like Scorsese was shouting: "Look! I know how to direct a movie!" in the middle of every scene. US Marshall Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio) and his more ... |
 | Alice In Wonderland (Film)Disastrous - andrewireAlice in Wonderland is perhaps one of the most uninspiring film adaptations I've ever seen. Why? It's messy and lacks any palpable focus. We all know the story of Alice, that adventure that fascinated us when we were kids and made us dream about Wonderland. We wanted to fall through a rabit hole and be there, fighting evil next to the Mad Hatter and the more ... |
 | Zonad (Film)Watchable at best - andrewireMemo to the filmmakers: Never again include the funniest moments of your comedy film in the trailer. Zonad looked so good back in January when I saw the trailer for the first time. It seemed to be a quirky little film packed with laugh-out-loud moments and a memorable story. Wishful thinking. The result isn't too bad though but it's such a more ... |
 | A Single Man (Film)Was this a long ad or a film? - andrewireI liked A Single Man quite a lot. But when you put much thought into it, you can see the film was pretty much style over substance. Colin Firth plays a British lecturer in an American university. He teaches English. He has an impeccable image that people admire. But something happened to him and now he wants to end with his life. His lover Jim, played by more ... |
 | Crazy Heart (Film)Charming and predictable - andrewireCrazy Heart somehow felt like a vehicle for Jeff Bridges and his "overdue" campaign to get him an Oscar. But this is the right movie for the right performer so it was nice to see him doing something a little bit challenging and memorable. He plays a fading country singer called Bad Blake --That's right, Bad is his name-- who is making his living out of tiny more ... |
 | Invictus (Film)Tedious - andrewireFilms about inspiring personalities usually feel either too cheesy or self-aggrandising and Invictus is no exception. On the contrary, movies about not-so-inspiring subjects are frequently mesmerising (in terms of quality) and even close to go down in history as masterpieces (recent example: The Downfall). In Invictus, the obvious casting of Morgan more ... |
 | Brothers (2009) (Film)Fair City, theatrical version - andrewireI won't lower my standards to review this film just because Jim Sheridan is Irish. Here is a film that looks more like an RTÉ drama than a proper movie. It tries to tell the story of a soon-to-leave US Marine Sam Cahill, who is married to Grace [Natalie Portman] and has two young daughters. Everything seems good: a loving family, two lovely children, a more ... |
 | Avatar (Film)Predictable and cheesy 3D experience - andrewireAvatar might be the highest grossing movie ever -soon it will be- but as a film is just another predictable tale by James Cameron who depends heavily on visual effects to make his movies work. Here we have one of the most expensive ever, and is all about style over substance. Yes, the visuals are striking -it's quite an experience in 3D and IMAX- but I more ... |
 | The Road (Film)The Road to Nowhere - andrewireThe Road is an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel of the same name that I have absolutely no interest in reading. But the trailer looked dark and good so I gave it a chance. I don't know if the book goes nowhere, but The Road is a monotonous story of survival in a post-apocalyptic United States. What really happened to the world, we are never told. The more ... |
 | It's Complicated (Video)No surprises here - andrewireIt's Complicated is a light-hearted comedy with plenty of laughs; Being a Nancy Meyers film, it surpassed my expectations. I was seating there waiting for a dreadful movie -just like The Holiday- but surprisingly enough, this story worked well and the cast was solid. Streep -who looks stunning at 60- plays Jane, a divorced woman having an affair with her more ... |
 | Up In The Air (Film)Memorable - andrewireI had the opportunity to attend a preview of Up in the Air and I kept my expectations very high, judging by the insane amount of critical acclaim that the film got in America. Well, the movie surpassed my expectations and made me feel so many different emotions in those 110 minutes. The film is an adaptation of Walter Kirn's novel of the same name. more ... |
 | Nine (Film)Chaotic -Don't waste your money- - andrewireNine is arguably one of the biggest disappointments of 2009. It had a fantastic cast that couldn't save it from the disastrous screenplay written by Anthony Minghella and Michael Tolkin. One should expect good acting from such a successful cast but that's not the case with Nine. Actually, the performances are vomit-inducing, except for Marion Cotillard's more ... |
 | Sherlock Holmes (Film)Pleasant - andrewireI am not a fan of Guy Ritchie and his overdirecting techniques. His direction can often be very distracting and over-the-top. In Sherlock Holmes, he delivers lots of action but you can still know that this is a Guy Ritchie movie. The story follows Holmes and his partner Watson [they actually feel like a gay couple pretending to be straight] during a serious more ... |
