Antitrust

Pros: Good cast of young people and Tim Robbins
Cons: Some typical unbelievable hollywood elements

I work in the computer industry and wanted to see Antitrust since it came out. However, I only saw maybe one preview for it and one poster in all of the local theatres, so with the lack of marketing this movie bombed and didn't stay in theatres for very...

Pros: Fun; Tim Robbins; some entertaining gimmicks
Cons: Too implausible in places; the first third

There I was, riding the bus - I hate buses. They're inevitably uncomfortable. So I decided this once to watch the movie, with those cheap little headphones - I needed the distraction. This time the movie was "Antitrust."

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Pros: It's only mid-January, and I've already seen the stupidest movie of the year!
Cons: That this movie was ever produced. It's that bad.

Every few years, a movie comes along that you're positive is trying to make you stupider. A movie that is comprised of about 15 old ideas and zero new ones. You never know what film it will be, but you can be sure you'll want to tell the whole world...

Pros: Good direction, editing is well done, ending drifts from the norm.
Cons: Joke of a script, unbelievable characters, not to mention horrible acting

Hello again, and welcome to this week's installment of "What's Left At The Video Store!". It seems I'm the last person to arrive at the Video Shop each night and thus, must sift through the remaining rubble. This week's chunk of film is titled...(drum...

Pros: Tim Robbins performance makes up for the lackluster performances by everyone else
Cons: Plot was predictable, acting outside of Robbins was a little weak

Yep, it's that time of night again where I go out of my way to enrich your lives with my movie rants. More importantly, I get to save you the trauma of seeing some of the more awful movies out on the market. I almost decided to put this off a day because...

Pros: Ryan Phillippe is not in every single scene.
Cons: But he sure is in most of them.

Every now and then a film comes along that conjures up such a high level of emotion within a person that there are almost too many words available to describe it. When you're a smarmy whippersnapper like me and that film is truly wretched...look out....

Pros: Terminology is good and computer commands/interfaces are well done
Cons: Plot's not the strongest. Pretty poor character development/motivation portrayal.

New thought and fresh minds are supposed to be one of the driving forces of innovation. It is the frost genius of Milo (Phillippe) that Gary (Robbins) wants. Of course Gary is supposed to be like Bill Gates (although the character portrayal struck me...

Pros: Fast action and computer literal and a good cast
Cons: Weak plot lines

This movie is about what most people would like to see happen to Bill Gates if the antitrust violations don't prove punitive.

This is the story of computer geniuses who all share the vision of 'open source' computing, that is, free access to...

Pros: I was sick and my husband brought me a movie to watch...very thoughtful!
Cons: I stayed up to watch a bad movie...hence the negative review.

This movie might not have been so terrible if I had not watched plenty of other movies in my lifetime that were actually GOOD. To me a good movie gives you something to think about, makes you want to watch it many more times, and in general does not...

Pros: It moves fairly quickly.
Cons: Thrill- and intelligence-free.

If I hadn't already been aware that it was January, Antitrust would have been a stinging jolt of reality. This thriller in name only is all too characteristic of the cinematic scrap heap that is the first month of the year: surface slickness in...

Pros: It mocks Bill Gates
Cons: It's implausible and boring

Quick. Name an easy corporate target. The majority of people will immediately name one man: Bill Gates. It’s no small coincidence that the software tycoon of AntiTrust looks and sounds like the richest man in the world. It’s even more obvious...

Pros: Very trendy snapshot of high-tech Y2K Microsoft-era computer boom.
Cons: Largely a shallow, youth-oriented revenge fantasy against Bill Gates

A boyish computer wizard's dream job turns into a nightmare when he learns that his boss runs his cyber-company on theft and murder, in a piece of popcorn paranoia that falls short of being www.hitchcock.com. Fresh out of college, computer genius Milo...

Pros: Clever plot with neat little twists and turns; fun look at high technology
Cons: People become caricatures, can be slow at times

If Microsoft were as powerful as some people think, it would be NURV in Antitrust, a clever little thriller starring Tim Robbins, Ryan Phillipe, Claire Forlani and Rachel Leigh Cook. It has lots of twists and turns that will keep you entertained until...

Pros: Curly blond hair. Devil-may-care smile. You just can't go wrong.
Cons: Pretty much everything else in this film DOES go wrong.

I will admit it, shamelessly and with my head held high. It was a Blockbuster night, and my girls and I were at a loss. We had pretty much seen every movie on the shelf. But then, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but my old pal from Cruel...

Pros: cool gadgets; Tim Robbins' acting; story mirrors real life
Cons: Phillippe's acting; somewhat predictable plot; slow action

I think anti-privacy is a better title for this film. It's a problem we're dealing with in real life, so it's interesting to see it played out on the big screen. How far would you go to get the information you need? Is it okay to spy on a few people if...