Phone Booth

3/4 stars

Tense and well constructed, Kiefer is chilling, but I had higher hopes when I heard the premise. A great director and a better screenplay could have made a masterpiece out of this.

Writtem July 10. 2007.

Batman & Robin

0.5/4 stars

What a piece of shit. I can't call it the worst comic book movie ever made, because I don't want to trudge through its competition, but it's easily the worst big budget, big hype comic book movie I've ever seen. If I seem overly wary of the genre at times, this movie is probably the reason why.

Written July 22, 2007.

Batman Forever

1/4 stars

God, this movie is terrible. Though it has the benefit of a few good actors (Kilmer, Jones) to balance out the not so good (Nicole Kidman consistently fails to impress me, and in 1995 Jim Carrey simply wasn't an actor yet) and a few redeeming moments, the overall product is an insultingly stupid bastardization of everything Batman is supposed to be. Instead of gritty, moody, psychologically complex crime drama, we get this garish carnival of over the top design, direction and personalities.

Written October 15, 2007.