Vaughn On Movies - The World's Toughest Movie Critic™ http://www.vaughnonmovies.com Many "critics" love everything—he doesn't. Video and written reviews of the newest films, trivia contests, forums, and more. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:17:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Oscar Picks 2009-2010 http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/03/oscar-picks-2009-2010/ http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/03/oscar-picks-2009-2010/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:03:17 +0000 Vaughn Fry http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/?p=1022
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 http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/03/oscar-picks-2009-2010/feed/ 3 Alice in Wonderland *½ http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/03/alice-in-wonderland-%c2%bd/ http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/03/alice-in-wonderland-%c2%bd/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:16:25 +0000 Vaughn Fry http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/?p=1016
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 http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/03/alice-in-wonderland-%c2%bd/feed/ 4 The Crazies **½ http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/02/the-crazies-%c2%bd/ http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/02/the-crazies-%c2%bd/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:30:49 +0000 Vaughn Fry http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/?p=1013
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The opening scene shows small town America, Ogden Marsh, engulfed in a fiery blaze. This is a small town with apple pie values. How did it get this way? The answer is uncovered by David, (Timothy Olyphant) the town’s sheriff. On a typical day the citizens gather ‘round the bases. One day the town drunk [...]]]> http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/02/the-crazies-%c2%bd/feed/ 3 Zebraman **½ http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/02/zebraman/ http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/02/zebraman/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:38:45 +0000 Vaughn Fry http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/?p=1010
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Last week I watched Bijitâ Q (Visitor Q), and I didn’t review it. I factored in the rate at which my German grandmother visits the site with the level of depraving schlock captured by the film. That’s how I came to my conclusion. I wanted to watch another Taskashi Miike film though and that’s how [...]]]> http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/02/zebraman/feed/ 0 Shutter Island ***½ http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/02/shutter-island-%c2%bd/ http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/02/shutter-island-%c2%bd/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:38:10 +0000 Vaughn Fry http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/?p=1008
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A 1950s ward for the criminally insane isn’t a pleasantry for anyone. The terror behind the walls has a mystique to the public. It’s as though unspeakable acts of torture can exist within the confines of padded rooms so long as the public never witnesses first hand. The isolation, or in the case of Martin [...]]]> http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/02/shutter-island-%c2%bd/feed/ 2 The Wolfman ** http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/02/the-wolfman/ http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/02/the-wolfman/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:36:39 +0000 Vaughn Fry http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/?p=1005
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Remakes are not your friend. Regardless, they are an inevitable fact of entertainment these days. I won’t go as far as to say that it’s possible to do them right, but there are circumstances that make them easier to accept. For the 2010 version of The Wolfman you know the idea is to update a [...]]]> http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/02/the-wolfman/feed/ 3 The Hurt Locker *** http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/02/the-hurt-locker/ http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/02/the-hurt-locker/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:34:49 +0000 Vaughn Fry http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/?p=1002
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From director Kathryn Bigelow comes The Hurt Locker, a movie of nail biting suspense. Following a bomb disposal team through Iraq in 2004 this movie has the right formula to spur controversy through naïve resentment or romanticizing the realities of battle, but it strikes me as more of a fair portrayal than playing on political [...]]]> http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/02/the-hurt-locker/feed/ 4 From Paris with Love **½ http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/02/from-paris-with-love-%c2%bd/ http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/02/from-paris-with-love-%c2%bd/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:45:10 +0000 Vaughn Fry http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/?p=996
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You never know what you are going to get. With From Paris with Love, you see two distinctly different marketing strategies. One set of trailers and TV spot bills it as a hard-boiled action flick, with Travolta unleashing a fury of bullets. The other focuses on the much lesser known Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as he deals [...]]]> http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/02/from-paris-with-love-%c2%bd/feed/ 2 V for Vendetta **½ http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/02/v-for-vendetta-%c2%bd/ http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/02/v-for-vendetta-%c2%bd/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:02:41 +0000 Vaughn Fry http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/?p=990
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Sporting a mask with a rather long nose meant to impersonate a terrorist centuries before, it can seem difficult to take the title character of V for Vendetta seriously. I have found that anytime a character wears a silly mask, especially one with no moveable mouth, the only way to overlook this is with a [...]]]> http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/02/v-for-vendetta-%c2%bd/feed/ 0 Edge of Darkness **½ http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/01/edge-of-darkness-%c2%bd/ http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/01/edge-of-darkness-%c2%bd/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:22:32 +0000 Vaughn Fry http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/?p=985
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Mel Gibson returns to a leading role in Edge of Darkness with an esteemed crew. There’s the director of one of the best Bond films, GoldenEye (I’ll take it over the non-Bond-esque but still enjoyable Casino Royale). One of the screenwriters is William Monohan, who gained an Oscar for stealing… taking the screenplay from [...]]]> http://www.vaughnonmovies.com/2010/01/edge-of-darkness-%c2%bd/feed/ 0