Out of the Furnace is the new working-class crime movie with a great cast (Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Willem Dafoe, Woody Harrelson, Forrest Whitaker, Zoe Saldana) that looks really good (in a grimy, down-trodden sort of way) but is insufferably … Continue reading
Saw the new Jason Statham action flick Homefront, co-starring James Franco (!), Kate Bosworth, and Winona Ryder (!?)… and written by Sylvester Stallone (!?!). Compared to most of the low-ambition run-of-the-mill action flicks, this is better than expected as far … Continue reading
Saw the perplexing new movie The Counselor… the new Ridley Scott crime flick written by Cormack McCarthey and starring Michael Fassbender, Javiar Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Camerson Diaz, and Brad Pitt (with Rosie Perez, Dean Norris, Ruben Blades, Natalie Dormer, John … Continue reading
Saw Escape Plan – the new Stallone/Schwartzenegger (and 50 Cent as a mastermind hacker!) flick that’s all about escaping from the perfect, inescapable prison. As such, you kind of expect that the prison to be rock-solid and smartly built and … Continue reading
Yeah, Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck slumming it in Runner Runner is about as meh as it could be. You’ve seen it before in any number of other crime movies… young guy seduced by money blah blah blah gets in … Continue reading
So saw Prisoners, the new up-with-people movie with Hugh Jackman, Jake Gylenhaal, Viola Davis, Terrence Howard, etc. Great cast, great acting, great cinematography (I think if the cameraman ever had a bright or cheery color on screen, they’d have him … Continue reading
Saw the Robert DeNiro / Michelle Pfeiffer comedy action flick The Family… about a family of mobsters hiding out in Witness Protection in France… and how they can’t help but be mobsters in their daily lives. It’s a remarkably unfunny … Continue reading
Saw Getaway, the new Ethan Hawke / Selena Gomez movie… 90 minutes of car crashes with a random, flimsy plot to hang Car Crash the Movie on. Hawke drives an armored Shelby Cobra (an excuse for the lack of damage … Continue reading
Also caught (before it goes direct to video in a week) the new corporate espionage thriller Paranoia – the high-stakes, high-tension movie about battling cell phone companies. The only real saving grace here is that the supporting cast includes Harrison … Continue reading
Saw the new R-rated comedy We’re The Millers… about the fake family smuggling marijuana into the US under the guise of a real family. Not a bad movie. Fairly funny, fairly raunchy, a little flabby and pedestrian with its ultimate … Continue reading