The thing I like about Tim Burton movies, especially his movies made from books, is that he gives you 80% of what you're expecting, and 20% of something you're completely not, and somehow melds that into a really really good movie... and for the first half of this one, I'd thought I'd found an exception.

This movie is quite slow in the windup.  Thank God he assumes that we know most of the characters from the original book, for it saves us the tedium of all the introductions.

Inglorious Basterds takes place sorta-kinda in World War 2, but this is a World War 2 where the US didn't follow any war crimes guidelines, and Hitler was killed in a grand allied plot rather than shooting himself in a ditch. Also, lots of cursing and blood and obviously fake gore.

A handicapped Space Marine From The Future joins a Crazy Scientific Project to allow him to Jack In to an Avatar and learn about the Na'vis and how they peacefully coexist on a World Wide Web.

We were promised an epic, sweeping science fiction movie from one of the most talented filmmakers of our generation. It was supposed to be the most technologically advanced movie in history, and it was supposed to be a biting social commentary at that. It sounds like we were going to get the greatest movie ever created! What we got was Pocahontas meets DOOM, rendered by the Final Fantasy team.

I finally got around to seeing District 9. Without spoiling the movie, all I can say is that the presentation was interesting, the story was unique, and I wish humans would curl up and die already. More in-depth reviews and spoilers after the jump.

Public Enemy is loosely the story of John Dillinger, a bank robber so prolific he single-handedly prompted the creation of the modern FBI and the first interstate crime laws. He was charming, good to the people, loved his girlfriend, and stuck to a specific code of honor. At least, that's what the movie producers thought of him.

Something has gone wrong on Mars, and the only response is a highly trained team of marine misfits who have to give up their leave to kick some demon backside.

As an action flick, it was OK. As a game tie-in, it was OK. Not really special, except the fact that it was Doom, instead of, say, Generic Horror Action Adventure the Movie.

An inflight movie for Japanese Air Lines?  Really?  It's true!  An excellent story roughly based on manga Hikōtei Jidai, Porko Rosso ("The Red Pig", in Italian) is actually a very good, relatively deep movie that just does a good job of being f

American Airlines now operates the American Space Fleet, and part of this fleet is a group of ships who carry domes of plant life from the thoroughly exploited Earth.  These ships are ordered to eject, and then nuke, all their domes.  The botanist of the Valley Forge decides to take action to save one of his domes.  Silent Running.

The title was interesting.  Silent Running evokes the image of submarines attempting to hide from enemies.  I was expecting a movie with action, where the botanist takes over the helm and attempts to keep his trees alive and convince everyone that they're worth keeping, while doing death defying feats of starship agility to keep those trees alive.

What I got was one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

The novel I Am Legend has been converted to Movie format four times so far:  First as The Last Man On Earth, and most recently as I Am Legend (with Will Smith) and I Am Omega (a cheap knockoff direct-to-video).

This version starring Charlton Heston is actually pretty good.  Way different from the book, but definitely a brainchild of a generation full of the wonders of science, and the fears of what we may do with those wonders.

Even if you've seen I Am Legend, you may enjoy this version's take on the tale.