Birds are sublime creatures. THE BIG YEAR, a film about the birders who rabidly pursue a sight or sound of them, is not. Based on the book of the same name by Mark Obmascik, it is a flat pastiche of painfully clichéd moments strung together around the theme of three guys competing for the honor… Read More »
MIGHTY MACS, THE
It took two years for THE MIGHTY MACS to finally make it to theater screens. It also took a title change from OUR LADY OF VICTORY. Granted, a G-rated film is a tough sell in the current marketplace, but this wholesome fare, based on a true story, is not as dull as its familiar idioms… Read More »
INTERVIEW WITH THE ASSASSIN
There are so many ways to go with the whole Kennedy assassination conspiracy theory. Check out any conspiracy website and youll find everything from aliens to the hoax scenario, as in JFK didnt really die and for all we know, hes still living in a more or less vegetative state on that private island Onassis… Read More »
IN TIME
IN TIME is a better idea for a movie than it is a movie. The conceit is a clever one, and more, ahem, timely it could not be. In an alternate universe very much like our own, science has cracked the problem of ageing, and everyone is genetically programmed to stop the aging process at… Read More »
THE RUM DIARY
THE RUM DIARY is suffused with the warm glow of star Johnny Depps deep and abiding affection for Hunter S. Thompson, the writer of the book on which the film is based, and the model for its protagonist, Kemp, played by Depp himself. Its Depps second time playing Thompson, the first being in Terry Gilliams… Read More »
IMMORTALS
IMMORTALS does not limit itself to the traditional myth of the hero Theseus and his tussle with the minotaur in a labyrinth. Rather, elements of that myth of interwoven with several others in a concoction that provides the pleasure of identifying the disparate tales in a setting that is a delicious Grand Guignol of elegantly… Read More »
MUPPETS, THE
THE MUPPETS have always had a sweetly subversive humor about them. They were never mean spirited, but when they were at their best, the jokes were sharp with a rollicking sense of the absurd and a keen sense of characterization. Jason Segal, co-writer and co-star of the latest Muppets vehicle, has homed in on exactly what gave… Read More »
THE SITTER
There is in Jonah Hill a palpable undertone of menace. When playing his usual lovable schlub, or especially when playing a character such as the titular CYRUS, who may or may not actually be unhinged, there is always the distinct potential lurking in the piercing gaze when his character stops talking, that the next move… Read More »
SHERLOCK HOLMES — A GAME OF SHADOWS
Theres a nefarious plot to force the collapse of western civilization in SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS, and as befits an eponymous character, Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey, Jr.) is the only person who can save the day. Not just because he is scathingly brilliant, as is his arch-nemesis Professor Moriarity (Jared Harris). No, as… Read More »
PUNCTURE
PUNCTURE is a remarkable story told in a disappointingly unremarkable way. Based on a true story, this tale of a small-time lawyers taking on Big Pharma offers no surprises about the evil that the profit motive can produce, but it does have one enormously redeeming quality that makes it worth watching. Chris Evans. As Mike… Read More »
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