Archive for the 'Adventure' Category
Spider-Man 3
3 Comments Published by Kaonashi May 8th, 2007 in Action, Crime, Film Adaptation, Drama, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Comic Book, Reviews, Genres.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 […]
Night at the Museum
0 Comments Published by solitudinarian May 4th, 2007 in Action, Comedy, Adventure, Family, DVD, Reviews, Genres.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 […]
TMNT
6 Comments Published by Kaonashi March 23rd, 2007 in Action, Film Adaptation, Comedy, Adventure, Animation, Reviews.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 […]
The Da Vinci Code
0 Comments Published by Kaonashi February 6th, 2007 in Film Adaptation, Drama, Adventure, Mystery, DVD, Reviews, Genres.Title: The Da Vinci Code
Year: 2006
Director: Ron Howard
Starring: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno
Rated: PG-13
NoFace for Film rating: 3.5 out of 7
Based on the highly popular but controversial novel by Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code begins with a mysterious death. When Louvre museum curator Jacques Saunière (Jean-Pierre Marielle) is brutally murdered in […]
El Labertino del Fauno
9 Comments Published by Kaonashi January 27th, 2007 in Action, Fantasy, Foreign, Drama, Adventure, Period Piece, Thriller, Historical.
Title: El Labertino del Fauno (Pan’s Labyrinth)
Year: 2006
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Starring Cast: Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú
Rated: R
NoFace for Film rating: 6 out of 7
Set in a Post-Civil war northern Spain in 1944, Pan’s Labyrinth follows a young girl who resorts to fantasy to cope with her new life. Young Ofelia (Baquero) and […]
Army of Darkness (HD-DVD)
0 Comments Published by Kaonashi January 16th, 2007 in HD-DVD, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror.Title: Army of Darkness
Director: Sam Raimi
Year: 1993
Starring Cast: Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz
Rated: PG-13
NoFace for Film rating: 7 out of 7
Greatest. Movie. Ever.
Okay, maybe I exaggerate, but I have seen Army of Darkness countless times, and it never gets old. I laugh at the same jokes and cheer during the same scenes. When I had […]
Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther
0 Comments Published by Kaonashi January 10th, 2007 in Action, Film Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi, Comic Book, DVD.(This review first appeared at Blogcritics.)
Title: The Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther
Year: 2006
Director: Curt Geda, Steven E. Gordon
Starring Voices: Justin Gross, Grey DeLisle, Olivia D’Abo, Marc Worden, Jeffrey D. Sams
Rated: PG-13
NoFace for Film rating: 3 out of 7
Needless to say, Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther is the sequel to the first movie, […]
Happy Feet
2 Comments Published by Kaonashi December 9th, 2006 in Action, Social Commentary, Comedy, Romance, Adventure, Animation, Musical, Family.Title: Happy Feet
Year: 2006
Director: George Miller
Starring Cast: Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving
Rated: PG
NoFace for Film rating: 6 out of 7
Yes, I know that I should have reviewed Happy Feet a lot sooner, closer to when it first came out, but I only got the chance to watch it […]
Ultimate Avengers: The Movie
4 Comments Published by Kaonashi December 2nd, 2006 in Action, Film Adaptation, Adventure, Animation, Comic Book.Title: The Ultimate Avengers: The Movie
Year: 2006
Director: Curt Geda and Steven E. Gordon
Starring Voices: Justin Gross, Grey DeLisle, Olivia D’Abo, Marc Worden
Rated: PG-13
NoFace for film rating: 3.5 out of 7
My boyfriend is a huge, HUGE fanboy of “The Ultimates” comic book series, so when he heard that an animated movie was made based on it […]
The Transformers: The Movie 20th Anniversary Special Edition
2 Comments Published by Kaonashi November 28th, 2006 in Action, Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi.Title: The Transformers: The Movie 20th Anniversary Special Edition
Year: 2006 (original release in 1986)
Director: Nelson Shin
Starring Voices: Orson Welles, Leonard Nimoy, Robert Stack, Eric Idle, Judd Nelson
Rated: PG
NoFace for Film rating: 4 out of 7
As I mentioned in a previous post, I was contacted by a marketing agency and asked to post the press […]
