Nathan Adams in Temple of Reviews

Mar 6, 2010

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Shutter Island (2010) ****/*****

Not really a big fan of Martin Scorcese. Let’s just get that out of the way right in the beginning. Raging Bull, slow and overrated. Goodfellas, painfully lame. Kundun, didn’t see it. Lately though, the man has been having a bit of a career resurgence, at least in my…

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Nathan Adams in Temple of Reviews

Mar 5, 2010

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Zodiac (2007) ***/*****

So, David Fincher is a good director. You give David Fincher a movie to make, chances are he’s going to put it together better than just about anybody else you could scrounge up. Problem is, David Fincher is not a writer. In a medium where a piece of work is only marginally better or…

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Nathan Adams in Temple of Reviews

Mar 5, 2010

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) ***/*****

When I first heard that famed crap-monger Jerry Bruckheimer was producing a film based on a theme ride at Disney World my head almost exploded at the monumental absurdity of the idea. Couple this with the fact that it was to be…

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Nathan Adams in Temple of Reviews

Mar 23, 2010

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Precious (2009) ***/*****

Lee Daniels is making himself quite a career out of getting black actresses Academy Award nominations. He did it for Halle Berry in 2001 with Monster’s Ball and now he’s done it both for new-comer Gabourey Sidibe and where-did-she-come-fromer Mo’Nique with Precious. I came into…

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Nathan Adams in Temple of Reviews

Mar 5, 2010

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Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005) ***/*****

Going into Mr. And Mrs. Smith, it is important to know that the film is unintelligent and completely implausible. If you’re not going to be able to get past that, don’t go. If you’re going to go into the movie, detect plot holes, announce them to everyone around you…

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Nathan Adams in Temple of Reviews

Mar 8, 2010

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Alice in Wonderland (2010) ***/*****

When it was announced that Tim Burton’s next project was going to be a live action version of Alice in Wonderland, I’m sure it came as a surprise to no one. The surreal, mind bending scenery as described by the original Lewis Carroll story and as depicted in the…

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Nathan Adams in Temple of Reviews

Mar 27, 2010

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The Top Ten Films of 1994

As a means of introduction and as bit of a writing exercise, I have decided to begin counting down my top ten…

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Nathan Adams in Temple of Reviews

Mar 5, 2010

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Superman Returns (2006) ***/*****

For me, Superman Returns is like the bi-polar art school girl that you can’t help but go out with even though you know there’s going to be complications later. While the film is visually stunning, and fully realized when it comes to casting, production design, and…

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Nathan Adams in Temple of Reviews

Mar 6, 2010

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The Book of Eli (2010) ***/*****

The newest film by brothers Albert and Allen Hughes sees suntanned superman Denzel Washington playing the titular role of Eli, a David Carradine-esque samurai wanderer in a perhaps too familiar looking post apocalyptic landscape. Don’t be so quick to judge, however…

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Nathan Adams in Temple of Reviews

Mar 5, 2010

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The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) **/*****

Director Jay Chandrasekhar is best known for his work making Super Troopers and Club Dread with his fellow comedy troupe members of Broken Lizard. I’ve been told by several people with decent taste that these two movies are funny. However, these people don’t have…

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