Matt Damon
Movie Review: Drive-Away Dolls
3.5 stars out of 5 “Does anybody remember laughter?” as Mr. Plant once asked. The comedy film, once a reliable staple of the multiplex, has become nearly extinct. Sure, there are humorous elements in the increasingly crummy Marvel movies, and there are rom-coms but they more rom than com. For those of us who truly […]
Movie Review: Stillwater
3.5 stars out of 5My thought process on deciding to see this movie, which from the trailer looked, you know, dusty and not that interesting: 1) I’m a fan of Matt Damon and he usually chooses quality projects. 2) Oh, it was directed by Tom McCarthy, who I love: The Station Agent, The Visitor, Win […]
Movie Review: Ford v Ferrari
3 stars out of 5 I dig fast cars and Matt Damon. I do not dig rooting for big stupid companies. Eh, I gave the movie a chance. Meh, I reacted. Starts out pretty promising. Driver’s point-of-view, speeding through a race course at night. Cool. And if there has been a previous movie about the […]
Movie Review: Suburbicon
4 stars out of 5 With the Brothers Coen seemingly preoccupied with their upcoming Netflix series The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, we may have to wait a while for a true Coen Bros. cinematic offering. Still, their last writing-only work, Bridge of Spies, was a more than worthwhile stopgap, and there was no reason to […]
Movie Review: The Martian
3.5 stars out of 5 I’d seen the trailer a while ago, but by the time The Martian came out, I totally forgot what it was about. Martians, maybe? I saw a picture of Matt Damon looking all astronaut-y. Maybe he befriends a martian? Maybe he *is* a shape-shifting martian? (Ooh, not a bad idea […]
Movie Review: The Monuments Men
3 stars out of 5 Due to crappy weather and even crappier offerings at the box office (which is never really a surprise either after the holidays or in late summer), I had not been to the movies yet in 2014. But I am an unrepentant Cloonephile, so I finally got around to seeing Monuments […]
Movie Review: Elysium
2.5 stars out of 5 District 9 was my 7th-favorite movie of 2009. It was raw sci-fi mixed with humor and much political subtext, particularly to apartheid-era South Africa. The film referenced earlier classics while creating something totally new. So what if we gave writer/director Neill Blomkamp a bigger budget and a couple of top […]
Movie Review: The Bourne Legacy
3.5 stars out of 5 I saw the first Bourne movie on a plane, and liked it a lot. The second one, I watched on-demand at home, and also enjoyed quite a bit. Vowed to see the third one in a theater, which I did, and by gum, very satisfying once again. Had the fourth […]
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