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Robots
Not really recommended. This CGI animated story about a small town robot that wants to...
The Downfall
Recommended. I confess a morbid fascination with what went on down in that Fuehrerbunker during...
Be Cool
Not Recommended. Chili Palmer leaves the movie business to try his hand in the music...
The Jacket
Recommended with Caution. A thought-provoking postmodern film that uses the questioning of reality and dreaming...
Because of Winn Dixie
Partially recommended. A well-intentioned family film by Walden. Walden’s Holes was mediocre, and this one...
Constantine
Recommended with qualifications. Constantine is a mixed bag of good and bad theology with high...
Hitch
Recommended with caution. This is a very well written romantic comedy. Lots of great insights...
Coach Carter
Highly Recommended. This is an amazingly preachy movie that I absolutely LOVED. Which in my...
Hide and Seek
Kind of Recommended. A spooky thriller about a father, Robert DeNiro whose daughter meets an...
Meet the Fockers
Not really recommended. The sequel to the hilarious Meet the Parents. This one is the...
Assault on Precinct 13
Not really Recommended. The story of a group of bad cops assaulting an old police...
Hotel Rwanda
Highly Recommended. A simple black hotel manager in Rwanda rescues over a thousand refuges from...
Little Black Book
Not very recommended. Feminist parable about the unreliability of men for female happiness. But its...
Million Dollar Baby
Partially Recommended with Extreme Caution. Boxing trainer reluctantly trains an eager young woman to be...
In Good Company
Recommended with Caution. I was moved by this story of a fifty-year old being demoted...
Flight of the Phoenix
Recommended. Great popcorn adventure movie. Actually, a survival adventure movie about a group of people...
Beyond the Sea
Not Recommended. Boring biography about Bobby Darin. This guy’s life and character and music was...
Spanglish
Kind of Recommended. James Brooks is a brilliant dramedy director. I recommend his stuff because...
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
Not Recommended. I put this into the category of boring expensive kid’s films like Harry...
The Aviator
Not Recommended. All right. I have decided to announce the Triumvirate of Mediocrity: Martin Scorsese,...
Sideways
Not Recommended. These guys are good filmmakers. About Schmidt was brilliant. Election was naughty, but...
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Not Really Recommended. On one level, I really enjoy Wes Anderson films because he comes...
Ocean’s Twelve
Not Recommended. I dreaded having to watch this film. Paying for this movie is thievery....
Kinsey
Not Recommended. This movie is terribly dishonest and morally criminal. It is the cliché accusation...
Hero
Not Recommended. Tarantino is not to be trusted. This movie is boring. I walked out...
The Machinist
Recommended with caution. This is a great moral tale about guilt and consequences of sin....
National Treasure
Not Recommended. This is a boring predictable action movie. Yeah, it has a good moral:...
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Not recommended. I loved the first one because it was a modern version of Pride...
Finding Neverland
Hard to Recommend. This is a complex one. This film is really quite brilliant, and...
The Incredibles
Highly Recommended. I won’t say it. I won’t say it was “incredible.” No. It was...
Alexander
Not Recommended at all. BORING. A movie about Alexander the Great done by Oliver the...