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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Boring British stuff. Although it has my favorite character name of all time, Zaphod Beeblebrox....
Lord of War
Kind of Recommended with qualifications. A black comedy polemic about arms dealers. Nick Cage is...
A Sound of Thunder
Not Recommended. This is a movie based on the famous short story about time travel...
The Cave
Not really Recommended. Alien under the earth. The movie is half decent as a survival...
The Brothers Grimm
Partially recommended. This Terry Gilliam creation has a fictional version of the brothers who created...
Four Brothers
Not Recommended. Four adopted brothers return to their home town to get revenge on their...
Sky High
Recommended. This is a live action version of The Incredibles, and I loved it. And...
The Island
Recommended. Okay, Michael Bay, formula action movie with tons of non-sequitur action sequences. But so...
Saints and Soldiers
Recommended. A great little story about a small group of Allied soldiers behind enemy lines...
Fantastic Four
Ambivalent Recommendation. I say ambivalent because, while on the one hand, I enjoy comic book...
War of the Worlds
Not recommended. Another humanistic epic that destroys transcendence and in so doing, destroys the goodness...
Batman Begins
Recommended. Best of ‘em all. A more realistic Batman. And Deeper Batman, one that probes...
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Recommended. Two Assassins (Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt) are married to each other and don’t...
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Not Recommended. A gazillion dollar extravagant waste of two and a half hours. Yeah! It’s...
The Kingdom of Heaven
Not really recommended. Ridley Scott is one of the finest filmmakers in Hollywood. He is...
Sahara
Kinda recommended for popcorn fun only. I was a Dirk Pitt fan when I was...
Sin City
Not Recommended. This is a visual masterpiece of cinematography that more accurately translates a black...
Constantine
Recommended with qualifications. Constantine is a mixed bag of good and bad theology with high...
Assault on Precinct 13
Not really Recommended. The story of a group of bad cops assaulting an old police...
Flight of the Phoenix
Recommended. Great popcorn adventure movie. Actually, a survival adventure movie about a group of people...
National Treasure
Not Recommended. This is a boring predictable action movie. Yeah, it has a good moral:...
Alexander
Not Recommended at all. BORING. A movie about Alexander the Great done by Oliver the...
Ladder 49
Recommended. A slice of life type movie about a young firefighter. What is so interesting...
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Not really recommended. This is a popcorn action flick without much heart or soul. Looks...
Paparazzi
Not Recommended. Rising action star’s new fame turns to horror when a pack of paparazzi...
Alien Vs. Predator
No recommended. Not much to this sci-fi action cat and mouse film. It’s more of...
The Manchurian Candidate
Not really recommended. I was mildly and happily surprised that this movie about mind control...
The Bourne Supremacy
Not really recommended. This movie sequel to The Bourne Identity, was a good popcorn type...
I, Robot
Recommended. This movie is a rather predictable and somewhat boring action movie. But it is...
King Arthur
Kinda recommended for it’s interesting take on an epic legend, but not really recommended because...
Spiderman 2
Recommended for it’s morality, but not so much for it’s story. I say this because,...
To End All Wars
Very Highly Recommended. Possibly one of the best films ever made. Okay, I wrote the...