by David Minkus
Score:  4/4

I have to admit I was a bit nervous going into my screening of Inception. There was a similar buzz going into The Dark Knight and the trailers were just as exciting this time around. Unfortunately, I found myself a bit disappointed by the latest Batman flick and I was scared that the same thing would happen with Inception. Good news everyone! Inception is a masterpiece in every sense of the word and is frankly going to be tough to beat this year in my mind as a better film.

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by David Minkus
Score: 2.5/4

Like was the case with Prince of Persia, I had extremely low expectations for The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. The trailers looked mediocre at best and it seemed that expanding a short sequence from the legendary Fantasia into an almost two hour long movie would be a miserable failure. While it won’t set your world ablaze cinematically speaking, I was pleasantly surprised with how much fun the film was.

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After talking with the other members of the site, we’re going to be making a change with how we review movies at ScreenGeeks.com.  We’ve decided that we’ll now be rating films on a 4-point scale instead of a 10-point scale.  The reason behind this is that the 10-point scale became too cumbersome.  Instead of just telling you, the reader, if I liked a movie or not, I personally found myself trying to justify a single point or even half-point.  We’re simplifying things now.  Here’s how the points will break down.

4/4 - A great film.  This movie will either be on our Top 10 list or at least an honorable mention
3/4 - A good film.  A good time was had and it’s well worth your time to check out
2/4 - A mediocre film.  The movie wasn’t dreadful, but is probably worth waiting for DVD
1/4 - A bad film.  Avoid it unless you want to see a bad movie.

Hopefully, you’ll get more out of our reviews from a rating standpoint.  Please let us know what you think of the changes.

First it was finding Metropolis, a film thought to be truncated forever. Then John Ford movies are found. Now  The Palm Beach Post  is reporting the 1914 A Thief Catcher has been found in complete form. The film is important as it has a cameo from Charlie Chaplin reprising his role as a Keystone Cop. This marks the third unbilled Chaplian cameo found in film. A Theif Catcher will be shown at Slapsticon July 17th in Rosslyn VA.

This week, we try a new format when talking about filmmakers with discussing the better known works of Alfred Hitchcock.

*NOTE* I’ll be posting a link to the details of the Barnes & Noble Criterion sale tomorrow once it goes live.

 

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This week, Ethan and Dave talk about the filmography of Willem Dafoe.

 Find out more about The Flying Scissors.

 

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