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The Incredibles was an amazing family-friendly action-adventure comedy that still managed to stuff in some adventure and action here and there.  It can truly be something that entertains the entire family and not something that is simply child-friendly and adult-tolerable. Continue reading… SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Incredibles, 2004", url: "http://fauxnixon.com/the-incredibles-2004/" });

Along Came Polly is the most recent film in Hollywood’s long tradition of cookie-cutter plots.  Reuben Feffer, portrayed by Ben Stiller in a rather mediocre performance, lives a comfortable, if cautious life where his professional efforts are so focused on the prevention of any type of risky behavior that he lives a very quiet and [...]

The Butterfly Effect is the must-see directorial debut from directors Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber, who worked previously together as a screenwriting team for Final Destination 2.  Ashton Kutcher, made famous by his role on That 70s Show, stars in this film as Evan Treborn, a man who periodically blacks out due to a [...]

In Layer Cake, which is based upon a British novel of the same name, we get a rare peak into the British criminal underground through the eyes of a very successful cocaine trafficker who is never named, but is played by Daniel Craig.  He is well-educated, smart, respectful, and not greedy.  Having accumulated enough of [...]

Christian Bale’s performance as Travor Reznik in The Machinist may rank as one of his best ever.  He plays an industrial machinist plagued by chronic insomnia and a mysterious weight-loss that is bringing him down to levels that make him appear like someone from Ethiopia during its infamous famine.  He is, essentially, dying of insomnia [...]

Much has been said of Lindsay Lohan and her problems since Mean Girls originally came out and whether any of it is true or not, director Mark Waters has captured what made Lohan originally famous: her ability to play characters well. Continue reading… SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Mean Girls, 2004", url: "http://fauxnixon.com/mean-girls-2004/" });

This movie is an interesting example of how great movies can be made outside of traditional independent avenues and rather with the help of a premium cable movie network, in this case HBO.  Maria Full of Grace is a new movie set primarily in rural Columbia revolving around the life of Maria (Catalina Sandino Moreno), [...]

Bill Murray returns to another film with Wes Anderson, this time portraying Steve Zissou, an oceanographic researcher who seems to be based a bit on Jacques Cousteau.  Angelica Huston again appears in a Wes Anderson film as Eleanor Zissou.  The rest of the cast includes Cate Blanchett, Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe, and Owen Wilson.The Life [...]