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(complete lists of movie reviews for 2005, 2006, 2007)
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Movie Review of American Gangster (2007) [R] 157 minutes
WIP™ Scale: $13.50
Despite having two super-charged performances from Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington, American Gangsters, quite simply, is kind of a drag. Part of the problem, and there are many problems from which to choose, is that Director, Ridley Scott, likes to make slow-moving epics; and that, frankly, is what he's best at. Should a gangster picture be a slow-moving epic such that its running time of 157 minutes actually feels like 257 minutes? Most people would probably politely decline to answer the question. Second up there's the problem with the story. The story isn't sure what it's trying to tell. It's not a feel good story about a smart guy who works his way from the bottom of the feeding pond to the top-floor penthouse as was Will Smith's The Pursuit of Happyness. No, it can't be that because the main character, also a real person, is gangster Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington). He didn't make it to the top of his game with just his smarts, he used guns, murders, and drugs. Likewise, its not a feel good story about the lawyer cop who helps bring him to justice, Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe), because while Richie might be the most ethical cop in the history of New England, his personal life is far, far from it.…continued…or read the spoiler points…
Movie Review of Lars and the Real Girl (2007) [PG-13] 106 minutes
WIP™ Scale: $14.75
The story begins rather innocently. Lars Lindstrom (Ryan Gosling) leads an offbeat seemingly mundane life. After his father passed away, he and his brother, Gus, inherited the house. As Gus (Paul Schneider) and his wife Karin (Emily Mortimer) are about to have a baby, they move into the house, and Lars moves into the garage. Lars goes to work every day in his cubicle job doing what ever it is he does to earn his basic living. He interacts, though aloofly, with his co-workers but shuns the obvious advances of the 'new girl' Margo (Kelli Garner). He prefers to keep to himself, something that Karin cannot quite comprehend. For all her well-meaning moments, she tries desperately to unlock the enigma that Lars has become. But her attempts mostly fail as he defeats her kindness with simple stoic responses. Things are odd, but life in their small upper Midwestern town are pretty routine. That is until Lars receives a large crate in the mail one afternoon while at work.…continued…or read the spoiler points…
Movie Review of Sleuth (2007) [R] 86 minutes
WIP™ Scale: $14.25
Already an Academy Award®-nominated film for Best Acting in 1973 and starring Michael Caine, how deliciously intriguing to update and remake the film, this time from a Harold Pinter script, Mr. Caine in the elder role, and Jude Law in Caine's former role. Adapted from the play by Anthony Shaffer about a jealous older English gentleman who confronts his wife's lover directly ensnaring him in a clever game of cat and mouse, Mr. Pinter has crafted a delectable mind play that affords the two main actors the rare opportunity to do stage on screen.…continued…or read the spoiler points…
Movie Review of 30 Days of Night (2007) [R] 113 minutes
WIP™ Scale: $10.00
Imagine if you were a vampire, and it was true that exposure to the sun light caused your instantaneous incineration. And imagine you wanted to keep people thinking your kind was just a myth, but you still need to feed every so often. Where on earth would be your perfect hunting grounds? How about Barrow, Alaska which, each winter, endures 30 Days of Night? No daylight, too isolated for help to arrive in time, and plenty of pickings corralled up like cows awaiting the slaughter. Sounds to good to be true, but apparently the leader of the clan, a nasty, cold, blood-thirsty vampire named Marlow (Danny Huston) figured he'd give it a shot.…continued…or read the spoiler points…
