PlanetWisdom Movie Reviews

My Sister's Keeper

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:16:06 -0500

If a movie can make you cry repeatedly, does that make it good? The answer probably depends on the viewer. If you love crying movies, "My Sister's Keeper" will make your Hall of Fame. If not, ask your mom and your sister to drop you off at a movie with lots of explosions. And then ask them not to tell you about it later.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:15:28 -0500

In our mostly positive review of the first "Transformers" movie, we said -- in a good way -- that it was "a film built for the 8- to 14-year old boy inside of all of us." Unfortunately, "Transformers 2" feels like a film made BY the 8- to 14-year-old boy in all of us. Twice. And if you're an 8- to 14-year-old boy who has ever made a movie, you should absolutely be offended by that.

Year One Review

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:16:34 -0500

My friends Collin told me that to get one bad movie out of your head you've got to watch nine good ones in a row. By that math, you're going need a couple of dozen good films on hand after watching "Year One." Or you could just skip it in the first place.

Land of the Lost Review

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:24:22 -0500

I remember watching the low-fi sci-fi Krofft kids show "Land of the Lost" when I was a kid. With its low-budget sets and obvious "guy in a lizard suit" monsters, it had a kind of goofy retro appeal and became a nostalgia hit as fans of the show grew up. I guess that's reason enough to spend $100 million dollars to turn it into a silly "adult" Will Ferrell comedy.