http://mymovienews.net I'm not really a film critic, I just play one on the Internet! Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:35:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 http://mymovienews.net/tyson-the-man-and-the-madness/ http://mymovienews.net/tyson-the-man-and-the-madness/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:49:43 +0000 Sinoun http://mymovienews.net/?p=2708 They say that comedians are often the saddest souls around. It might follow then, that the toughest guys are also the most vulnerable. But if Mike Tyson is an indication of what lurks beneath a bad-ass, vulnerability is only the beginning. “Iron” Mike grew up on the meanest streets of Brooklyn, a place where the [...]]]> http://mymovienews.net/tyson-the-man-and-the-madness/feed/ 1 http://mymovienews.net/where-the-wild-things-are/ http://mymovienews.net/where-the-wild-things-are/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:25:17 +0000 Sinoun http://mymovienews.net/?p=2616 Watching “Where the Wild Things Are” felt like one giant acid trip. Not that I’ve ever experienced such a thing. In fact, no one’s ever even said to me “Hey man, why you trippin?” But I imagine, that if I were to ever find myself sliding down that slippery slope, it would involve cuddly, [...]]]> http://mymovienews.net/where-the-wild-things-are/feed/ 0 http://mymovienews.net/500-days-of-summer/ http://mymovienews.net/500-days-of-summer/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:01:19 +0000 Sinoun http://mymovienews.net/?p=2289 This movie is not for the Katherine Heigl, Jennifer Aniston or Kate Hudson camp. You can add Matthew McConaughey to that list, because this isn’t your standard romantic comedy. In fact, it’s not even a love story, according to the narrator, “It’s a story about love” – a witty, fresh, funny and insightful look [...]]]> http://mymovienews.net/500-days-of-summer/feed/ 0 http://mymovienews.net/paper-heart-and-meeting-charlene-yi/ http://mymovienews.net/paper-heart-and-meeting-charlene-yi/#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:28:48 +0000 Sinoun http://mymovienews.net/?p=2078 Earlier this summer I attended the Montreal premiere of Paper Heart, starring Charlyne Yi (who incidentally was on hand to present the film – more on that later) and if you’ve seen the trailer, then the movie is pretty much everything you expect it to be: cute, clever, quirky, funny and original. The topic itself [...]]]> http://mymovienews.net/paper-heart-and-meeting-charlene-yi/feed/ 1 http://mymovienews.net/meeting-eli-roth-at-inglorious-basterds-premiere/ http://mymovienews.net/meeting-eli-roth-at-inglorious-basterds-premiere/#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:36:19 +0000 Sinoun http://mymovienews.net/?p=2407 Special thanks to my pal Walter for the following post on his meeting with the surprisingly hot, Eli Roth. Is it wrong to liken a Jewish guy to the first pope? by W.J. Lyng The first time I saw Reservoir Dogs was a major moment in my life. The film not only introduced me to Quentin Tarantino, it [...]]]> http://mymovienews.net/meeting-eli-roth-at-inglorious-basterds-premiere/feed/ 0 http://mymovienews.net/public-enemies/ http://mymovienews.net/public-enemies/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:45:02 +0000 Sinoun http://mymovienews.net/?p=2222 Mix feelings resulted after my initial viewing of Public Enemies a few weeks ago. On the one hand, Johnny Depp gave a stand-out performance, and on the other hand the movie’s central feature of heavy artillery tired me endlessly. Gun-lovers with a reverence for violence will pee their pants with excitement, but the sissy [...]]]> http://mymovienews.net/public-enemies/feed/ 0 http://mymovienews.net/how-to-be-review/ http://mymovienews.net/how-to-be-review/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:01:09 +0000 Sinoun http://mymovienews.net/?p=1944 I finally got around to watching How to Be, the indie-flick starring Robert Pattinson which I had been looking forward to for some time now. Here’s the thing with almost every single movie I anticipate - it never meets my expectations (with the exception of The Dark Knight).  