NoFace for Film

In an ongoing effort to forward information and knowledge to the masses, and taking into consideration the constraints of time and personal opinion, I give you Condensed Analysis; A handful of films reviewed in brief (more brief than a normal review) and presented all at once.
The films discussed in Condensed Analysis are not necessarily […]

Title: Spider-Man 3
Year: 2007
Director: Sam Raimi
Starring Cast: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace
Rated: PG-13
NoFace for Film rating: 3 out of 7
Hollywood has a tendency to do things big. They take a winning formula and decide that hey, since those elements worked well together last time, why not futz with them […]

Title: Night at the Museum
Year: 2006
Director: Shawn Levy
Starring: Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, Bill Cobbs, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Ricky Gervais
Rated: PG
Review by: Matt H.
NoFace for Film Rating: 6 out of 7
More often than not, when a film is tagged with “fun […]

Title: Hot Fuzz
Year: 2007
Director: Edgar Wright
Starring Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Timothy Dalton, Jim Broadbent
Rated: R
NoFace for Film rating: 5 out of 7
The brilliant folks who brought you Shaun of the Dead have returned. Whereas their last film was a clever parody of the zombie movie genre, director Edgar Wright and his leading men Simon […]

Title: Smokin’ Aces
Year: 2007
Director: Joe Carnahan
Starring: Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Ray Liotta, Andy Garcia, Alicia Keys, Ben Affleck
Rated: R
Review by: Matt H.
NoFace for Film rating: 3 out of 7
Smokin’ Aces is a classic Hollywood example of the old bait and switch. The marketing for this film resonated […]

Title: Supertroopers
Year: 2001
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Starring Cast: Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske
Rated: R
NoFace for Film rating: 5 out of 7
Silly, bumbling cops are not a new concept in cinema. In the early 1900s we had the Keystone Kops, while during the 80s we had the Police Academy series. There’s just something […]

Title: Saul Goodman
Year: 2006
Director: Jim Connell
Starring Voices: John Cammarata, Eric Scheiner
Rated: Not rated, but most likely R
NoFace for Film rating: 5 out of 7
In Forrest Gump, the titular character spends much of the film telling his unbelievable life story to strangers as they wait for the bus. Similarly, a chance meeting between two strangers at […]

Title: TMNT
Year: 2007
Director: Kevin Munroe
Starring Voices: Patrick Stewart, Mako, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Chris Evans, Ziyi Zhang, Laurence Fishburne
Rated: PG
NoFace for Film rating: 5 out of 7
I must admit that I was skeptical when I first heard that there was to be another Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. I had been a fan of the […]

Title: 300
Year: 2007
Director: Zach Snyder
Starring: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, David Wenham, Rodrigo Santoro
Rated: R
NoFace for Film rating: 6 out of 7
Yes, my friends. I have seen an early screening of 300, which doesn’t come out until next Friday. You cannot imagine the glee I felt when I came upon this opportunity. I actually […]

Title: Flightplan
Year: 2005
Director: Robert Schwentke
Starring: Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean
Rated: PG-13
NoFace for Film rating: 4 out of 7
Flightplan is one of those films that at first glance seems to have the perfect ingredients: a stellar cast, terrific directing and cinematography, and a great set. Sadly, the plot fell short in the believability department.

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