Saw The Fifth Estate… the Julian Assange / Wikileaks movie about the rise of the website and how they revealed all those military /state department secrets. It’s a movie that really wants to be as dynamic and smart as The … Continue reading
And I saw the Tom-Hanks-Is-Harassed-by-Pirates-In-A-Movie-With-a-Bad-Title Captain Phillips. This is about the tanker that got hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009. And it’s good. I’m not sure it was as good as all the reviews are saying or even that Tom Hanks’ … Continue reading
Saw the new movie Gravity, the new Sandra Bullock / George Clooney disaster/survival in space movie and it’s fantastic. Best movie of the year (so far). Unbelievable shots and FX mix with great acting, terrifying and thrilling moments all based … 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 boilerplate conspiracy thriller Closed Circuit… and you shouldn’t. Not that it’s god-awful, but it’s just kind of slow and talky (and not in a good way) and it should have been smarter (and you can’t cast “That Guy” … 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
I caught the direct-to-streaming/limited theatrical release sci-fi found footage movie The Europa Project… a movie about a disastrous manned mission to Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons that has promise of liquid oceans under the ice mantle. It was marketed as … Continue reading
Saw the horror flick The Purge and see it if you want some heavy-handed messages inexpertly tacked onto an interesting-but-poorly-executed premise full of dull and dreary … scares? I guess. Premise is that in 2022, the economy is booming, unemployment … Continue reading
Dragged myself out to see the suspense film The Call – starring Halley Barry and a shockingly 16 year old Abigail (Little Miss Sunshine) Breslin (when did she grow up?). It’s about a 911 operator trying to help a kidnapped … Continue reading
Saw the new Stephen Soderberg film Side Effects… a movie I knew so little about I didn’t realize it was a Steven Soderberg film. Which is great since this movie really works … and it works best when you have … Continue reading