Granted, I have a tendency to create unrealistically [...]]]> http://mymovienews.net/how-to-be-review/feed/ 0 http://mymovienews.net/terminator-salvation/ http://mymovienews.net/terminator-salvation/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:55:01 +0000 Sinoun http://mymovienews.net/?p=1868 My motivation’s been M.I.A lately even though Blockbuster season is in full swing. It just feels kind of pointless to write anything worth reading when you’re pretty certain your audience base is smaller than the latest iPod incarnate. But I think I’ve been submerged in self-pity long enough – there’s no point in stalling anymore. [...]]]> http://mymovienews.net/terminator-salvation/feed/ 3 http://mymovienews.net/star-trek/ http://mymovienews.net/star-trek/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 20:01:16 +0000 Sinoun http://mymovienews.net/?p=1781 I was really excited about watching Star Trek, and I’m not even a Trekkie or anything. In fact, I’ve never seen an episode  – I always thought it was…you know, lame. But this Star Trek is different. This is the stuff of the new generation -  a cooler kind of mission with a hotter rendition of [...]]]> http://mymovienews.net/star-trek/feed/ 5 http://mymovienews.net/x-men-origins-wolverines-one-major-flaw/ http://mymovienews.net/x-men-origins-wolverines-one-major-flaw/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 00:27:17 +0000 Sinoun http://mymovienews.net/?p=1637 I’m not saying I didn’t like the movie. But when the credits came and we all turned to each other for the verdict, the unanimous answer was an unenthusiastic “It was good”, except for maybe one person who said “It was really good” but I suspect it had more to do with her lust [...]]]> http://mymovienews.net/x-men-origins-wolverines-one-major-flaw/feed/ 5 http://mymovienews.net/5-ways-watchmen-couldve-been-better/ http://mymovienews.net/5-ways-watchmen-couldve-been-better/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:00:12 +0000 Sinoun http://mymovienews.net/?p=788 Out of the 9 of us who saw this movie the other day, only one said he really liked it. One said it was “okay”. The rest of us had less flattering things to say: “I struggled to stay awake” “The love scene was bizarre” “It was so damn long” “This movie was lame” “WTF?” That last one was me [...]]]> http://mymovienews.net/5-ways-watchmen-couldve-been-better/feed/ 4 http://mymovienews.net/street-fighter-the-legend-of-chun-li-why-it-was-the-worst-movie/ http://mymovienews.net/street-fighter-the-legend-of-chun-li-why-it-was-the-worst-movie/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:04:28 +0000 Sinoun http://mymovienews.net/?p=771 If you knew a movie was going to be REALLY bad, would you watch it anyway? The logical thing would be not to, but as Street Fighter proves, logic can be a limited resource. I knew from the trailer that this film would feature amateur fight sequences, absurd dialogue, cheesy special effects and some of the [...]]]> http://mymovienews.net/street-fighter-the-legend-of-chun-li-why-it-was-the-worst-movie/feed/ 0 http://mymovienews.net/seven-pounds-review/ http://mymovienews.net/seven-pounds-review/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:04:26 +0000 Sinoun http://mymovienews.wordpress.com/?p=190 I haven’t seen any new movies lately, so I’ll review one I saw a while ago that I just never got around to writing about. And since this movie didn’t fare as well as expected at the box office, chances are many of you have been missing out. Seven Pounds is a film unlike any [...]]]> http://mymovienews.net/seven-pounds-review/feed/ 0 http://mymovienews.net/thoughts-on-tropic-thunder/ http://mymovienews.net/thoughts-on-tropic-thunder/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:08:57 +0000 Sinoun http://mymovienews.wordpress.com/?p=57 A few weeks ago the Dark Knight was finally dethroned after dominating the box-office for most of the summer. It was bound to happen eventually, but I was hoping it would break more records, say, the longest-running number one movie in history for instance – you know, something like that. Maybe film-goers got tired of [...]]]> http://mymovienews.net/thoughts-on-tropic-thunder/feed/ 0