Am I bad person to say “meh” to the new Mandella (Long Walk to Freedom) movie? Am I a horrible person or just someone who kind of thought the movie was rote and boring? Yeah, a movie with space marines … Continue reading
Went to see Ron Howard’s new Formula One racing movie Rush – which is the true story about Norse God Man-Child James Hunt and Rat-Faced Egoist Niki Lauder (both real-life racers) and their rivalry in the 1970s. Pretty good movie… … Continue reading
So I went to see the martial arts bio-flick The Grandmaster… a chinese film (with a wide theatrical release) about someone (or something) named Ip Man… I had no idea it was about him… or who he was (though there … Continue reading
Saw Jobs… the Steve Jobs biopic (well, at least between 1974 and 2001)… which is an occasionally interesting, occasionally fun, but I suspect very frustrating and confusing movie to people who didn’t read his biography. Which doesn’t mean it’s bad… … Continue reading
Saw (Lee Daniel’s) The Butler, a very well-acted movie about the civil rights movement and race from the mid 50s through 2008 that incidentally is about a black butler in the White House from Eisenhower through Reagan. It’s got a … 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