BRIAN BANKS is an earnest film that hits all the necessary and expected plot points as it makes its cogent indictment of the criminal justice system. It never becomes a screed, though the based-on-a-true story of 16-year-old who ended up serving time for a rape he didn’t commit certainly has all the elements to support… Read More »
EVAN ALMIGHTY
With EVAN ALMIGHTY, the sorta, kinda, not exactly sequel to BRUCE ALMIGHTY, we learn that treacle is neither better nor worse than puerile. It’s a lateral move and they are both annoying. Jim Carrey, the Bruce of the previous film, opted out of the sequel, and so the powers-that-be turned to Steve Carell’s character, the boorish… Read More »
BRUCE ALMIGHTY
Jim Carrey wants it both ways. He wants to be the heir apparent to The Three Stooges, but he also wants to tug at our heartstrings. Until now, hes divided those aspirations between films, the silliness of ME, MYSELF, AND IRENE and the carefully calibrated corn of THE MAJESTIC. Perhaps sensing that his audience has… Read More »