thedude-abides's Reviews

"No Shame In My Game"

"Glodell takes the previously accepted rules of the indie genre and turns them on its ass, making Bellflower a fully-equipped 180 complete with Mad Max-inspired Medusas and flame-throwing originality."

"James Bond, eat your heart out."

"The only lesson to be taken away from Young Adult is an example of why it's important never to dwell on the past. Too bad Cody and Reitman never got the memo."

"The Descendants is a 2011 dramedy that is as unchallenging as it is unrewarding, playing more to the tune of monotone than masterpiece."

"Preconceived notions of childish debauchery aside, Scorsese triumphs in his 3D debut that would otherwise do justice to someone not being weighed down by overly critical fanatics of the gangster genre with apparent sticks up their respective asses."

"I go in last."

"The Ides of March could easily be dismissed as wartime propaganda; it's not. What Clooney has crafted is an intelligent, unbiased political thriller about the political system and society as they currently exist."

"You give me a time and a place. I give you a five minute window. Anything happens in that five minutes, and I'm yours no matter what. I don't sit in while you're running it down; I don't carry a gun... I drive."

""Crash," only without the conveniently, if not ridiculously converging story arcs."