After Earth (the new Will & Jaden Smith sci-fi flick) is a aggressive assault of stupidity that insults the patience, the mind, all writers, all film makers, and should be ashamed of itself and it should go to its room … Continue reading
When checking e-mail and playing Words with Friends (in the back row so as to not bother anyone) is far more entertaining than the movie you’re watching, you know that Hangover Part 3 is a big dud. And it is. … Continue reading
Fast and Furious 6 is a dunderheaded action film full of meat heads, explosions, and cars… and it’s the best in the series (given a certain level of affection for the first film). I didn’t much like parts 2-4 and … Continue reading
Saw the CGI family-friendly cartoon Epic… about a tiny society of forest warriors duking it out over good (growth) vs. evil (decay). It’s a decent little movie – slightly violent – that kids will probably enjoy. Some of the writing … Continue reading
Saw Star Trek: Into Darkness…. your average movie movie goer and the more casual (or more forgiving) Trek fans should enjoy this flick for the popcorn-eating, gee-whiz spectacle it’s trying to be. It looks great, it’s funny, well acted, and … Continue reading
So movie this week was back to high school – The Great Gatsby with Leonardo DiCaprio. I really didn’t like the first 2/3rds of this movie but I’ll admit to finding the final 3rd or so well acted and effectively … Continue reading
Also saw (via iTunes streaming) the confounding experimental sci-fi/drama/romance/weirdness film Upstream Color (by the guy guy who made the confounding semi-experimental time travel movie Primer). This is a weird, surreal post-narrative movie that has people in it, they do things, … Continue reading
Saw Iron Man 3 today and it’s pretty great. Surprising how little the trailers have spoiled – there’s huge portions of the plot that have yet to be spoiled and some real surprises to boot. Also, much more of a … Continue reading
Saw Pain and Gain – the Mark Whalberg/Dwayne Johnson dumb-criminals-do-dumb-crimes movie… directed by Michael (Transformers) Bay… and it’s actually quite watchable and funny. Based on a true story – three muscle-bound, roided (and Jesus’ed) up weightlifters decide to be criminals… … Continue reading
Saw 42… the Jackie Robinson/baseball movie. It’s a very earnest, very well-intentioned movie that mostly works well… though it does get a little corny at times. Plus, my Cincinnati friends, the audience didn’t react well when they had to play … Continue reading