Response to Criticism of This Here Blog

Every once in a while I'll get a criticism/critique of something controversial that I've posted here or elsewhere. I welcome these kinds of things because I think having more conversation about any topic is a good thing. After all, the issue that I support is probably controversial and should be..... more

Gladiator

02/06/2010          Rating: 9.25

Even though it received much critical acclaim I think that this was one of the more underrated movies of the last 20 years.  more

Ronin

01/30/2010          Rating: 6

This one had been on the "watch" list for a while, mostly because it was one of the few De Niro films that I had not seen. The first half of the movie was actually fairly interesting. The story begins with a bunch of strangers being assembled to pull of  more

A Serious Man

01/29/2010          Rating: 8.5

The latest entry into the Coen Brothers' catalog is a dark comedy dressed up as a drama. I'm at a bit of a loss to describe the film. It is rather slow-moving but I've never minded such movies as long as the script is good. I guess I'd say that  more

500 Days of Summer

01/02/2010          Rating: 6

I spotted this movie on many "best of 09" lists and decided to look it up on rottentomatoes. What is the first thing it says in tag line? "If you liked 'High Fidelity', you'll love this movie. Well as luck would have it I LOVED HF so I decided to  more

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