NoFace for Film

At this point, nearly everyone has seen, or is aware of, Dreamgirls. (For an earlier review, click here.) Based on the Tony Award-winning musical by the same name, Dreamgirls was well-received by critics and won a decent number of awards. People flocked to the theaters during the holidays to watch the timeless tale of a […]

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: The Last King of Scotland
Year: 2006
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Starring: Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, and Gillian Anderson
Rated: R
Review by: Matt H.
NoFace for Film rating: 7 out of 7
Perfection is a rare commodity no matter where you look. In no place is this fact put to the test more, than in Hollywood. […]

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: Ghost Rider
Year: 2007
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Starring: Nicholas Cage, Eva Mendes
Rated: PG-13
NoFace for Film rating: 2 out of 7
Why did I watch this movie?
All the signs were there. Rotten Tomatoes has so far given it a miserable 24%. I found out the other day that it was directed by Mark Steven Johnson, the man responsible […]

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 […]

(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, […]

Title: Children of Men
Year: 2006
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Starring Cast: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine
Rated: R
NoFace for Film rating: 6 out of 7
I was ticked off when I first heard that Children of Men was only playing on 16 screens! Preposterous! I’d heard so many positive remarks about it and was disappointed to hear that I’d […]

Title: Doom
Year: 2005
Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Starring Cast: Karl Urban, The Rock, Rosamund Pike
Rated: R
NoFace for Film rating: 3 out of 7
Doom is based on the highly popular video game series of the same name, Doom 3 in particular.

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