Gateway Cinephiles

Film Diary: Superbad

2007
Director: Greg Mottola
Viewed: July 14, 2008
Format: DVD - Sony (2007)

Film Diary: Transformers

2007
Director: Michael Bay
Viewed: May 8, 2008
Format: DVD - Dreamworks (2007)

Film Diary: Cloverfield

2008
Director: Matt Reeves
Viewed: May 4, 2008
Format: DVD - Paramount (2008)

Review: Iron Man

2008
Director: Jon Favreau
Viewed: May 4, 2008
Format: Theatrical Print

Entries in the superhero genre have been coming fast and furious lately. Lamentably, for every adaptation that conveys thrills, humor, and heart in an artful way, a slug of forgettable nonsense or outright dreck comes down the studio pipe. Arriving at the bleeding edge of a densely packed summer action film season, Jon Favreau’s Iron Man is the latest attempt to breathe twenty-first century cinematic life to a seminal character. The film certainly hits all the right notes for its source material, but it occasionally stumbles into the usual action film sins: predictability, ridiculous dialogue, and trite character development. Yet despite these flaws, Iron Man emerges as a delicious work of modern techno-fantasy, and reveals Favreau as an action director of generous skill.

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Film Diary: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

2007
Director: Andrew Dominik
Viewed: March 31, 2008
Format: Blu-ray - Warner Brothers (2008)

Film Diary: No Country For Old Men

2007
Directors: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
Viewed: March 14, 2008
Format: Blu-ray - Miramax / Paramount (2008)

Film Diary: There Will Be Blood

2007
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Viewed: February 15, 2008
Format: Theatrical Print

Film Diary: Jaws

1975
Director: Steven Spielberg
Viewed: February 12, 2008
Format: DVD - Universal (2003)

In Memory of Roy Scheider, 1932-2008.

Film Diary: Inland Empire

2006
Director: David Lynch
Viewed: January 15, 2007
Format: DVD - Absurda / Rhino (2007)

Film Diary: Ratatouille

2007
Directors: Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava
Viewed: January 4, 2008
Format: DVD - Disney (2007)