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Movie Reviews
We Bought a Zoo
If the title of this move is scaring you off, don't let it. We Bought a Zoo is a sweet, charming, relatively realistic film, based on a very real zoo, with terrific performances from everyone involved, but especially Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson.
The Artist
A quiet little gem (actually a silent gem). A very humorous thing given that it is a silent movie—is that the three people sitting behind us ate potato chips for an hour straight. We felt like we were in one of those Sid Caesar skits.
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
I spent a couple hours in Tom Cruise's house last year and found him down to earth, funny, not short and very focused. So I'm delighted to say that this Mission: Impossible is one of his best. Absolutely terrific action scenes, especially the one at the tallest building in the world in Dubai. Storyline may be a little too convoluted, but otherwise a lot of fun. Worth seeing in iMax.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
I'm not a huge fan of convoluted story telling. If a friend told us a story in the style of this film many of us would find ourselves interrupting and saying, "I'm not quite following you, and I'm not sure that I want to." At certain times this kind of stylization derives from an inability to get a narrative down clearly and succinctly. That isn't the case here. These filmmakers knew exactly what they were doing. This is premeditated confusion. It just isn't my cup of tea. Which is not to say that it's a bad movie, or a flawed piece of art—it's just not me.
The Iron Lady
I expected to love this, and I didn't. I didn't even like it. Meryl Streep is very good, but—for me—this isn't one of her best performances. More important, I didn't care for the story's structure—moving back and forth between Margaret Thatcher as a dotty old lady, and her rise to become England's first woman prime minister. I would've preferred far more of the latter, the good old-fashioned bio pic.
100's More
= James's Favorites
- 3:10 to Yuma
- 21
- 27 Dresses
- 30 Minutes or Less
- 50/50
- 88 Minutes
- 127 Hours
- 300
- (500) Days of Summer
- 1408
- The A-Team
- Abduction
- Across the Universe
- Adventureland
- All About Steve
- Alpha Dog
- Amelia
- The American
- American Gangster
- Angels & Demons
- Animal Kingdom
- Anonymous
- Appaloosa
- Armored
- Arthur
- The Artist
- The Astronaut Farmer
- Atonement
- August Rush
- Avatar
- Babel
- Baby Mama
- Babylon A.D.
- The Back-Up Plan
- Bad Lieutenant
- The Bank Job
- Barney's Version
- Be Kind Rewind
- Beastly
- Becoming Jane
- Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
- Beginners
- Beowulf
- Beverly Hills Chihuahua
- The Big Year
- Black Swan
- The Blind Side
- Blue Valentine
- Body of Lies
- The Book of Eli
- The Bounty Hunter
- The Bourne Ultimatum
- The Box
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
- The Brave One
- Breach
- Bride Wars
- Brideshead Revisited
- Bridesmaids
- Brooklyn's Finest
- Brothers
- The Brothers Bloom
- Brüno
- Buck
- The Bucket List
- Bucky Larson
- Cadillac Records
- Cairo Time
- Captain America: The First Avenger
- "Carlos"
- Cedar Rapids
- Changeling
- Charlie Wilson's War
- Chéri
- City Island
- Clash of the Titans
- Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
- The Company Men
- The Concert
- Confessions of a Shopaholic
- The Conspirator
- Contagion
- Conviction
- Cop Out
- Country Strong
- The Crazies
- Crazy Heart
- Crazy, Stupid, Love.
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Daddy's Little Girls
- Dan in Real Life
- The Dark Knight
- Date Night
- The Day the Earth Stood Still
- Daybreakers
- Death at a Funeral
- Death Race
- The Debt
- Defiance
- Der Baader Meinhof Complex
- The Descendants
- Despicable Me
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- Did You Hear About the Morgans?
