Stuff by Steve

RV (Good)
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Good)
Last Holiday (Good)
Failure to Launch (OK)

Synopsis: Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings Trilogy) remakes the 1933 story of a giant ape discovered on a mysterious island who falls in love with the leading lady of a movie that is filming on location there.

Peter Jackson has earned a solid - er, nigh infallible - reputation for himself of late, given the […]

Synopsis: The main characters from the original Ice Age attempt to escape an impending flood - the result of the warming of the ice age they just survived - and make some new friends in the process.

I liked the first Ice Age (the movie, that is, not the geological condition). I thought it was […]

Synopsis: A biopic of legendary boxer James J. Braddock.

There are three kinds of dramas that appeal to men. These are a) the inspirational biography, b) the classic sports movie, and c) the inspirational biographical classic sports movie. “Cinderella Man” fell squarely in the third category. A reflection on a rough period in […]

Synopsis: A remake of a 1977 comedy by the same name, Dick Harper (Jim Carrey) loses his VP job as a major corporation. Frustrated by his misfortune, he and his wife (Téa Leoni) turn to crime to “keep up with the Joneses.” The catch: they are not criminals, just misguided suburbanites.

Somewhat reminiscent of […]

I watched this one on DVD the other day. Actually, I watched it again the other day as well. The fact that I would watch a movie more than once is at least something of an indicator that the movie was worth watching, although rare exceptions can occur. In this case, the […]

This review contains comments that may spoil the film if you haven’t seen it; in this case, refrain from reading the italicised text (but it shouldn’t matter anyway).

In concept, this movie held a lot of promise (how many times have I said that?). Imagine your favourite childhood fairy tales told as if drawn […]

“A Lot Like Love” was a little bit like a modern “Romeo and Juliet” without the Shakespearean tragic ending (I won’t say exactly how it ended, but nobody lost their life - sorry if that upsets anyone). Here we experienced the agony of two people who were perfect for each other but were kept […]

The Wedding Date portrayed the escapades of a scorned woman who hired a gentleman escort to make her ex-fiancé feel jealous. On paper, a textbook chick flick. In practice, well… For starters, the movie tried to be both profound and funny, but failed miserably at both. It was clear that the […]

After two (some would say three) failed attempts at living up to the great stuff produced in the Michael Keaton/Jack Nicholson outing of Batman, Warner Bros. decided to clean the slate and start from the beginning. Alleged not to be a prequel but a “new beginning to a new franchise,” Batman Begins started things […]