Movie Review of Dan in Real Life (2007) [PG-13] 95 minutes
WIP™ Scale: $10.50
What is real life? Ever felt set up to really love a movie by the preview and then feel entirely let down? Well, be prepared for Dan in Real Life, it's just that sort of film. This bittersweet comedy and, with all due respect, most of the best comedy is in the preview, falls quite a bit short of expectations. It's not really that hard to see the flaws, either, which makes one wonder how it wasn't apparent to everyone involved. The story focuses on a single father, Dan (Steve Carell) who lost his wife to some illness four years earlier, struggling to raise three daughters: Jane 16ish (Alison Pill), Cara 14ish (Brittany Robertson), and Lilly 6 (Marlene Lawston). He's a local life columnist, sort of the Dear Abby for single parents. It's early fall, you know the time when everyone in New Jersey heads up to Rhode Island to help their parents close down the summer house causing their kids to miss school and driving their teachers crazy. Never mind that, Jane's upset because dad won't let her test out her new drivers license, Cara's very mad because she'd really rather stay and smooch Marty Barasco (Felipe Dieppa) her science lab, er lip locking, partner with whom she's fallen desperately in love during the course of the past three days, and Lilly, well, she's just six and still thinks her dad's pretty cool.…continued…or read the spoiler points…
Other Recent Reviews:
Saw IV (2007) [R] 95 minutes WIP™ Scale: $8.75
Reservation Road (2007) [R] 102 minutes WIP™ Scale: $12.50
Rendition (2007) [R] 120 minutes WIP™ Scale: $14.25
The Comebacks (2007) [PG-13] 85 minutes WIP™ Scale: $3.00
Gone Baby Gone (2007) [R] 114 minutes WIP™ Scale: $14.00
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) [R] 160 minutes WIP™ Scale: $14.25
Things We Lost in the Fire (2007) [R] 119 minutes WIP™ Scale: $13.00
Why Did I Get Married? (2007) [PG-13] 113 minutes WIP™ Scale: $13.75
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) [PG-13] 114 minutes WIP™ Scale: $12.75
Michael Clayton (2007) [R] 119 minutes WIP™ Scale: $13.25
We Own the Night (2007) [R] 117 minutes WIP™ Scale: $11.75
Into the Wild (2007) [R] 140 minutes WIP™ Scale: $13.75
The Heartbreak Kid (2007) [R] 115 minutes WIP™ Scale: $6.00
The Seeker: The Dark is Rising (2007) [PG] 94 minutes WIP™ Scale: $11.50
Across the Universe (2007) [PG-13] 131 minutes WIP™ Scale: $14.50
Eastern Promises (2007) [R] 100 minutes WIP™ Scale: $13.00
In the Valley of Elah (2007) [R] 124 minutes WIP™ Scale: $14.25
Feast of Love (2007) [R] 110 minutes WIP™ Scale: $11.50
The Kingdom (2007) [R] 110 minutes WIP™ Scale: $13.00
The Jane Austen Book Club (2007) [PG-13] 106 minutes WIP™ Scale: $14.50
The Game Plan (2007) [PG] 110 minutes WIP™ Scale: $13.00
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) [R] 95 minutes WIP™ Scale: $8.75
Film Premiere and Award Galas Star Photo Pages
complete archival list
BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards (2007) • Sleuth • Bee Movie • Dan in Real Life • American Gangster • Lions for Lambs • Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford • 30 Days of Night • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead • We Own the Night • Rendition • Reservation Road • Kingdom, The • Lust, Caution • Lars and the Real Girl • Why Did I Get Married? • Gone Baby Gone • Things We Lost in the Fire • Margot at the Wedding • The Heartbreak Kid • Across the Universe • The Darjeeling Limited • In the Valley of Elah • Michael Clayton
Brand New Movie Posters Just In:
[Archive List | TV Posters from 2006 / 2007]
New as of 1-Nov-07
(click any poster to purchase)
Recent Movie Star Birthday Tributes:
(see all birthdays: last month • this month • next month • all months)
| 4-Nov | 3-Nov | 2-Nov | ||||
| Matthew McConaughey | Dolph Lundgren | David Schwimmer | ||||
| click photo to purchase from MovieGoods.com | click photo to purchase from MovieGoods.com | ||||
| Also: Ralph Macchio Travis Van Winkle | Also: Roseanne Barr Kate Capshaw | Also: Sean Kanan | ||||
| 1-Nov | 31-Oct | 30-Oct | ||||
