If the NBC series THE EVENT is as good as the NBC pilot for THE EVENT is, we are in for another infuriatingly, invigoratingly, tantalizingly wonderful national cult obsession. While no one walks into a jet intake, a la Lost, which is one its spiritual, if not literal, influences, there are secret bases and unexplained… Read More »
WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS
The death of one person is a tragedy, so the saying goes, but the death of a million people is a statistic. This is the model Oliver Stone has chosen for his latest history lesson for the masses, WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS, an explication of why the world financial markets collapsed in 2008. By… Read More »
YOU AGAIN
The splendid Betty White can never be more appreciated than for her work in YOU AGAIN. Not because it is a clever film that provides a suitable framework for her exceptional comedic talents, but rather because those self-same talents provide such a blessed respite from the wretched mess in which she finds herself. White, ignoring… Read More »
LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS — THE OWLS OF GA’HOOLE
Zack Snyder, he of blood and guts and glory 300 fame, surprises with his turn towards a younger audience. With LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS — THE OWLS OF GAHOOLE as his vehicle, he uses his gift for invention and translates from the grim to the enchanting his keen understanding of what makes an enthralling adventure tick.… Read More »
LET ME IN
LET ME IN unfolds at a deliberate pace, all the better to allow the audience to assimilate this unusual take on the vampire mythos. The film, a variation on the Scandinavian art-house hit LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, aspires to do more than shock with gore. And it does. The shock, though, is in considering vampirism,… Read More »
CASE 39
CASE 39 takes a potent subtext about the terrors of unprepared parenthood and wastes it in a rote creepy kid flick that displays both iffy internal logic and a trifling execution. Renee Zellweger brings her best to this mess, but alas her efforts, when played out in the vacuum provided her, become at best a… Read More »
YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER
Woody Allen revisits questions of ethics and morals as lived in the real world in YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER. His characters bounce and bobble their way through a world without answers, in which they attempt to seize happiness from the jaws of despair with varying degrees of success. The central question is… Read More »
LIFE AS WE KNOW IT
When dealing with the whisper-thin acting ranges offered by Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel, its best not to tax them. She can cock an eyebrow and look adorable when surprised. He can cock his head and look handsome when bemused. Together they have those two emotions covered and then some. When asked to do more,… Read More »
MY SOUL TO TAKE
MY SOUL TO TAKE is destined to be relegated to Wes Cravens lesser works. It has several nice twists and a deft way of misdirection that is marvelous to experience, even when one is perfectly aware of the manipulation. It may not have the humor of ELM STREET, or the rich panoply of that franchises… Read More »
RED
Theres no doubt that RED is fun. The problem is that it should have been much more fun. A romp with a band of aging black ops agents who whoop the collectives tushys of the kiddies who inherited the CIA and other assorted agencies is a potent boomers daydream. Certainly the premise, a scintillating mix… Read More »
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