A movie that delivers on its comedy while the action was so green-screened, it felt contrived and fake. It was like watching a film about a summer blockbuster (not a good thing for 10 bucks). James Mangold has directing some fantastic, engaging character studies…whether through quiet moments or intense action. Some of those winners included [...]
You’re immersed in a dreary and disgusting world of crime and chaos, where the only hope is a pensioner with a pistol. Michael Caine’s Harry Brown may be an old formula but it’s a welcome ride. Cain and newbie director Daniel Barber take us to a very bleak British suburb that we know exists but, [...]
Yes, Hollywood has run out of original ideas. Yes, now ‘80s TV shows are being mined for content. Yes, yes, yes if they do them like this. I can’t say I’m looking forward to a Family Ties or Punky Brewster but taking the already cartoonish characters of Hannibal, Face, B.A. and Howlin’ Mad Murdoch and [...]
The sorta spin-off, kinda…ish, of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, is a grab bag of humour, heart and narcotics. Lots of narcotics. With Get Him to the Greek, Jonah Hill and Russell Brand capture what Judd Apatow (this was produced by him) movies are suppose to be – Gross-out laughs with characters you root for. I can’t [...]
Prince of Persia is a throwback to those sword and sorcery epics like the Scorpion King and Krull. Yeah, that’s not a good thing. Jake Gyllenhaal, Ben Kingsley and Gemma Arterton courageously try to breathe life into a movie based on a video game. Some cool special effects and beautiful scenery does not a great [...]
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