- Dinner for Schmucks
- District 9
- Disturbia
- Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
- The Double
- The Double Hour
- Drag Me to Hell
- Dreamgirls
- Drillbit Taylor
- Drive
- Drive Angry
- The Duchess
- Due Date
- Duplicity
- Eagle Eye
- Eastern Promises
- Easy A
- Easy Virtue
- Eat Pray Love
- Echelon Conspiracy
- Eclipse
- Edge of Darkness
- Elegy
- Enchanted
- Eragon
- Everybody's Fine
- Everything Must Go
- The Expendables
- The Express
- The Eye
- Factory Girl
- Fair Game
- Fame
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- Fast & Furious
- Fast Five
- Faster
- The Fighter
- Fighting
- Fired Up!
- Footloose
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall
- Four Christmases
- The Fourth Kind
- Fracture
- Fred Claus
- Friends With Benefits
- Fright Night
- From Paris with Love
- Frost/Nixon
- Funny People
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
- The Game Plan
- Gamer
- Get Him to the Greek
- Get Low
- Get Smart
- Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
- Ghost Town
- The Ghost Writer
- A Girl Cut in Two
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
- The Girl Who Played with Fire
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Going the Distance
- Gone Baby Gone
- The Good German
- The Good Shepherd
- The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
- Gran Torino
- The Green Hornet
- Green Lantern
- Green Zone
- Greenberg
- Grindhouse
- Grown Ups
- The Guard
- Hairspray
- Hall Pass
- Halloween
- Hancock
- The Hangover
- The Hangover Part II
- Hannah
- Hannah Montana: The Movie
- Hannibal Rising
- The Happening
- Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Pt 2
- He's Just Not That Into You
- The Heartbreak Kid
- The Hedgehog
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army
- The Help
- Henry Poole Is Here
- High School Musical 3: Senior Year
- Horrible Bosses
- Horton Hears a Who!
- Hot Tub Time Machine
- The House Bunny
- How Do You Know
- How to Train Your Dragon
- Hugo
- The Hurt Locker
- I Am Legend
- I Am Number Four
- I Can Do Bad All by Myself
- I Don't Know How She Does It
- I Know Who Killed Me
- I Love You, Beth Cooper
- I Love You, Man
- I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
- The Ides of March
- In Bruges
- In the Land of Women
- In the Loop
- In Time
- In the Valley of Elah
- Incendies
- Inception
- The Incredible Hulk
- Inglourious Basterds
- Inside Job
- Insidious
- The International
- The Invasion
- Invictus
- The Invisible
- The Iron Lady
- Iron Man
- Iron Man 2
- It Might Get Loud
- It's Complicated
- It's Kind of a Funny Story
- J. Edgar
- The Jane Austen Book Club
- Jennifer's Body
- Johnny English Reborn
- Jonah Hex
- Julie & Julia
- Jumper
- Juno
- Just Go With It
- The Karate Kid
- Kick-Ass
- The Kids Are All Right
- Killer Elite
- The King's Speech
- The Kingdom
- Knight and Day
- Knocked Up
- Knowing
- Kung Fu Panda
- Lady Chatterley
- Lakeview Terrace
- Land of the Lost
- Lars and the Real Girl
- The Last Airbender
- Last Chance Harvey
- The Last House on the Left
- The Last Song
- Law Abiding Citizen
- Leatherheads
- Legion
- Letters from Iwo Jima
- Letters to Juliet
- Limitless
- The Lincoln Lawyer
- Lions for Lambs
- Little Fockers
- Live Free or Die Hard
- The Losers
- Love and Other Drugs
- Love Crime
- Love Happens
- The Lucky Ones
- MacGruber
- Mad Money
- Made of Honor
- Madea Goes to Jail
- Madea's Big Happy Family
- Mamma Mia!
