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Wolfen (1981, Michael Wadleigh)

January 27th, 2010 · No Comments

Even with Albert Finney’s hair style, which seems to be inspired by a drag queen who just doesn’t care, Wolfen is a beautifully made film. The big action sequence at the end (the film’s genre progresses from police procedural to horror to thriller–Finney’s investigation leads the way) is a fantastic sequence. I’d actually forgotten it […]

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Tagged: Albert Finney· David Eyre· Diane Venora· Gregory Hines· Michael Wadleigh· Whitley Strieber· ★½

Sherlock Holmes (2009, Guy Ritchie)

January 18th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Ok, so… is Robert Downey Jr. ever going to be in a serious movie again? He’s the new Johnny Depp (serious indie actor turned blockbuster star for hire). Anyway. Sherlock Holmes.
Let’s see. Guy Ritchie can direct. Who knew? Maybe he just needed Joel Silver to rein him in. Good Hans Zimmer music. Good Jude Law […]

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Tagged: Anthony Peckham· Guy Ritchie· Lionel Wigram· Michael Robert Johnson· Robert Downey Jr.· Simon Kinberg· Warner Bros.· ★½

Pandorum (2009, Christian Alvart)

January 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment

A lot of Pandorum is the best thing producers Jeremy Bolt and Paul W.S. Anderson have ever had their names on. It falls apart, after a weak open no less, at the end. The very end. It reminded me of Outland, the exit is so stupid. It totally invalidates the trials the protagonists went through […]

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Tagged: Ben Foster· Christian Alvart· Dennis Quaid· Overture Films· Travis Milloy· ★½

Streets of Blood (2009, Charles Winkler)

September 14th, 2009 · No Comments

Of all the crap Millennium Films has released theatrically, it’s shameful they let Streets of Blood go straight to DVD. Sure, there’s an absolutely ludicrous Sharon Stone (playing a faded Southern belle Ph.D., the worst Ph.D. casting since Will Smith), but it’s a solid cop thriller slash character study slash Katrina exploitation film. It’s even […]

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Tagged: Charles Winkler· Dennis Fanning· Eugene Hess· Millennium Films· Val Kilmer· ★½

Transporter 3 (2008, Olivier Megaton)

September 12th, 2009 · No Comments

When an action movie franchise hits the third one (X-Men, Lethal Weapon), they generally know what they’re doing and who they’re making the movie for and instead of producing some wonted exercise, members of this illustrious group of sequels are assured, affable and a lot of fun. The Transporter series is a constant disappointment, since […]

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Tagged: Jason Statham· Jeroen Krabbé· Lions Gate Films· Luc Besson· Robert Mark Kamen· ★½

Wonder Woman (2009, Lauren Montgomery)

September 6th, 2009 · No Comments

They really should have cast Rosario Dawson as Wonder Woman. Never thought I’d be typing those words–even if it is just voice casting–but Dawson is so much better than Keri Russell, whose Wonder Woman comes off as dependent on Nathan Fillion’s male for everything down to pseudo-feminist banter. Russell’s voice defers and doesn’t suggest any […]

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Tagged: Alfred Molina· Gail Simone· Lauren Montgomery· Michael Jelenic· Oliver Platt· Rosario Dawson· Warner Premiere· William M. Marston· ★½

Lethal Weapon (1987, Richard Donner)

August 29th, 2009 · No Comments

One of the more impressive things about Lethal Weapon is Danny Glover convincingly playing a fifty year-old at, approximately, the age of forty. It’s never a problem in a film rife with problems.
First, Lethal Weapon’s plot doesn’t really make any sense. There are huge jumps in logic as Glover and Mel Gibson’s “investigation” proceeds. The […]

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Tagged: Danny Glover· Mel Gibson· Richard Donner· Shane Black· Warner Bros.· ★½

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