http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:45:51 -0700 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:02:21 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d21-New-Moon-is-for-the-fans?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner Let this entire review be prefaced by the fact that I have not read any of the books in the Twilight series. This absolutely must be stated because it is a clear and obvious fact that these movies get better when you have read the books. There are... reviews action drama romance Fantasy Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:02:21 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d21-New-Moon-is-for-the-fans?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d13-The-Boondock-Saints-return-with-guns-blazing?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner The Saints come marching in.Here is the thing about Boondock Saints: you either love it, or you hate it. There's really no middle ground. Here is the thing about Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day. It's exactly the same thing, just more of it in every... reviews action comedy Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:50:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d13-The-Boondock-Saints-return-with-guns-blazing?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d13-2012-blows-things-up-not-much-else?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner Make not mistake about it, 2012 is big. However, bigger isn't always better. It isn't always worse either. At a whopping 2 hours and 40 minutes 2012 is the kind of action blockbuster that requires you to turn your mind off and then make sure you devo... reviews action Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:13:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d13-2012-blows-things-up-not-much-else?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d5-A-Very-Merry-Christmas-Carol?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner Creepy.If there is one story in the world for the film industry to fall back on at Christmas time (which Disney has decided starts today) it's A Christmas Carol. This is a story that's been adapted so many times it makes Shakespeare's adaptation reco... reviews movies animated Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:28:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m11d5-A-Very-Merry-Christmas-Carol?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d16-Wild-Things-is-wildly-different?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner Wild.Whatever you were expecting from Where The Wild Things Are stop expecting it. The movie is most likely in some way not what you think. 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The art o... reviews movies horror Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:17:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d9-Paranormal-Activity-delivers-the-fear?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d9-Swingers-guys-are-all-growds-up?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner Might make anything worthwhile.It happens to every comedian. They get older, and their comedy veers from that of the youth to that of the not so youthful. Couples Retreat is the epitome of this. The guys who made Swingers, possibly one of the most ic... reviews movies romantic comedy comedy Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:27:51 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d9-Swingers-guys-are-all-growds-up?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d9-Giveaway-Get-tickets-to-see-Ong-Bak-2-early?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner It is most likely that he will actually fight on an elephant.You like amazing martial arts action, right? You like it so much that you've got busts of Jackie Chan and Jet Li sitting around in your room. Those guys are old hat though, and a Thai actio... movies action Martial Arts Giveaway Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:45:00 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d9-Giveaway-Get-tickets-to-see-Ong-Bak-2-early?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d2-Whip-It-whips-up-the-girl-power?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner Whip it good.If you're famous in Hollywood and you want to direct the chances are it's going to happen. Film companies love putting name actors' names on their movies so when one wants to direct it usually happens. Sometimes it works out, other times... reviews sports comedy Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:26:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d7-Whip-It-whips-up-the-girl-power?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d2-Zombieland-has-it-all?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner Batter up.Zombieland has one flaw, and its so minuscule that it's almost not worth mentioning, but for any zombie movie lover it is important. See, it should really be called "Infectedland" as, according to the main character's narration, t... reviews horror comedy Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:54:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m10d2-Zombieland-has-it-all?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d25-Pandorum-brings-space-horror-back?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner Wakey, wakey.In the future, when interplanetary space travel is required because earth is about to be destroyed and we need to find a new planet, if the ships that are built are huge hulking things of metal with iron gratings and black tubing everyw... reviews movies horror Science Fiction Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:33:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d25-Pandorum-brings-space-horror-back?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d24-Surrogates-good-idea-poor-execution?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner Nice hair.Surrogates is possibly the most metaphysical film ever made. Not that it is trying to be, but it definitely could be. See Surrogates is about a world where humans basically live their lives through surrogate robots that they control from t... reviews movies action Science Fiction Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:36:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d24-Surrogates-good-idea-poor-execution?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d18-Jennifers-Body-is-rocking?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner Jennifer's body... literally.Jennifer's Body is a coming of age story about a teenage girl realizing who she is and what it means to be independent from others. Much like Diablo Cody's previous film Juno, it's the story of teenage life gone a little... reviews movies horror comedy Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:24:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d18-Jennifers-Body-is-rocking?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d10-9-is-not-so-fine?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner Pretty, but shallow.What an absolutely gorgeous and intriguing yet entirely underdeveloped and sadly shallow world the film 9 takes place in. It's like watching a painting come to life, and then realizing that the world of the painting is only as de... reviews movies animated Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:34:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d10-9-is-not-so-fine?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d4-No-issue-with-The-September-Issue?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner Wintour watching.There are two types of people in the world: those who know who Anna Wintour is and those who don't. The September Issue is a documentary that will easily be enjoyed by both these groups. Those who don't know who she is will find it ... reviews movies documentary Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:16:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d4-No-issue-with-The-September-Issue?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d4-Judge-extracts-the-plot-leaves-the-comedy?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner Hanging out by the pallets.It's pretty clear that at some point in time Mike Judge was a comic genius. Anyone who fails to see the satirical humor in Beavis and Butthead or who doesn't appreciate the comedic masterpiece that is Office Space is missin... reviews movies comedy Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:28:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m9d4-Judge-extracts-the-plot-leaves-the-comedy?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d28-Woodstock-wants-it-all-but-misses?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner Look at the colors!I was not alive to experience Woodstock, and since the hippie movement (or anything like it) doesn't seem to be coming back any time soon I seriously doubt I'll have the pleasure of ever experiencing anything like it. No, us twenty... reviews movies drama comedy Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:11:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d28-Woodstock-wants-it-all-but-misses?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d21-Post-Grad-shoudl-have-been-expelled?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner Annoying.There are bad movies and then there are bad movies. Bad movies have are just bad, but bad movies are insulting to the medium of film, the intelligence of the audience and humanity in general. When the highlight of your film is Michael Keaton... reviews comedy Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:33:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d21-Post-Grad-shoudl-have-been-expelled?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d14-Magic-on-the-screen-in-Ponyo?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner Adorable.Magic. That must be what Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki animate every film they make with. No other animation studio around breathes so much life and beauty into their films. Every hand drawn scene in every film teams with more life than m... reviews animated Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:22:55 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d14-Magic-on-the-screen-in-Ponyo?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d13-District-9-brings-humanity-to-aliens?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner They're here.There is one key thing the best science fiction films have in common, and that is that if you took out the aliens or lasers or spaceships or androids they'd still be compelling stories. Despite all the gadgets and gizmos in science ficti... movies action Science Fiction Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:24:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-939-New-Movie-Examiner~y2009m8d13-District-9-brings-humanity-to-aliens?cid=exrss-New-Movie-Examiner