http://www.filmtas.com/movierant Cinema Reviews Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:09:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As a grown up, Alice considers her vague recollection of Wonderland as simply the residue of old disturbed childhood fantasies. Even when she tumbles down a rabbit hole to rediscover a peculiar and magical land she is far from convinced that the bizarre adventure she encounters is still nothing ... http://www.filmtas.com/movierant/?p=83 Okay, your ticket cost more than a new DVD (or a couple out of the bargain bin), you’ve driven over an hour to get to a cinema with a decent screen, you’ve rolled your eyes at the corny 3D tricks used in the trailers… and you’re thinking this had better ... http://www.filmtas.com/movierant/?p=61 Animated kids movies - be it about extinct mammoths, green trolls, fuzzy monsters or Chinese pandas - are all pretty much the same. They all stick fairly well to the same tried and true storyline: The protagonist suffers a series of setbacks as he/she struggles for a goal, they ... http://www.filmtas.com/movierant/?p=33 We’ve all had that friend who, after a break-up, becomes a miserable and depressed whiner who feels that everything is now meaningless and null.  Perhaps, if we’re honest, we might admit to having been that person ourselves.  In Forgetting Sarah Marshal the dumped sad sac is Peter Bretter (Jason Segal) ... http://www.filmtas.com/movierant/?p=29 Director: Michelle Gondry Staring: Jack Black, Mos Def. When video shop owner (Danny Glover) goes away, shop assistant Mike (Mos Def) and his best friend, Jerry (Jack Black) accidentally wipe all the videos available for hire. They set out to re-record the movies by acting them out themselves. The first thing fans of ... http://www.filmtas.com/movierant/?p=24 Director:  David Schwimmer Staring: Simon Peg, Dylan Moran, Hank Azaria... When Dennis Doyle (Simon Peg) discovers that his ex-partner, Lizzy (Thandie Newton) has started seeing new partner, Whit (Hank Azaria) he makes the rash decision to run against Whit in an upcoming marathon.  Three weeks before the race Whit is fit, experienced, ... http://www.filmtas.com/movierant/?p=19 Single dad Dan (Steve Carell) and his three daughters join the rest of his extended family for time away on Rode Island.  While in the local town he meets  a woman and forms a connection - only to later find out it's the girlfriend of his brother, also on her ... http://www.filmtas.com/movierant/?p=37 Director: Matt Reeves A friend is capturing a farewell party on video when the city is attacked.  He, with a small group of friends, attempts to rescue loved ones and escape, while still recording it all on camera. The first people out the doors of the cinema, only seconds after the first ... http://www.filmtas.com/movierant/?p=16 Director: Francis Lawrence Staring: Will Smith Dr. Robert Neville (Smith) is alone in what was once the thriving metropolis of NY City. A virus, a once supposed cure for cancer, has turned some humans into flesh hungry monsters who have killed off all who are immune - Except Dr Neville, who ... http://www.filmtas.com/movierant/?p=10 In Shoot Em Up, the hero (Clive Owen) rescues a baby and the bag guys (led by Paul Giamatti), who want the baby dead, give chase… and that about it. If you cut out all the action, this movie would be a five minute film.  It’s just action, gunfight, action, gunfight, ... http://www.filmtas.com/movierant/?p=41