Walken certainly carries a few scenes with his mercurial charisma, but the nuanced theological background and flaccid supporting cast bog things down. It is also quite lethal to have your protagonist/detective stumbling about for information the audience has long since discovered.
24 Feb 2009 • 1:10 pm 0
Sunshine (4/5)
A stunning swathe of set pieces and a favorite score (much of it by the lads in Underworld), coupled with a decent storyline and capable cast. The reveal and payoff in the last reel, while superbly shot, are a bit predictable and leave me wanting Alien. And call me American, but instead of burning the last two astronauts to death how about a safe return to Earth and eighteen months of copious spacesex. I smell a sequel Danny boy: Sunshine 2 (NC-17).
22 Feb 2009 • 1:14 pm 0
Good Night, And Good Luck (3/5)
21 Feb 2009 • 1:16 pm 0
Balls Out: Gary The Tennis Coach (2/5)
The title gives one all the mental prep and expectation necessary to make it through ninety minutes of soda pop. Seann William Scott is perfectly cast and delivers the sub-frat-level pranks in spades. The bit we had to rewind for a second round of laughing: Scott advising his supposedly closet gay student to enjoy the senior prom as a straight cause he has “plenty of time to suck cock when he gets to college”. My friends and I were mostly sober for this affair.
20 Feb 2009 • 1:22 pm 0
Pineapple Express (2/5)
19 Feb 2009 • 1:25 pm 0
Frantic (3/5)
A slow burning European mystery that could have used a bit more action and payoff for my tastes. Ford has dipped into the shit-script bin once too often lately and this picture was a sad reminder of his sublimely generous works back in the day. Polanski’s directing is balanced and clean.
18 Feb 2009 • 2:24 pm 0
Slumdog Millionaire (3/5)
I left the theater in good spirits and then read a handful of criticisms which I now mostly agree with. Good, but not Best Picture good.
17 Feb 2009 • 1:34 pm 0
Taken (3/5)
15 Feb 2009 • 1:35 pm 0
Cloverfield (4/5)
Quick and fun; great concept and great execution. When I see an obscure cast such as this pull off dynamic scenes and characters I get rather annoyed with all the Hollywood darlings propped up in miserable and bloated films or the feckless Indie/Christian films that feature no-talent talent.
14 Feb 2009 • 1:49 pm 0
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