I’m not a big fan of Leo’s. Maybe I’ve just chosen the wrong titles, but I’ve never thought he had the range for many of the roles he plays. He always seems so one-note. He’s good here, but once again, it’s one note: angry. To be fair, he has to make do with very little dialogue, about half of it in the Pawnee dialect, which he uses to converse with Hawk, his son by a Pawnee woman. And he has plenty of reason to be angry. Continue reading
Hmm..I know I’m not always in lockstep with the critics, but in this case, I’m not even in the same parade, I guess. I had heard so much hype about It Follows that I was expecting to be blown away by a little indie horror film, like I was with Carpenter’s Halloween (which everyone seems hell bent on comparing this with; perhaps because of the crappy score?), or with Attack the Block a couple of years back. But frankly, I struggled to get through it. Continue reading
Now that I’ve got some free time on my hands, I can finally post some of the older reviews I had posted on my Facebook feed. They’re from different time periods, and of differing lengths and levels of detail. But they’re also one of the main reasons I started this blog: to have a better place to archive my reviews. I hope you all enjoy!
I’m going to make this a short one. I don’t know if I understand the message in Chappie, but even if I do, I’m not sure that I agree with it. It’s hard to say because the movie is just a mess of mangled, mixed-up morality. It often seems at odds with itself and leaves you scratching your head at its ambiguousness. For example (very slight spoiler), our “hero” (Dev Patel) is told he can’t bring home the leftover robot to experiment on. (Which, let’s face it, would seem a little creepy to most employers. “Sooo….why do you want it, again?”) So he just takes it. That’s right—the hero is an office thief. And we’re not just talking about a box of pens or a stapler or some paper clips, here; this is (I assume) a multi-million dollar piece of equipment. Continue reading
Just a quick note: I’m copying over as many old reviews as I can from my Facebook feed (and my notes I used to write those), so I may be using dates and phrases (e.g. “this year”) from those posts, which might not always make sense today. The scores from IMDB also may have changed since the original posting.
Mission: Impossible? More like Mission: Awesome! This could be the best MI since De Palma’s original. As with most films in the series, the action starts very quickly and never lets up. It could be the most humorous of the series, as well, and it doesn’t seem forced, and fills the gaps nicely. Continue reading
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You think you may have seen the worst movie you will ever see in your life. And then you find out you’re wrong. This film is the worst most vile piece of filth that I’ve ever seen. I’m not kidding. I wouldn’t even have reviewed it, except that I kind of feel a duty to make sure that nobody ever, ever, EVER sees it. I know that there’s probably a couple of you out there, thinking “well, now I’ve GOT to see it, just to see how bad it is!” Please don’t. Again, I’m not kidding. Continue reading
Martha: Do you think he’s evil? [excitedly] What if he is?! You know, when I was little I used to have this fantasy I was dating Lex Luthor.
Sophie: From Superman? Wasn’t he, like, a genius? Your guy’s more like a sexy Rainman.
That’s not a bad description of “Mr. Right,” played by Sam Rockwell. If you know me, you know that I have a bit of a man-crush on Sam, and this film is no exception. He’s at his Rockwelliest here, playing a dancing, quirky hitman/assassin who—like some sort of demented Buddhist—has tapped into the flow of the universe and now uses his powers to dispense his own brand of Karma. Continue reading
I’ve been posting reviews on Facebook for a couple of years, but I wanted to have them all stored in one location and easy to find. This seemed like a good solution. So, I’ll be posting as many of my past reviews as I can find, as well as adding new ones as I write them. I hope you enjoy them!
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