Jeff's Reviews

Thoughts on every movie I've ever seen.

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Sully (2016)

Reviewed on Mar 16, 2017

It’s a dramatic real-life story, but maybe it’s not dramatic enough for a movie. Eastwood did what he could with the source material, but I’m just not sure there’s enough there. Not sure that all the flashbacks improved the story. If they did anything, they distracted from the fact that…

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Dirty Pretty Things (2002)

Reviewed on Mar 15, 2017

Kind of interesting, but it’s all a bit weird. The story doesn’t really build, it just kind of hovers in this unfamiliar, unstable place where you’re not really sure what’s going to happen next or what ever should happen next. It sort of delivers in the end. Ejiofor and Tautou…

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Ghostbusters (2016)

Reviewed on Mar 15, 2017

Lame story, good effects, a few small giggles. The girls have good chemistry. McKinnon’s got some talent. Appreciated all the cameos.

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Tickled (2016)

Reviewed on Mar 14, 2017

Interesting and a bit scary. Farrier’s careful organization of the content and casual and friendly eloquence makes it a pleasure to watch.

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Hell or High Water (2016)

Reviewed on Mar 14, 2017

Another story about the Texas cop smarter than all the rest, like No Country for Old Men and Nocturnal Animals. Overrated. Pretty good shootout scene, but not much else. Story is thin, decent performances. Is Ben Foster trying to look shittier with every passing year?

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Exam (2009)

Reviewed on Mar 14, 2017

Noble effort to make a small, claustrophobic drama like 12 Angry Men, but the mood is ruined by the characters trying to outcool each other with dialogue. Whoever was pulling focus on this film should be fired. Many of the closeups are distractingly blurry.

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Marley & Me (2008)

Reviewed on Mar 10, 2017

Polished and easy to like with all of the fun actors, but it’s a bit weird thematically. This is a tragedy disguised as a comedy.

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Resident Evil (2002)

Reviewed on Mar 10, 2017

Awful. Jovovich is nice to look at in a few scenes, but that’s about all there is.

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X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

Reviewed on Mar 9, 2017

Getting hard to keep all the stories straight. And to be honest, they’re all starting to get a bit repetitive. Quicksilver’s mansion run was good comedy.

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Logan (2017)

Reviewed on Mar 7, 2017

At the start, I’m confused about where and when we are. This is obviously a continuation of the X-Men story, but what has happened? Why are these the only mutants left? What happened to Magneto and all the others? I’ve been pretty faithful to the X-Men franchise, but did I…

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