nomadreader

I adore Sophia Bush. I fully admit to being a fan of teen drama, and her portrayal as Brooke on One Tree Hill has showed an amazing range of acting skills for the genre. I'm such a huge fan that I admit to having seen Supercross and John Tucker Must Die ; my only recourse is I didn't see either in the theater. When The Hitcher appeared on Cinemax's free December preview, I taped it. It's the perfect compromise movie: I adore Sophia Bush and nomadreaderboy loves horror movies. All bias aside, Sophia Bush is amazing in The Hitcher . The film is predictable, filled with unnecessarily graphic violence and preposterously silly. Still, Bush's performance was enjoyable to watch. I was willing to suspend my disbelief to watch her performance. Sean Bean, who played the Hitcher, gave a convincingly eerie performance. The Hitcher is not a good movie, but it is enjoyable to watch (except for the unnecessarily graphic deaths of a few animals and people.) In full dis...

I first watched Invincible this time last year on the airplane home from Venice. It was a delight to see the film moments after learning that, miraculously, my beloved Chiefs made the playoffs. I'm a sucker for sappy underdog sports movies, Mark Wahlberg and Dick Vermeil , and I wasn't disappointed. I was most impressed with Greg Kinnear's spot-on portrayal of Dick Vermeil . I'm not a huge fan of Kinnear normally, but his mastery of Vermeil's top lip movements was incredible. After receiving the dvd for Christmas, I watched Invincible again. It's a good movie, but it was not as great as I recall it. Most of the film is spent building the story of Papale's unlikely trying out for the Eagles. We all know he makes the team, either from hearing the story before or the common sense that there wouldn't be a movie otherwise. While the drama and suspense of this rise to fame were riveting and suspenseful the first viewing, I found the plot to drag ...