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A.C. at the Movies
featuring A.C. Hall
Releasing this Week
Recent Reviews
Space Chimps:  Not evolved at all
For Kids:  "RENT IT"
Everyone Else:  "DON'T BOTHER"

The fact is that Space Chimps is every single bad thing about this
genre.  A barely there story carried along by pop culture references
and some heavy handed morals.  While it’s true, I generally do not
like this genre of films, that doesn’t mean that they can’t be good.  
Somebody forgot to tell the filmmakers of Space Chimps that,
however, as they instead seemed to concern themselves with
quickly assembling a poorly thought out, low quality film in a ploy to
make a quick buck.  There’s no doubt that this is evident with why
they chose to release the same weekend as the highly anticipated
adult oriented The Dark Knight, as there was always going to be a
few million dollars worth of business to be done if you had the one
family friendly film in theaters that same weekend.
When it comes to computer animated children’s films, Space Chimps
is about as bad as it gets.  If you’ve got kids and want to keep them
occupied for 80 minutes, feel free to “RENT IT” some time, but other
than that I would definitely suggest that you “DON’T BOTHER” with
this film.
The Dark Knight:  Absolute Perfection
"SEE IT NOW"

I could honestly gush about this movie for a good ten or fifteen
pages, but I’ll keep my comments brief, because rather than read
this you really should be going to see the movie yourself.  The Dark
Knight isn’t a superhero movie.  It’s a crime/morality epic
unparalleled by anything that’s released in the past decade.  Some
of the best actors around give performances of a lifetime, with Aaron
Eckhart as Harvey Dent and Heath Ledger as The Joker particularly
shining.  Seeing Ledger bring to life what will go down in history as
one of the all time most menacing and frightening villains of all time
makes his untimely death seem all the more tragic.  There was a true
talent within the man, as evidenced by his Oscar worthy
performance here, and it will be missed by us all.
“SEE IT NOW” for sure, but you may want to think twice before
bringing any of the younger kids to see the film.  It’s incredibly
brutal, with a lot of violence and darkness as well as some
frightening situations and images as it tells a very dark story about a
very dark man and really makes Batman wonder how far he has to go
to defeat someone as twisted as The Joker.
The X-Files 'I Want to Believe':  It's bad, believe it
HARDCORE FANS:  "RENT IT"
EVERYONE ELSE:  "DON'T BOTHER"

Series creator Chris Carter tosses the viewer smack into the middle
of the characters, fully expectant that you know who they are, how
they relate to one another, and every nuance about their
personalities.  But instead of carrying this over and continuing the
government conspiracy/alien invasion/ urban monsters ongoing
stories that made the series great he abandons them altogether and
gives us what could best be described as a lackluster episode of
CSI.  Instead of chasing down extraterrestrials and deep reaching
government conspiracies, the movie has our heroes solve an
abduction that, by the end of the movie, becomes one of the dumber
plots you’ll see this year.
The X-Files television show started brilliant, but the final three or
four seasons were forgettable, convoluted, and just downright bad.  
This new film in no way moves forward the franchise.  It offers a few
winks and nods for the hardcore fans of the show within what is one
of the more boring stories I’ve sat through in many months.
click on the movie to see the
trailer!