Movies
Wannabe Thriller Doesn't Take Flight
A month too late to qualify as sleazy summer fun, Eagle Eye, the latest collaboration between director D.J. Caruso and actor Shia LaBeouf, feels out of place with its over-the-top action sequences and ridiculous premise during the fall, when blockbusters have gone out of style and filmmakers start searching for the Oscar gold.
Lackluster Film Shows How to Alienate an Audience
We’re all familiar with the story of the struggling writer who gives up his morals in order to make it big in the competitive real world. In How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) plays a fish-out-of-water British journalist who is thrust into the cutthroat world of celebrity pop journalism in New York City.
Infinitely Ambitious Comedy Falls Short
The mix tape is not dead. The yearning, angst, love and hope embodied in the tapes of the ’80s and ’90s have merely evolved into a new medium. In Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Nick (Michael Cera) funnels all his energy into mixes he creates that include bands such as Vampire Weekend, Band of Horses, We Are Scientists, The Submarines, Rogue Wave and the Shout Out Louds.
Fight Club Author’s Follow-Up Film Is Hard to Swallow
The lives of con men have been the grist for many a Hollywood mill over the years, with numerous flicks featuring the unlikely ways of hoaxers, imposters, plotters and conspirers.
Unfocused and Uninspired, This Terrace Is a Dead End
Thinking about going to see Lakeview Terrace this weekend? Let’s play a little game.
Close your eyes. In your head, combine the racial overtones of Crash, the psychotic neighbor conspiracy of Disturbia and add in a good dose of any bad marriage comedy you have ever seen. Do you have it? Then you have just seen Lakeview Terrace, without wasting $10 or two hours of your life.
Even Two Legends Can’t Save This Buddy-Cop Dud
Al Pacino. Robert De Niro. On screen. Together. At the same time. That was the promise of Michael Mann’s Heat in 1995. And people were chomping at the bit to see the two screen legends finally trade words on camera.
Classic Romantic Comedy Is Always in Our Hearts
In the world today, if a movie has any remnants of romance, it is considered a “chick flick.” But there are many different types of romantic movies, and not every romantic film is a melodramatic tearjerker that makes even the most fanciful people rethink their stance on romance.
Forgetting the Typical and Tired Romantic Comedy
Whereas past hits from the Judd Apatow movie machine (such as The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up and Superbad), have featured offbeat plots, Forgetting Sarah Marshall is his first attempt at a more typical storyline.
Uninspired Suspense Flick Is ‘88 Minutes’ Too Long
“Jesus, Jack. Why 88 minutes?”
That’s a very good question. One to which, quite frankly, I simply do not have a remotely positive answer. Let me put it another way: There are good movies, there are bad movies and there are even movies that transcend bad to become good again.
And then, there is 88 Minutes.
Family Dynamics Don’t Always Make the Grade
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