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: 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: 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: El Crimen Ferpecto (The Perfect Crime)
Year: 2004 (released in the US in 2007)
Director: Álex de la Iglesia
Starring: Guillermo Toledo, Mónica Cervera, Luis Varela
Rated: R
NoFace for Film rating: 5 out of 7
There’s an old saying that states, “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade.” Unfortunately, all the lemonade in the world wouldn’t have helped the […]

Title: The Return
Year: 2006
Director: Asif Kapadia
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Peter O’Brien
Rated: PG-13
NoFace for Film rating: 3 out of 7
A few jump cuts, spooky background music, and radios that work on their own a do not a horror movie make.

I’m not done yet! […]

Title: Inside Man
Year: 2006
Director: Spike Lee
Starring Cast: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster
Rated: R
NoFace for Film rating: 6 out of 7
Before I begin, let me say that I don’t like watching hostage movies. There’s nothing inherently wrong about them, but I personally don’t like watching them because I feel stressed out and uncomfortable for the […]

Title: Switch
Year: 1991
Director: Blake Edwards
Starring Cast: Ellen Barkin, Jimmy Smits, Lorraine Bracco
Rated: R
NoFace for Film rating: 4 out of 7
I recently caught Switch on cable. I think that the last time I had watched it before that was when it first came out, and I recall thinking it was pretty funny. After watching it again, […]

Title: The Prestige
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Year: 2006
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring Cast: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson
Rated: PG-13
NoFace for Film: 6.5 out of 7
A few months ago I was watching the trailers for some movie when the trailer for The Prestige came on. After seeing the very, very HOT Christian Bale and the yummy Hugh Jackman […]