Directed by: Steven Soderbergh. Starring: Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law. Runtime: 1h 46 min. Released: September 9, 2011. Some spoilers follow. During our Coronavirus pandemic, it seems like everyone is watching Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion. Last week I think this was at No. 35 on the Most Popular Movies IMDb chart and as of this … Continue reading Contagion (2011), and my thoughts on the Coronavirus/COVID-19
Tag: 2011
29 Days of Romance, Review #10: Midnight in Paris (2011)
Directed by: Woody Allen. Starring: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard. Runtime: 1h 36 min. Released: May 20, 2011. I have some Woody Allen films on my watchlist and I thought I’d start with Midnight in Paris because it seems the most interesting. This is only my second Woody Allen film after watching the mediocre, … Continue reading 29 Days of Romance, Review #10: Midnight in Paris (2011)
29 Days of Romance, Review #9: The Artist (2011)
Directed by: Michel Hazanavicius. Starring: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman. Runtime: 1h 40 min. Released: November 25, 2011. When I sat down to watch The Artist, I wasn’t sure if I’d love it based on the first scene, as our main character George Valentin (Jean Dujardin), an egomaniacal silent movie star in 1927, stands … Continue reading 29 Days of Romance, Review #9: The Artist (2011)
Mission: Impossible reviews – Ghost Protocol (2011), Rogue Nation (2015)
Released: December 21, 2011. Directed by: Brad Bird. Starring: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg. Runtime: 2h 12 min. Brad Bird directs his first-live action film with Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol after doing the great film The Incredibles. I think his sense of humour is one of the reasons this entry has so many funny … Continue reading Mission: Impossible reviews – Ghost Protocol (2011), Rogue Nation (2015)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Released: June 29, 2011. Directed by: Michael Bay. Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whitely, Tyrese Gibson. Runtime: 154 min. A fault for me for the Transformers films is the fact that they can work as stand-alone films because Optimus Prime gives a little narration at the beginning of each film, which also introduces a new artifact … Continue reading Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Released: June 3, 2011. Directed by: Matthew Vaughn. Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence. Runtime: 132 min. X-Men: First Class opens with what opened the original X-Men, but Matthew Vaughn adds his own stylish direction to it and extends the story. It introduces what motivates Erik Leshnerr (a.k.a. Magneto) and the main villain – … Continue reading X-Men: First Class (2011)
Rio (2011)
Release Date: April 15, 2011. Director: Carlos Saldanha. Stars (voices): Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Jamie Foxx. Runtime: 96 min. Blue Sky Studios produces decent animated movies; from the Ice Age flicks to Horton Hears a Who! to Epic. The studio is just that, though, decent. Their movies aren't anything extraordinary usually - and that's just the case with … Continue reading Rio (2011)
Red State (2011)
Released: September 29, 2011. Directed by: Kevin Smith. Starring: Michael Parks, Melissa Leo, John Goodman. Runtime: 88 min. I must give respect writer/director Kevin Smith for giving us something we haven't seen from him before. There's only one laugh in the entire movie. It's a nice change of pace for him, but not a great … Continue reading Red State (2011)
Just Go With It (2011)
Released: February 11, 2011. Director: Dennis Dugan. Stars: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman. Runtime: 117 min. One can only watch an Adam Sandler flick so many times before it gets worn out. Apparently, one could only watch "Just Go With It" twice before it gets worn out. Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston have a … Continue reading Just Go With It (2011)
The Smurfs (2011)
Released: July 29, 2011. Director: Raja Gosnell. Stars: Hank Azaria, Neil Patrick Harris, Jonathan Winters. Runtime: 103 min. This is not my type of movie. I watched it because I wanted to see how bad of an animated movie many people say it is. It's torture, in all honesty. I feel bad for all the … Continue reading The Smurfs (2011)