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doctor7
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Member Since: Mar 24, 2006
Location: British Columbia, Canada
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Bio: Canadian full time theatre college student hoping to get into film. Fingers crossed and whatnot. I try to enjoy and find something positive about every film I watch.
Featured Reviews
85 Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) - Jan 11, 2008
Mini-Review: The director's cut is a much more enjoyable version than the theatrical release. Even though no massive changes were made the pacing issues were completely resolved. The special effects are good, for the time, and it's got some very nice sci-fi cinematography. Star Trek matured phenomenally from the TV-series and instead of coming across as somewhat hokey you can seriously invest interest in the characters and story without feeling like any time was wasted.
77 Eight Legged Freaks (2002) - Aug 13, 2007
Mini-Review: It starts out trying to scare you but once the spiders have appeared the movie completely reverses into a comedy and, to be honest, I found that to be most agreeable. After all, once the initial scare has warn off it's hard to keep such a thing going so switching to becoming a comedy was an bold and welcomed move. While not an excellent film it was definitely entertaining.
97 Kingdom of Heaven (2005) - Feb 24, 2007
Mini-Review: I'm reviewing the Director's Cut here and I can honestly say it's the best Ridley Scott film and one of the best films I've ever seen. It's visually stunning with a superb soundtrack. Many didn't like Bloom but I found him perfect for the part he plays. Not a traditional tough-guy hero but a very moral one that relies on his intelligence and reasoning more than his brawn. Everyone else in fantastic as well. Jeremy Irons, Liiam Neeson, Alexander Siddig, the whole lot. Brilliant film.
84 Mystery Team (2009) - May 27, 2010
Mini-Review: I went into this film completely blind, as I had never heard of Derrick Comedy, and I can assure you I was very impressed. Not every single joke is dynamite hilarity and some do fall flat. However a lot of them are downright hilarious. If the thought of The Hardy Boys investigating gritty crimes like on CSI appeals to you then this will certainly entertain. Sure some of the acting is spotty in places but this is still well worth seeing.
91 In the Loop (2009) - Mar 11, 2010
Mini-Review: In the Loop is absolutely genius film making. It combines the intelligence of the West Wing with probably the most inventive swearing ever to grace the silver screen. Peter Capaldi is brilliant as Malcolm Tucker and steals the show undoubtedly, much like in the TV series The Thick of It. There is no low brow humour in this at all, even the crass swearing can go over one's head. This is easily one of the best black comedies of the decade.
80 Ip Man (2008) - Feb 19, 2009
Mini-Review: Certainly one of the better kung fu movies to come out in the past while. It's got it's share of over the top melodrama but let's be fair, what kung fu flick doesn't? Donnie Yen kicks some major ass and actually creates a character with impressive depth and personally I think he's one of the best martial arts actors out there, specifically because he can actually act. If you like martial arts films this is certainly a movie to see.
70 Independence Day (1996) - Feb 24, 2007
Mini-Review: It's a fun action movie with snippets of humour. Don't expect anything logical or sophisticated and you'll be entertained.
87 Bronson (2009) - Feb 07, 2010
Mini-Review: Superb surreal film. I can't say I've seen anything like it. Oddly enough, as absolutely brutal as the film is, I find it absolutely hilarious in parts due to how absurd it is. Undoubtedly it's comedy of the blackest possible kind but if you get it, it's fantastic. Tom Hardy is absolutely brilliant and manages to not only display who Bronson is but what happens in his mind as everything unfolds from his mind, no doubt as he has spent the majority of his life in solitary.
91 Solaris (2002) - Aug 13, 2007
Mini-Review: I haven't seen the original as of writing this review but I absolutely loved this film. If the original is better then I can't wait to see it. George Clooney is fantastic in this and everyone else is quite good as well. The soundtrack is phenomenal, even the Insane Clown Posse song actually fits (I can't believe I just said something positive about ICP). A great surreal science fiction film.
75 The Blair Witch Project (1999) - Feb 20, 2007
Mini-Review: It's not great but it's still pretty freaky. I'm very, very impressed at how well it turns out for just being a student film. The entire film is unsettling with the "is it real or in their heads" angle. And the ending, my lord, I loved the ending. I honestly don't see why it gets so much hate.