http://www.cinemablend.com/ Movie and DVD Reviews en-us Copyright 1997-2005 Joshua Tyler Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:38:23 -0600 CinemaBlend.com josh@cinemablend.com 60 There are a million interesting things about 1930s gangster folk hero John Dillinger, from his expert manipulation of the press to his trick of robbing banks and letting the customers keep their money. But somehow Michael Mann, who has made an entire movie about Dillinger, IPublic EnemiesI, seems interested in none of it. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:37:43 -0600 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=4002 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=4002 Living in a world dominated by over-engineered, cynically manufactured disposable pop its easy to forget that the more pure origins of modern music are barely half a century old. Back in the 60s, rock roll simultaneously shocked and breathed new life in to a stuffy post war populace. iThe Boat That Rockedi is a gleeful love letter to a time when pop music first exploded and became the soundtrack to a new generation. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:33:53 -0600 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3862 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3862 Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. But their family is rocked by sudden, heartbreaking news that forces them to make a difficult and unorthodox choice in order to save their baby girls life. The parents desperate decision raises both ethical and moral questions and rips away at the foundation of their relationship. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:37:13 -0600 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3987 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3987 ITransformers: Revenge of the FallenI is an exhausting experience. Its an assault on the senses, a visual blur of incomprehensible, never-ending action. Its like standing in the middle of a dust storm and opening your eyes to let the grit pour in. Car parts fly around the screen as if in a scrap metal tornado, a tornado which were told is a group of robots beating the hell out of each other, but without a pause button its impossible to comprehend where one robots fist ends and the others face begins. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:42:18 -0600 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3973 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3973 Lazy, transparent, disposable and at its worst, boring, IIce Age: Dawn Of The DinosaursI is a sometimes beautiful piece of animation consistently ruined by unfocused directing, bizarre editing choices, phoned-in voice acting, and a script which is neither witty nor filled with momentum Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:44:30 -0600 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3971 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3971 Youll find a few laughs in IYear OneI. A scene in which Jack and Michael ride on their first ever wheeled conveyance as if its a roller coaster is clever and sure to get laughs as are most of Platts half-whispered, high-pitched monologues. Its just not enough. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:16:37 -0600 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3965 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3965 As a whole IWhatever WorksI is a fun and funny sit, a dose of old-school Allen he wrote the script around the same time as IAnnie HallI ladled on top of a new New York that, after all these years, still needs him. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:06:22 -0600 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3958 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3958 Director Kathryn Bigelows Iraq war movie ignores almost the usual trappings of the by now well traveled modern desert warfare genre in the process accomplishes something almost none of those other movies was capable of: Its good. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:00:25 -0600 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3957 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3957 Sam Bell is nearing the end of his contract with Lunar. Hes been a faithful employee for 3 long years. His home has been Selene, a moon base where he has spent his days alone, mining Helium 3. The precious gas holds the key to reversing the Earths energy crisis. Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:43:08 -0600 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3951 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3951 IThe ProposalI is exactly what you expect it to be, then again maybe its not. All the usual romantic comedy clichs are present, and all the usual characters are too. So by the way, are the usual actors with Sandra Bullock doing yet another rom-com and the ever talented Ryan Reynolds drifting further and further away from the interesting films he should be doing into the Matthew McConaughey vortex of endless paychecks, shirtless moments, and critical scorn. Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:40:16 -0600 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3952 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3952 The best that can be said for IImagine ThatI is that its inoffensive even if Haden Churchs Whitefeather comes pretty close, though kids will surely grow restless with all the shots of stock graphs and chatter about oil pipelines in the Middle East Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:41:28 -0600 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3946 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3946 IThe Taking of Pelham 1 2 3I is a conversation, a few words exchanged between two men thrust into a high-pressure situation. Theres not much more to IPelhamI than that, not even enough really, to fill out the minimum ninety minutes necessary for any major Hollywood movie. Director Tony Scott compensates, by stuffing the moments between their words with trippy, stylistic cityscapes which have absolutely nothing to do with whats going on in the story except as a time killer. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:56:51 -0600 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3931 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3931 Not quite a true polemic, and building slowly to its heady steam of outrage, IFood Inc.I is a call to arms that slips into you slowly, until at the end youre convinced youll never eat another french fry that you didnt see cooked with your own eyes. Its the same effect that IFast Food NationI, IOmnivores DilemmaI and other books and articles have had on millions of readers, but if IFood Inc.I can help spread the message that our food system needs serious overhaul, then more power to it Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:06:05 -0600 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3945 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3945 Watching Will Ferrell run away from herky-jerky, stop-motion dinosaurs is a concept that is, inherently funny. Unfortunately director Brad Silberling doesnt use stop-motion dinosaurs or anything else that might be regarded as a sight-gag in his attempt to turn the extremely low-budget, classic Saturday morning television series ILand of the LostI into a full-blown comedy. Instead he buries his movie in the latest of high-tech wizardry and, unexpectedly, treats the whole Land of the Lost mythos in a fairly businesslike fashion. Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:14:21 -0600 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3911 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3911 theres no reason to watch this movie when its all done better in IMy Big Fat Greek WeddingI, or in virtually any other movie in which someone gets their groove back. The primary crime of IMy Life in RuinsI isnt that its unoriginal, but that it doesnt even try. Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:58:59 -0600 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3919 http://www.cinemablend.com/review.php?id=3919