Chris Pandolfi (Chris_Pandolfi)'s Profile in Movie Hype

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posted "Pergaud's Turf War Gets the WWII Treatment" about War of the Buttons. October 22, 2012

Pergaud's Turf War Gets the WWII Treatme …
Star Rating: Most American audiences are unlikely to be aware of the controversy that surrounded War of the Butt …

posted "Rand to Her Readers: "You're on Your Own"" about Atlas Shrugged: Part II. October 22, 2012

Rand to Her Readers: "You're on Your Own …
Star Rating: Am I alone in expressing utter disbelief that Atlas Shrugged: Part II somehow crawled out from unde …

posted "A Science Teacher Becomes an MMA Inspiration" about Here Comes The Boom (2012 film). October 22, 2012

A Science Teacher Becomes an MMA Inspira …
Star Rating: It can be argued that Here Comes the Boom has its heart in the right place. That doesn’t chan …

posted "A Kidnapped Dog and the Merits of Cinematic Shootouts" about Seven Psychopaths. October 22, 2012

A Kidnapped Dog and the Merits of Cinema …
Star Rating: That Seven Psychopaths is twisted, there can be no question. As to whether or not it’s succes …

posted "Perry Assumes Patterson's Protagonist" about Alex Cross. October 22, 2012

Perry Assumes Patterson's Protagonist
Star Rating: Alex Cross doesn’t work as a film, although it does prove that Tyler Perry can be a successfu …

posted "This Franchise is Running on Empty" about Paranormal Activity 4 (2012 film). October 22, 2012

This Franchise is Running on Empty
Star Rating: Paranormal Activity 4 is a contrived, unoriginal, unmotivated effort that cruelly belabors an alrea …

posted "The Blair Sasquatch Project" about Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes. October 22, 2012

The Blair Sasquatch Project
Star Rating: Of the countless imitators The Blair Witch Project has spawned, Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes is pr …

posted "The Buildup is More Satisfying than the Explanation" about Sinister. October 15, 2012

The Buildup is More Satisfying than the …
Star Rating: Sinister breaks no new ground as a supernatural horror movie, but it’s wonderfully atmospher …

posted "A Sitcom That's All Situation and No Comedy" about 3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom. October 15, 2012

A Sitcom That's All Situation and No Com …
Star Rating: With any luck at all, the experience of watching 3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom will be the closest I …

posted "The Parody That Almost Was" about Smiley. October 12, 2012

The Parody That Almost Was
Star Rating: For the first hour or so of Smiley, I was anxious to review it, as I truly believed it was a parody …

posted "Burton Resurrects His Corpse Canine" about Frankenweenie. October 06, 2012

Burton Resurrects His Corpse Canine
Star Rating: Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie, a feature-length remake of his 1984 live-action short, is likely …

posted "A Gritty Coming of Age Story" about The Paperboy (film). October 06, 2012

A Gritty Coming of Age Story
Star Rating: Lee Daniels’ The Paperboy has the pulpy grit of a lurid Southern gothic crime thriller, but i …

posted "A Home Movie from Hell" about V/H/S. October 06, 2012

A Home Movie from Hell
Star Rating: Of the ten credited directors of V/H/S, a combination of a found footage mockumentary and an anthol …

posted "It Doesn't Spread" about Butter (film). October 06, 2012

It Doesn't Spread
Star Rating: According to Wikipedia, the script for Butter placed third on Leonard Franklin’s 2008 blackli …

posted "Assassins in the Past, Targets in the Future" about Looper. October 01, 2012

Assassins in the Past, Targets in the Fu …
Star Rating: Looper is one of the few time travel fables that didn’t have me scratching my head in utter c …

posted "No Vacancy for Humans" about Hotel Transylvania. October 01, 2012

No Vacancy for Humans
Star Rating: I felt a small victory at the end of Hotel Transylvania, for it proved that I was right to hold out …

posted "A Place This Movie Belongs In" about The Hole (2012 film). October 01, 2012

A Place This Movie Belongs In
Star Rating: Joe Dante’s The Hole is being billed as a horror film the whole family will love. I could not …

posted "A Damned Mercenary on a Quest for Redemption" about Solomon Kane. October 01, 2012

A Damned Mercenary on a Quest for Redemp …
Star Rating: Solomon Kane is a film divided, at odds with itself over the need to be equal parts a morality play …

posted "Sometimes, Parents Really Do Know What's Best" about 'House At The End Of The Street'. October 01, 2012

Sometimes, Parents Really Do Know What's …
Star Rating: House at the End of the Street is pretty much everything I expected, and no more – an atmosph …

posted "The Title is Not a Contradictory Statement" about The Perks Of Being A Wallflower. October 01, 2012

The Title is Not a Contradictory Stateme …
Star Rating: There’s a scene in The Rocky Horror Picture Show in which the Janet Weiss character seduces t …

posted "It's No Strikeout, but it's No Homerun, Either" about 'Trouble With The Curve' Starring Clint Eastwood. September 24, 2012

It's No Strikeout, but it's No Homerun, …
Star Rating: While harmless and well intentioned, Trouble with the Curve tells a story that isn’t worthy o …

posted "Not Your Grandfather's Buddy Cop Movie" about End Of Watch (2012 film). September 24, 2012

Not Your Grandfather's Buddy Cop Movie
Star Rating: Earlier this year saw the release of Chronicle, which proved that the concept of the found footage …

posted "At Least He Keeps His Helmet on This Time" about Dredd. September 24, 2012

At Least He Keeps His Helmet on This Tim …
Star Rating: One of the biggest complaints fans had with 1995’s Judge Dredd was that the title character, …

posted "Pregnancy as a Shortcut to Independence" about 17 Girls. September 24, 2012

Pregnancy as a Shortcut to Independence
Star Rating: In 2008, Massachusetts’ Gloucester High School drew international attention when it was repor …

posted "I Wouldn't Kiss Her Even if My Life Depended on It" about You May Not Kiss the Bride. September 24, 2012

I Wouldn't Kiss Her Even if My Life Depe …
Star Rating: My tendency to be forgiving of romantic comedies has been faulted by many, and perhaps I am too for …

commented on ryguy4738's review of A Serbian Film, "WHY.". September 16, 2012

posted "The Scientology Allusions Don't Matter" about The Master (2012 film). September 16, 2012

The Scientology Allusions Don't Matter
Star Rating: I would guess that Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master would be just as intriguing, just as mys …

posted "There May Be a Shred of Humanity Left" about Arbitrage. September 16, 2012

There May Be a Shred of Humanity Left
Star Rating: The central character of Arbitrage is Robert Miller (Richard Gere), a billionaire hedge-fund tycoon …