Pick a Post:
149 Years a Slave: What to do with Steve McQueen’s 
Penance Porn
All We Like Zombies: The Real Apocalypse
Apology Accepted, Mr. Nolan: Thoughts 
on the Dark Knight and How He Rises
Father Abraham of Lies: Spielberg’s Lincoln
A Good Day Dies Hard: 10 Thoughts
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Peter Jackson 
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Non-Fiasco
J.J.’s Trek: Thrill Ride, Lead Foot
Les Mis, You’ve Killed the Dream I Dreamed
Love and Savage: How Orthodoxy Lives Again in the Violence of The Passion
Movie Reviews: 21 to 500 Days of Summer
Movie Reviews: Act of Valor to The Aviator 
Movie Reviews: Babette’s Feast to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Movie Reviews: The Calcium Kid to The Crucible
Movie Reviews: The Dark Knight to Duplicity
Movie Reviews: Eagle Eye to Everything is Illuminated
Movie Reviews: The Fall to Frequency
Movie Reviews: Galaxy Quest to Guarding Tess
Oscars 2013 Wows and Whoopsies
Red Dawn: A Rather Terrible Good Movie
That Was Teamwork! The Best Movie Buds Ever
Trance: A Disaster of Danny Boyle Proportions 
What Thor 2 Should Have Learned From The Empire Strikes Back
Pick a Movie:
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Captain America: The First Avenger
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Die Hard 4.0: Live Free or Die Hard
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Pick a Rating
1 star: Horrible. This movie shouldn’t exist.
1.5 stars: Hardly better. This movie should exist in Hell where it can torture demons who are above this sort of thing.
2 stars: Pretty darn bad. You can salvage a few things out of it like leftovers out of a dumpster.
2.5 stars: Precious little good — not enough for me to recommend the movie except on a piecemeal basis to a mature soul who wants to sit there with his thumb on the FF button.
3 stars: Meh. I may have tolerated the first time, but I’m probably not watching it again.
3.5 stars: Some really good stuff (and I’ll even see it again), but you should watch it on the alert so you can grapple with the bad.
4 stars: Solid. Really enjoyed it even if it never quite sent me soaring — or maybe it did, but that’s just me and the movie isn’t actually impressive enough to give a 5.
4.5 stars: Super-duper. Highly recommended. Watch it.
5 stars: Out of this world. Brilliant in every way as well as one of my personal favorites (though it may not be yours — you’ve been warned).
The collection:
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Die Hard: Live Free or Die Hard
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (by grace alone)
Babette’s Feast (this is actually quite good, but once was enough for me)
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Collateral (but I need to see it again)
Captain America: The First Avenger
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
GMBurrahobbit 
Greetings from Spokane, GMB!
Just discovered your blog, and am looking forward to reading some of your film reviews.
Three film recommendations (if you haven’t seen them already):
– Blast From the Past (1999): Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken, Sissy Spacek. (Pro-parent/home schooling.)
– Insomnia (2002): Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank. (The importance of ethics and personal integrity in criminal justice.)
– Stranger Than Fiction (2006): Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Queen Latifah. (The story’s the thing … “I write because I am written,” indeed!)
. . . a few of my (more recent) all-time faves.
Oh, and an ANCIENT all-time fave:
– Pygmalion (1938): Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller (British. Obscure. But well worth the effort. Just go ahead and buy the Criterion Collection DVD. You’ll never see Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison as Eliza Doolittle and Enry Iggins, ever again.)
Blessings … write on!
– Frank Golubski
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GMB,
I’ve enjoyed your film reviews greatly and I also know your a big fan of the author N. D. Wilson. I’ve occasionally seen your reviews of his books on Amazon. I am also a big fan of his work. I heard that he is the screenwriter of Kirk Cameron’s recent film, Mercy Rule. Have you seen the film and if so when can we expect a review. I don’t often have the opportunity to watch movies so I’m curious to read your review before I invest the time and money.
Thanks for the great blog,
Samuel
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Hello Samuel! Thanks for the note, and glad you enjoy the reviews. I haven’t seen “Mercy Rule” yet (DVD release coming this summer, I think), but I’ve heard from trusted sources that it’s good, so I’d go for it if I were you! Looking forward to seeing it myself. Cheers! -Gwen
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