 | Where The Wild Things Are (Film)Underwhelming - andrewireThe original book by Sendak has been turned into a horror movie where the Wild Things are not wild but bored losers with no clear motivations. I felt so underwhelmed by this film that in the end I didn't know what to do. Should I watch the credits or leave the cinema and shout: I hate it!?, I asked myself utterly confused in a not-so-packed screen at more ... |
 | 2012 (Film)An Exaggeration - andrewireIt is perhaps fair to say that 2012 delivers what it promises, but its stupidity is hard to tolerate. With a $250m budget, I think they could have written a much better story. But no, that was not the case. It seemed to me that Emmerich never likes to put some logic into his screenplays. They are full of plot holes, violations of the laws of physics, more ... |
 | Fantastic Mr. Fox (Film)Quirky Little Film - andrewireI really enjoyed Fantastic Mr Fox. I think Wes Anderson understood how to adapt Dahl's classic without losing the essence of the novel. I have to be honest with you, I liked Fantastic Mr Fox much more than UP, mainly because I think Pixar movies manipulate people with easy-to-like characters that are usually overly cute [Nemo, Wall*e, etc]. Mr Fox is far more ... |
 | 500 Days Of Summer (Film)Extraordinary - andrewireAfter I saw this movie, I said to one of my friends: "People that do not enjoy 500 Days of Summer are unhappy people". It's funny to see some of them writing three word reviews on this website, most saying that "they felt asleep". They are lying. 500 Days of Summer is one of the best romantic comedies of the past years, not only because of the story but more ... |
 | An Education (Film)Disappointing - andrewireAn Education is one of those movies that you can't understand why it was ever made on the first place. The story is charming to a point indeed, but involving a 16-year-old school girl and a 40 something could be very creepy as well. Thanks to the director's light hand, the plot never goes to a darker side of what he's trying to say. I don't think I can more ... |
 | Julie and Julia (Film)Delightful and charming - andrewireI saw Julie & Julia on its first showing. I was surprised with it because it turned out to be much better than expected. Julia Child was a forty-something looking for what to do in Paris, where she was living with her husband Paul, who was a US diplomat. She didn't want to stay in her french villa like most french women of the time did. So she had an more ... |
 | Broken Embraces (Film)A tragedy - andrewireI saw this movie in Madrid back in March. I didn't like, basically because the story is messy and I couldn't care less about the characters. There are some funny moments though but the comedy doesn't save the film from its lack of direction. It's not what you expect from Almodóvar. more ... |
 | Doubt (Video)A masterpiece - andrewireDoubt is a great example of modern cinema, with powerful performances from Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Viola Davis. Meryl Streep was absolutely amazing in this, confirming that she is a living legend and surely the greatest film actress of all times. The screenplay was written in a way that the spectator will have the final word. more ... |
 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Film)Great - andrewireThis sequel was made for fans. I think people that are not fans of the books will not enjoy it and will find it boring. I thought it was the best of the series. The acting was superb, it's becoming much darker with time. It's remarkable that the sixth movie of a series can be so good like this. Technically the film is perfect: the cinematography is more ... |
 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Film)Stick with the original - andrewireI didn't like this sequel at all. It was overly loud and silly. I know the whole idea of Transformers can be silly up to some point, but as soon as that smoking hot girl appeared on screen and showed a 3 meter-long tongue, I felt really upset. There wasn't a plot or a storyline to follow. Just the same sequence after sequence. The only good thing about it more ... |
 | Last Chance Harvey (Film)Thompson shines - andrewireEmma Thompson was by far the best thing about Last Chance Harvey. It's a small independent film with a flawed screenplay but Thompson's ability to create emotion in such a humble role was just great. more ... |
 | Star Trek (Film)A triumph - andrewireI was never a fan of the original series but I have to say, this film is just amazing. After I saw it in the cinema I went and bought the season one of the original series and I think the producers of the new installment did justice to the original. The casting of Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Karl Urban in the three male leads was perfect: they nailed all more ... |
 | Sunshine Cleaning (Film)Great flawed story - andrewireI think this movie was a fine example of independent cinema. It's a flawed story with flawed characters but in the end, I left us with hope, even when the ending didn't resolve the character's issues. Emily Blunt gave another wonderful performance -as well as Amy Adams. Both were great. I hope they keep doing more films like this. more ... |
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