Month: August 2011

Columbiana vs. Irene

ColombianaThere are some strong women in this world. Can “Columbiana” pack a punch, or is “Irene” dropping the hammer?

It was a frighteningly stormy Sunday morning. This wacko named “Irene” had been working her way up the coast and had just entered the peaceful town of Norwood, Mass. I looked out the window, and I’m not kidding you, crazy Irene was snapping tree branches like they were toothpicks! She was tossing lawn furniture like Bobby Knight coaching at an Indiana Hoosiers basketball game! At one point I think I saw a cow fly by my sliding glass door, just like a scene out of “Twister.” I could feel it in my bones, this lady was coming for me. Continue reading Columbiana vs. Irene

Help! Help! Oh, it’s The Help

TheHelpThe Help… I hear it’s a great book. I know it’s a great movie.

HELP! HELP! HELP!!!! Yes, that’s right, today I am reviewing the movie “The Help.”

I’ve had many, many girlfriends (both past and present… and some future) come up to me and say, “This is one great book,” and I can’t believe that they made a book out of this excellent movie! But being a professional movie reviewer, I can firmly say that the movie is ALWAYS better than the book. Let me give you an example: when I was younger I read the comic book “Transformers.” Now granted it was a great book, but it didn’t even come close to the movie! That’s just one example, there are many more out there. But I digress, back to the review. Continue reading Help! Help! Oh, it’s The Help

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

RiseofthePlanetofhteApesCan apes someday overtake Norwood… and eventually Earth? Read this review and you decide!

It was somewhat of a slow week at the cineplex for me. I only got to see one movie. It just so happens that I saw that “one movie” twice. The film was “Rise of the Planet of the Apes.”

Now, I bet my loyal and dedicated readers are asking themselves, “did Matty like this movie?” Well, seeing that I saw it twice in a weekend, my answer would be “do monkeys like bananas?” Heck yes I liked this movie! Even a primate would love this film!

Unlike the 2001 Tim Burton vehicle, “Planet of the Apes” (starring Boston’s own Mark Walhberg), this film tells the story of how the apes rise and overtake planet Earth (in the 2001 film, Wahlberg’s character crash lands in an already sophisticated ape society). Continue reading Rise of the Planet of the Apes

A review of the summer blockbuster.

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CaptainAmerica_TheFirstAvengerIt was a sweltering Friday afternoon, I had just finished making the world pretty (one lawn at a time) and the sun had been beating down on my balding head for a solid 10 hours. I needed to cool off… and what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a showcase cinema and eight tiny movies playing inside.

OK, so they weren’t tiny movies. As a matter of fact the movie I was going to see was a blockbuster. That film was “CAPTAIN AMERICA: The First Avenger.”

Now if you are at all familiar with me, you may know that I am a science fiction geek. That’s not to say that you won’t catch me at an “artsy-fartsy” independent film, but when these big budget sci-fi flicks hit the theatre, I’m the first in line to see ’em… seriously. I’m the first one in line and when people try to cut me, I shake my head, laugh out loud and say, “I don’t think so.” Continue reading A review of the summer blockbuster.