| Toni Collette | Justin Chatwin | Nia Long | ||||
click photo to purchase from MovieGoods.com | click photo to purchase from MovieGoods.com | click photo to purchase from MovieGoods.com | ||||
| Also: Dermot Mulroney Piper Perabo Rob Schneider | Also: Kevin Pollak | |||||
| 29-Oct | ||||||
| Winona Ryder | ||||||
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| Also: Brendan Fehr Ben Foster Kate Jackson |
Movies Now on DVD and Download:
(see the rest of this week's top releases)
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Spider-Man 3 (2007) [PG-13] -- W.I.P. Scale™ Rating: $13.25
Review-lite: With an overly ambitious, series finale-esque approach, Sam Raimi has packed a lot into two hours twenty minutes. The film is filled with great successes and minor disappointments. No doubt it's a special effect dream world that will probably play beautifully in video game form. With the themes of the duality of human nature and the need for forgiveness omnipresent, the film shows both the fun and dark side of the characters making for a film that entertains as much as it might provoke disdain. Nonetheless, if this is the final film, it has ended in good fashion, tying up loose ends and giving us most of what we wanted and needed to see. (click for full details and complete review) • (click to purchase Spider-Man 3)
Also This Week:
Captivity • Waitress • License to Wed • Talk to Me
Just Announced for Pre-Order:
Mr. Bean's Holiday • Balls of Fury • Shoot 'Em Up • 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
Previously Announced Available for Pre-Order:
3:10 to Yuma • Angel-A • Balls of Fury • Hairspray • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix • I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry • Live Free or Die Hard • Mr. Bean's Holiday • Ocean's Thirteen • Once • Paris Je T'aime • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End • Ratatouille • Rush Hour 3 • Shoot 'Em Up • Shrek the Third • Sicko • Simpsons Movie, The • Stardust • Superbad • Underdog • War
Download a surprise rental movie for 99c or less (M-Th)!
New films same day as DVD-$14.99
(DVD releases by week back to 12 June 2007)
Movies Coming Soon:
(complete calendar including links to official sites, trailers, and reviews updated through December 2008*)
Friday, 2 November
American Gangster • Bee Movie • Martian Child
in limited release only: Before the Devil Knows You're Dead • Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten • Darfur Now
Friday, 9 November
Fred Claus • Lions for Lambs • P2
in limited release only: No Country for Old Men • Saawariya
9-18 November
After Dark HorrorFest
Borderland • Crazy Eights • The Deaths of Ian Stone • Lake Dead • Mulberry Street • Nightmare Man • Tooth & Nail • Unearthed
Purchase After Dark Horrorfest 2006 films
*note: Studios constantly change release dates for films. Please be advised that the information on the coming soon page is updated often, but may not be exact.
Top 10 Hottest-Selling Movie Posters:
(source: our friends at
| #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 |
| American Gangster | Bee Movie | Saw IV | Into the Wild |
| #5 | #6 | #7 | #8 |
| Across the Universe | 30 Days of Night | Beowolf | The Golden Compass |
| #9 | #10 | ||
| Enchanted | Alien Vs. Predator 2 |
Movie Poster Extravaganzas:
(complete listing of all the movie poster extravaganzas that have been posted at movieEVERYday.com plus a calendar of ones coming soon)
Saw fans can rejoice in celebrating the film franchise status for their beloved horror films about malevolent traps being sprung on people with a devious purpose. Here, as is tradition, the franchise is honored with its own movie poster extravaganza.
movieEVERYday.com Record:
on 18 September 2007 a record 15 people were visiting mEd.com at the same time!
(Win a movie poster from our collection: send us a screenshot and the date and time, if you happen to see this record broken, and you will be entered into a drawing to win a movie poster from our collection. Drawing to be held on 31 Dec 2007)
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