January 2012
6 posts
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Super 8
Never has word-of-mouth about a movie been more spot on. This is a little too much of a Frankenstein monster of Spielberg’s greatest hits, but the performances of the kids in this cast are pitch-perfect and upstage everything else. Special nod to the best train crash sequence since The Fugitive!
December 2011
4 posts
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The Help
This is straight Hallmark movie-of-the-week stuff, folks, perfume’d up to be “art film / critics darling / blockbuster”…whatever works, just pay at the cash-register. And have you bought the best-selling novel, yet? How about the action figures?…err…Crisco cook book? It all seems so vanilla - and at 2 and a half hours - how much vanilla can one digest before...
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The Future
Miranda July is a completely original artist, film-maker, and performer. Her films are as unique as her translucent blue eyes, and definitely an acquired taste…like tofu. Talking cats (yes, really) and a comforting-lecturing-moon (oddly, it works!) meet raw private moments from top-notch actors in The Future. Fell asleep - twice! - watching this film…but rooting for the...
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How Do You Know
James L. Brooks has made some of the best, smartest, adult, drama-comedies in the last 30 years. His “Big 3”: “Terms of Endearment,” “Broadcast News,” and “As Good As It Gets” = yes, please!
“How Do You Know” is…horrible.
It’s hard to imagine how such a talented film-maker, and a world class cast, could make such a dud. And...