Veal's Pix

The Unborn (2009)

vealshanks — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:34:24 +0000

That multi-colored iris condition that Odette Yustman’s charactaer had going on was pretty neat, but seeing her walkin around in her underwear was even neater.

Rating: 3/5

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W. (2008)

vealshanks — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:54:39 +0000

Josh Brolin was a pretty convincing G. W. Bush, but there wasn’t really anything in here that we didn’t already know. Come on Stone, either make a documentary or fiction, but not a little of both.

Rating: 3/5

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*Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

vealshanks — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:13:11 +0000

Wow, growing up in India seems really tough. I should start being a little nicer to my Indian friends.

Rating: 5/5

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Frost/Nixon (2008)

vealshanks — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:02:37 +0000

So I found out shortly into the movie that it wasn’t about freezing nixon for the future. But, it was still worth watching. I really enjoyed finding out that even ex-presidents drunk-dial people.

Rating: 4/5

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The Wrestler (2008)

vealshanks — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:55:51 +0000

Marisa Tomei made this movie much more watchable. I really hope my wife/mistress looks like she does in her mid-40s. Or, I’ll just find a younger one.

And, what’s the deal with the daughter? Who wouldn’t want a pro-wrestler for a dad! Sure, if you don’t take out the trash , you get pile driver…but, it’s all fake, so no harm done, right?

Rating: 4/5

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Defiance (2008)

vealshanks — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:46:12 +0000

I got so bored watching this, I switched to playing Call of Duty. But, I kept thinking Daniel Craig was going to kill me when my team was the Germans. I really think he should just stick to bond movies.

Rating: 2/5

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Valkyrie (2008)

vealshanks — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:39:06 +0000

Operation Valkyrie is in full effect! Actually, I think a more creative attempt at taking out Hitler would be for Tom Cruise to convert him to Scientology.

Rating: 4/5

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*Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)

vealshanks — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:29:42 +0000

I think Mallrats is still my favorite Kevin Smith movie, but this is the best comedy of the ‘08(despite the cookie-cutter dramady ending.) Seth is already very typecast, but he still makes me laugh. Elizabeth Banks’s char was simply adorable; hot girls with a personality like hers are pretty rare…but she could use bigger boobs(maybe they should have cast her large breasted look-alike, Jessica Biel.)

Now, which of my lucky lady friends gets the pleasure of making a p0rno with me…

Rating: 5/5

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(I find it very funny that it’s now advertised as just “Zack and Miri”, dropping the “make a p0rno”. so lame!)

Body of Lies (2008)

vealshanks — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:44:36 +0000

Normally, I’m all about Ridley Scott movies, but this one wasn’t anything special. Russell Crowe’s char was boring, but DiCaprio (who looked more like Timberlake) was a pretty convincing field-op. It piqued my interest at the very begining, but I think I could have written a better ending.

Rating: 3/5

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Gran Torino (2008)

vealshanks — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:56:08 +0000

Don’t let this movie’s low rating fool you, I’m a big Clint Eastwood fan. Although I found Clint’s bitter-old-man character entertaining at times, it just moved a little to slow for me.

Rating: 3/5

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