August clocks in, with end credits, at eighty-four minutes. I didn’t know the running time going in, so I wasn’t thinking about it. I would have guessed, just based on the perceptive passage, around two hours. My wife, not being a fan, probably would say three and a half. Doing a good movie in ninety […]
Entries Tagged as 'Josh Hartnett'
August (2008, Austin Chick)
June 20th, 2008 No Comments
Recommend on MahaloThe Black Dahlia (2006, Brian De Palma)
March 12th, 2008 No Comments
The Black Dahlia really ought to be a lot better. The film’s problems vary from the slight to the significant, but for some reason, the James Ellroy plot keeps things going. The film ends on a problem too, which makes writing about it immediately following a pea in the bed–and the last act is a […]
30 Days of Night (2007, David Slade)
November 12th, 2007 No Comments
30 Days of Night is a fine example of bad writing hurting a good idea, which is what I heard about the comic book source too–vampires in Alaska with no sun, Dracula versus Northern Exposure, sounds like a good idea. But it’s just an idea, it’s not a two hour movie. There are some other […]
Resurrecting the Champ (2007, Rod Lurie)
August 21st, 2007 No Comments
The biggest problem with Resurrecting the Champ, besides Rod Lurie, is the Champ himself. Not Sam Jackson, who’s actually the least irritating he’s been since Loaded Weapon or so, but the character and his function in the film. At some point during the late second act, Champ is a decent movie about a guy growing […]
Lucky Number Slevin (2006, Paul McGuigan)
April 8th, 2006 No Comments
Critics enjoy ruining movies on the day of release. They must–Roger Ebert gives away more endings then not (he gave away The Sixth Sense of all things). Worse, however, is when critics spoil the experience for the audience. I read a couple reviews of Lucky Number Slevin today and one said it’d have audiences picking […]
Sin City (2005, Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez), the extended version
January 13th, 2006 No Comments
When Sin City came out in the theater, three people told me to go see it. One of them had an opinion of film I respect, one had an opinion of it I–at the time–had no argument with, and one had an opinion I most definitely did not respect. But I’d read interviews with Robert […]
Mozart and the Whale (2005, Petter Næss)
January 10th, 2006 No Comments
I’ve only been looking forward to this damn movie for 2 years. It missed its theatrical release date, but there’s probably a DVD on the way (which would have been the source of my illicit copy). It’s perfectly understandable why the film missed the date… it lacks any relatable center. My fiancée just said she […]
