tháng 5 2011 ~ The Larsen Film Review

Point Break (1991)

If you could make a new tagline for the film it would be: "Tank Girl trains Neo to surf." Back when Keanu Reeves really couldn't act all that well, this action film about an FBI agent that takes down a group of bank robbing surfers. Starring Reeves, with support from Patrick...

I had high expectations of this film after enjoying the first film. Sadly I found this one very disappointing. A film clearly set up for a trilogy since it didn't even get to the part we all want to see... Ip Man training Bruce Lee. The film focuses on his migration from China...

I can't say that I even knew what an Oscar was in 1993, but after watching this film I completely agree with the nominations it received. John Malkovich was nominated for best performance in a supporting role... perfect because he made this film worth watching. Film editing,...

A powerful and sometimes hard to follow [at least for me] film about a mother's final wishes from her will. This Canadian film gave In a Better World a run for the Oscar this year after winning a number of film festivals. I am unfamiliar with anyone associated with the film....

Not only is this an action film based on a video game, but is was also produced by Disney. The two contradict each other in so many ways, video games are all about "lives" and killing, and most Disney action movies have little to no death. The first HD movie I watched on my...

For a second year I've been really into the documentary category of the Oscars and try and watch a handful of short list picks that didn't get a nomination. It really helps me get a feel for what the academy thinks is worthy and if going beyond there picks is worthwhile. For...

Director Doug Liman [The Bourne Identity] brings together Naomi Watts and Sean Penn for the first time since 2003's 21 Grams in a film dramatizing the Valerie Plame incident. Valerie [Watts] is a CIA operative who is exposed by Scooter Libby and Karl Rove when her husband...

A film that I would have understood a little better if I would have taken the time to read the one line synopsis on imdb, "A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder." That is a wonderful way to sum up this film without ruining it for...

It is hard not to assume that this film was only given Oscar and Golden Globe foreign film nominations solely for starring Javier Bardem, a well known name in a category that has a lot of unknowns. I have to remind myself that the committee that picks the 5 nominees from the...

Filmsite seemed to think this film was worth mentioning. Directed by Orson Welles and starring Anne Baxter and Tim Holt. The film is an adapted screenplay of Booth Tarkington's Pulitzer Prize winning 1918 novel. This was actually the middle book of a trilogy which might explain...

The first of many foreign films on the Action 101 list. Steven Jay Schneider can't seem to help himself making the list almost 1/3 foreign (1/2 if you count James Bond as foreign). This French film spawned 3 sequels and an American remake. Starring Samy Naceri, who went on...

Having watched the original a couple weeks ago, and needing to get this one over with, I scheduled some time for this long sequel. I was concerned from the start since the main character completely changed from the original, Charlie Sheen to Shia LaBeouf. The film starts with...

Call me over-eager but this year I've been all about themed months, and June is action movie month. I finished up the filmsite top 100 and was ready to get a head start on action month. for Christmas I got Schneider's 101 Action Movies to See Before You Die, and over the next...

I'm not one for the romance genre, but this mystery romance was quite interesting and not that bad. Directed by Max Ophüls, a German director that I have yet to see a film by. This film was one of the last for me to finish the filmsite.org's top 100 movies. Starring and centered...

A film from the imdb modern top 250. This film is about a young boy Shaun [Thomas Turgoose] who joins a group of skinheads lead by Combo [Stephen Graham]. Shaun hasn't had a father figure in his home and is picked on because his mother can't afford decent cloths for him. Combo...

A residual of musical month, this one was a late arrival from my library rentals so it took me a little while to get to. Not to mention this is a 3 hour film. Starring Judy Garland and James Mason the restored version that I watched had a number of pieced together scenes where...

A film styling that reminded me a lot of Pan's Labyrinth, a kid's fantasy with adult themes. A film that Ebert put in his top 10 list of the year, and one that I can't say that I loved. The film takes place at a hospital in LA where a stuntman has hospitalized after jumping...

It took a lot for me to actually give this film a chance, I don't regret the decision, but I don't feel like I found a sleeper hit either. A film that was on the Oscar radar for a while but had a delayed release and wasn't as warmly accepted as it could have been. The film...

With Wall Street 2 coming out this last year I though it would be good to check out the original first. Starring Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas, Daryl Hannah, and Martin Sheen. Fittingly Charlie's real father Martin, also plays his father in this film. The film is centered...

Growing up I read the first three books in this seven book series. This was the last one I read and chronicles the voyages of Prince Caspian. It is the least interesting book from what I remember, but it is the best film so far in the series. With less than 1/2 the votes on...

So the Russian film about escaping Siberia [The Edge: Kray] was nominated for a golden globe, and the American film with a similar concept was nominated for an Oscar. Jim Sturgess (Across the Universe and 21) stars in a film based on true events about a small group that escape...

From one of the producers of ER and The West Wing this film is about how CEO greed affected employees at the company. With a $15 million budget and only about $5 million grossed so far, it is pretty clear that this country isn't interested in films highlighting what some many...

Directed by and starring Stephen Chow this is the biggest Hong Kong film to date. Highest grossing in Hong Kong and the most US screens. The film is slapstick kung fu, after watching it I downloaded the poster, and if you zoom in you will see the quote they brag at the top....

A classic John Ford western starring Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp. Not the best title for a film, which lead me to think it might even be a romance. Some might say it is a romantic western, but that is kind of an oxymoron. A film that finished the filmsite.org top 100 for me, this...

Wow! This was not what I expected at all. Ridley Scott's take on the classic story is much different than you would expect and you need to go into this movie understanding that. I was very confused the first 20 minutes as I tried to connect what was going on with the story...

The next in the ever growing line of Jason Statham action films. Typically one that I would skip, but I saw the second name... Ben Foster. Foster takes on unpredictable roles; films like Alpha Dog, 3:10 to Yuma, and The Messenger were all stronger films thanks to him. The...

At the tail end of musical month, the biggest musical of the year could not be skipped. Not to mention as a Golden Globe winner, for Cher's song, I had to get this one end at the end. I'm not really sure I know who the target audience was for this film. I idea of the film stems...

Since I rarely read the synopsis of a film before watching it [ironic I write reviews for others to read huh?], I didn't know if I should expect a comedy or drama on this film. For some reason it only seems like comedies from this era make it onto any of the lists I'm working...

I didn't expect much out of the latest helping of Jack Black cinema. A one dimensional actor that you know ahead of the time if you like or not. I'm a fan of The School of Rock and have found most of his films hit or miss since. So right off the bat if you don't like Jack Black...

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Point Break (1991)

Ip Man 2: Yip Man 2 (2010)

In the Line of Fire (1993)

Incendies (2010)

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)

Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (2010)

Fair Game (2010)

The Next Three Days (2010)

Biutiful (2010)

The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

Taxi (1998)

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)

The Getaway (1972)

Letter From An Unknown Woman (1948)

This is England (2006)

A Star is Born (1954)

The Fall (2006)

Get Low (2010)

Wall Street (1987)

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)

The Way Back (2010)

The Company Men (2010)

Kung Fu Hustle: Kung Fu (2004)

My Darling Clementine (1946)

Robin Hood (2010)

The Mechanic (2011)

Burlesque (2010)

Dodsworth (1936)

Gulliver's Travels (2010)

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