Ian's Movie Reviews
Short Reviews of Movies, Board Games, and Other Stuff

Posts Tagged ‘saving private ryan

The Ten Greatest Movie Openings

July 15, 2012

10. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Peter Jackson and company were putting together an adaptation of arguably the most popular book series of the 20th century in what was destined to be a monumental movie trilogy. So how in the world do you get across to the audience all […]

The Blu-ray Files #004

July 20, 2011

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition) – One of the great visual films of the 70s also looks great on blu-ray.  The colours are perfect and the wide shots look great.  There is a lot of film grain present however.  Now, I know that film grain is a touchy area for […]

My Top Ten Movies of the 90’s

February 25, 2010

10. Terminator 2 (1991) I juggled back and forth for this last spot in the top ten between this one and Wayne’s World (the preeminent comedy of the decade), but I decided to go with T2. This film has reached to pantheon of the greatest sequels of all time. It is action movie-making at its […]