tháng 9 2011 ~ The Larsen Film Review

Hachi - A Dog's Tale: Hachiko (2009)

A straight-to-video release in the US, this film was actually in the theaters in Japan. It is very loosely based on a true story of a Japanese professor in the 1930's (maybe 40's I forget), who's dog waited every day for him at the train station even after he died. Entertainment...

Have you ever heard the scientific study that says that humans actually only use 10% of their brain? Well this movie... that I'll go ahead and call a science fiction... plays to the idea that a drug can allow you to use all 100% and achieve your full potential. Great concept......

I'm not sure why, but I love prison movies. This one is even based on a true story. It won the Golden Globe for best Drama Motion picture, was nominated for 6 Oscars and won two.. but not Best Picture... which it lost to The Deer Hunter which I gave a 9/10. Tough year. We start...

This Bollywood comedy stars Aamir Khan, who is probably the most popular actor in India at this time. He stars in films such as Lagaan, Rang De Basanti, Earth, and Like Stars on Earth. The only one of those that I have seen is Like Stars on Earth, and I did enjoy it. I gave...

This was the 9th out of 10 foreign films from last year I really wanted to see. Sadly Life, Above All STILL isn't out on DVD, but is projected for a Dec. 6th, 2011 release. I can't say I knew anything about this one other than it was really depressing... and boy is it. The...

Gael García Bernal [The Motorcycle Diaries, Y Tu Mamá También, Babel] and Luis Tosar [Miami Vice] [the two guys on the poster] star in a movie about a filming crew trying to shoot in Bolivia amidst the locals protesting the governments privatization of the water supply....

Kristen Wiig has to be the funniest actress in a leading role right now. After watching her in roles with no freedom... Adventureland, Extract, Date Night, etc she has really shown how funny she can be as of late. She took Paul from being a joke to decently funny, and...

Another IMDB Top 250 film from the 2001 Edition that I was able to find in HD. It has been on the Bubbling Under list, which is the 251-500 on imdb. So he has been hovering outside of the top 250 for quite a while, so I wanted to check it out. I really thought this was some...

Winner of the golden globe for the best dramatic film in 1953 and nominated for four Oscars and won two. Another cinemascope release, and one that I was able to find in high def, which made it look really nice. Starring Richard Burton, who plays Marcellus a Roman tribune who...

Just over 10 years now since Scream 3's release, we rejoin this horror series with a decade having passed in the characters lives as well. A little bit of a jump on horror month for me, and one that I thought I might have to do some research into what happened in the previous...

The fourth film in the Pirates series, this one of course uses the 3D gimmick, and replaces Keira Knightley with Penélope Cruz in the leading lady role. Part of me gets annoyed that this series is still going, while part of me is happy that something other than really bad horror...

Simon Pegg has now been in a number of films, and impressively a number of these have gained enough popularity in England to create a buzz in the US. A co-worker suggested this film to me when they learned that I had run several marathons so I thought it was worth a shot. It...

So this is a very dirty movie, there really isn't much to say to defend it as art. Banned in a number of countries, rated 18+, NC-17, X in all other countries, which most artistic films have at least a few rating groups that are ok with mild sexuality. The film starts with...

John Steinbeck's East of Eden was a very popular film, less for the quality of the film, and more for what happened surrounding the film. The film stars James Dean who died in a car crash around the time of this films release, and was then awarded the first posthumous nomination...

Winner of 5 Oscars and nominated for 5 others. This film will forever be known as the one that beat Citizen Kane [8/10]. Not only Kane, but it also beat out Sergeant York [8/10] and my favorite of the list The Maltese Falcon. The simple fact is that in 1942 this was the better...

Part of Peter Traver's Top 10 list from 2000, I gave this comedy I haven't heard much about a shot. Come to find out that the cast includes Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alec Baldwin, Julia Stiles, and a few other faces you would recognize. Also there is an uncredited...

After taking a little time off from writing it feels like a long time ago that I reviewed Killer's Kiss and mentioned that I saw this Kubrick film. I really struggled to understand this film, is it supposed to be a comedy? or drama? did they really have a lot of dark comedies...

As I was putting together a movie list from my 501 Must See Movie book I came across this film and wanted to see it right away. I found it at the library the next week, but it still took me a while to get to. Nominated for 7 Oscars including best picture, and winner of 1 [Cinematography],...

Nominated for three Oscars in 2001 and on the imdb top 250 2001 Edition, a list I am making little effort to finish at the moment. This film came out recently in high definition so I decided to give it a shot. Categorized as comedy, but probably closer to just a drama. The...

Mel Gibson stars as a mentally unstable father, who after failing to commit suicide, takes refuge by speaking through a Beaver puppet he found in a dumpster. Jodie Foster stars as the wife of Gibson in her 3rd film as director. Her first time to direct in 16 years and she didn't...

Winner of three Oscars at the 1987 awards show, art direction, costumes, and adapted screenplay. It was nominated for five others including picture and director, and it lost to Platoon [you won't hear me arguing that decision]. This film is the screen debut of Helena Bonham...

This was a fairly controversial film in the 1950's because, as the film's disclaimer says at the start, this is fiction and there has never been a mutiny in the US Navy. It was more than slightly frowned upon to make a film that didn't show the military in the best light less...

I have been meaning to watch this one for a while. Honestly I was waiting for an opportunity when I didn't need to pay full attention. I've seen this one categorized as a documentary, but you aren't learning anything, there is no narration, and I don't consider a few lines about...

I think 1/2 of the fun when watching a comic book movie is learning the background of the character. The process of going from a normal person to a superhero brings out the imagination in all of us. I think this is why films like Iron Man do so much better than their sequels....

Jake Gyllenhaal stars in this science fiction action film about a man who wakes up in someone else's body on a train about to be bombed. There, that is your one sentence on what this movie is about, I don't want to say much more. I've heard it compared to a action film with...

This has to be one of the most interesting films that I have seen in a few years. It is a science fiction film with no special effects and no action. How does that work you might ask, well the entire film is a conversation. We really only have one set and the cast is filled...

For some reason I thought this was Stanley Kubrick's first film. I was wrong, it was his second. Fear and Desire (1953) was his first, but nevertheless I have now seen 12 of his 13 feature films [I will review Lolita next week, #12], I've seen a higher percentage of his films...

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Hachi - A Dog's Tale: Hachiko (2009)

Limitless (2011)

Midnight Express (1978)

3 Idiots (2009)

When We Leave: Die Fremde (2010)

Even the Rain: También la lluvia (2010)

Bridesmaids (2011)

Boys Don't Cry (1999)

The Robe (1953)

Scream 4 (2011)

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

Run, Fat Boy, Run (2007)

Last Tango in Paris: Ultimo tango a Parigi (1972)

East of Eden (1955)

How Green Was My Valley (1941)

State and Main (2000)

Lolita (1962)

The Mission (1986)

Billy Elliot (2000)

The Beaver (2011)

A Room with a View (1985)

The Caine Mutiny (1954)

This Is It (2009)

Thor (2011)

Source Code (2011)

The Man from Earth (2007)

Killer's Kiss (1955)

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