- Man on Wire
- Management
- Margin Call
- Margot at the Wedding
- Max Payne
- The Mechanic
- The Men Who Stare at Goats
- The Messenger
- Michael Clayton
- Milk
- Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
- Moneyball
- Mr. Bean's Holiday
- Mr. Brooks
- Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
- Mr. Popper's Penguins
- The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
- Music and Lyrics
- My Best Friend's Girl
- My Sister's Keeper
- My Week with Marilyn
- The Namesake
- Nanny Diaries
- Nanny McPhee Returns
- National Treasure: Book of Secrets
- Never Back Down
- New Moon
- New Year's Eve
- Next
- Next Day Air
- Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
- Night at the Museum
- Nights in Rodanthe
- Nim's Island
- Ninja Assassin
- No Country for Old Men
- No Strings Attached
- Notes on a Scandal
- Notorious
- Ocean 13
- Observe and Report
- Obsessed
- Old Dogs
- Once
- One Day
- The Other Boleyn Girl
- The Other Guys
- P.S. I Love You
- Pan's Labyrinth
- Paranormal Activity 2
- Paul
- Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
- A Perfect Getaway
- Perfect Stranger
- The Pink Panther 2
- Pirate Radio
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
- Precious
- Predators
- Premonition
- Pride
- Pride and Glory
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
- A Prophet
- Public Enemies
- Punisher: War Zone
- Quantum of Solace
- Race to Witch Mountain
- Rachel Getting Married
- Rambo
- Rango
- Ratatouille
- The Reader
- Real Steel
- The Reaping
- Red
- Rendition
- Repo Men
- Rescue Dawn
- Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D
- Revolutionary Road
- Righteous Kill
- The Rite
- The Road
- Robin Hood
- RocknRolla
- Role Models
- Roman de gare
- The Roommate
- Rudo y Cursi
- The Ruins
- The Rum Diary
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
- Scream 4
- Season of the Witch
- The Secret in Their Eyes
- The Secret Life of Bees
- Semi-Pro
- The September Issue
- Seraphim Falls
- Seven Pounds
- Sex and the City
- Sex and the City 2
- She's Out of My League
- Sherlock Holmes
- Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
- Shine a Light
- Shooter
- Shrek Forever After
- Shrek the Third
- Shutter Island
- Sicko
- The Simpsons Movie
- The Sitter
- Skyline
- Slumdog Millionaire
- The Social Network
- Something Borrowed
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice
- The Soloist
- Soul Surfer
- Source Code
- Speed Racer
- Spiderman 3
- The Spiderwick Chronicles
- The Spirit
- State of Play
- Star Trek
- Step Up 2 the Streets
- Stomp the Yard
- Stop-Loss
- The Strangers
- Sunshine Cleaning
- Super 8
- Superbad
- Surrogates
- Synecdoche, New York
- Taken
- Takers
- The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
- Taking Woodstock
- The Tale of Despereaux
- Tell No One
- Terminator Salvation
- Then She Found Me
- There Will Be Blood
- This Is It
- Thor
- The Three Musketeers
- The Tillman Story
- The Time Traveler's Wife
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- The Tourist
- The Town
- Toy Story 3
- Transformers
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- Transporter 3
- Transsiberian
- Tropic Thunder
- True Grit
- Twilight
- Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
- U2 3D
- The Ugly Truth
- Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
- Unknown
- Unstoppable
- Up
- Up in the Air
- Valentino: The Last Emperor
- The Valet
- Valkyrie
- Vantage Point
- A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas
- Venus
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Volver
- W.
- The Wackness
- Waiting for Superman
- Waitress
- WALL·E
- Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
- Wanted
- Warrior
- The Warrior's Way
- Watchmen
- Water for Elephants
- The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
- We Are Marshall
- We Bought a Zoo
- Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
- What Happens in Vegas
- What Just Happened
- What's Your Number?
- Where the Wild Things Are
- Whiteout
- Wild Hogs
- Win Win
- Winter's Bone
- The Wolfman
- The Women
- The X Files: I Want to Believe
- X-Men: First Class
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine
- Year One
- Yes Man
- You Don't Mess with the Zohan
- You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
- Young Adult
- Your Highness
- Zack and Miri Make a Porno
- Zodiac
- Zombieland
- Zookeeper
