Archive for January, 2006
Frank Miller’s Sin City
1 Comment Published by Kaonashi January 30th, 2006 in Action, Crime, Film Adaptation, Drama, Film Noir.I actually did this review last year, but for my other blog. I edited it to match the other reviews on this blog.
Title: Frank Miller’s Sin City
Year: 2005
Director: Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez (and Quentin Tarantino for one small scene)*
Starring Cast: Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Benicio Del Toro, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson
Rated: A […]
Title: Office Space
Year: 1999
Director: Mike Judge
Starring Cast: Ron Livingston, Steven Root, Jennifer Aniston, and Gary Cole
Rated: R
NoFace rating: 4 out of 7
I saw Office Space when it first came out. I recently rented it because my boyfriend had never seen it and had heard positive reviews about it. After having seen it for a second […]
Merlin
0 Comments Published by Kaonashi January 25th, 2006 in Action, Fantasy, Drama, Romance, Adventure.Title: Merlin
Year: 1998
Director: Steve Barron
Starring Cast: Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson, Martin Short, Isabella Rossellini, Helena Bonham Carter, Rutger Hauer, James Earl Jones
Rated: PG
NoFace rating: 1 out of 7
Technically speaking, this wasn’t an actual movie that came out in theaters, but a made-for-TV miniseries. This translates into about 4 hours of hell for me. However, because […]
Catch Me if You Can
0 Comments Published by Kaonashi January 23rd, 2006 in Crime, Film Adaptation, Comedy, Biopic.Title: Catch Me if You Can
Year: 2002
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks
Rated: PG-13
NoFace rating: 4 out of 7
Is it possible for a 16-year old boy to impersonate an airline pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer- AND get away with it?
Sound unbelievable?
Not if you’re Frank Abagnale Jr.
[…]
How Can Reel Reviews be Improved?
0 Comments Published by Kaonashi January 20th, 2006 in Miscellaneous.UPDATE: I’ve started implementing some of the improvements I discussed (and suggested by my commenters) to the posts. From now on, each review will include a little blurb at the beginning which contains the year the movie was made, the director, the rating, the starring cast, AND my own Reel Reviews Rating. I’ll go back […]
Title: EuroTrip
Year: 2004
Director: Jeff Schaeffer
Starring Cast: Scott Mechlowicz, Jacob Pitts, Kristin Kreuk
Rated: R, though for this review I watched the DVD “unrated version”
NoFace rating: 4.5 out of 7
When Eurotrip first came out I saw the trailer and deemed it too stupid to watch. It looked like a typical teen comedy with naked, horny teenagers cavorting […]
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
0 Comments Published by Kaonashi January 16th, 2006 in Comedy, Fantasy, Drama, Romance, Relationships.Title: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Year: 2004
Director: Charlie Kaufman
Starring Cast: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet
Rated: R
NoFace rating: 3.5 out of 7
What if you could erase painful memories from your mind? Is it possible to completely erase someone from your mind? What are the moral implications involved? These are some of the questions posed by this […]
Moulin Rouge!
1 Comment Published by Kaonashi January 13th, 2006 in Comedy, Drama, Romance, Musical.Title: Moulin Rouge!
Year: 2001
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Starring Cast: Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo
Rated: PG-13
NoFace rating: 6 out of 7
I’m not done yet! »
Set in 1900 France, Moulin Rouge is narrated by and focuses on Christian […]
Dark City
1 Comment Published by Kaonashi January 11th, 2006 in Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Suspense, Film Noir.Title: Dark City
Year: 1998
Director: Alex Proyas
Starring Cast: Rufus Sewell, Keifer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt
Rated: R
NoFace Rating: 4 out of 7
Dark City is one of those well made, underrated science fiction films that now seems dated since the advent of The Matrix. A disenchanted viewer may look at this DVD and think, “Oh, great. Another […]
UPDATE #2: Looks like it’s fixed now. Whew!
UPDATE: Oh hell, now MY blog is messed up too!
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Is it just me, or is my WordPress.com blog the only one working right now? Foo, you and Steve have something wrong with your comments section and your permanent links. So does ground level coffee.





