Watching former–I don’t know, he wasn’t really an indie, so something like pre-hipster hipster–wunderkind Wes Bentley in material like this movie (where he finally finds his appropriate level, skill-wise) is kind of amusing. Is it amusing enough to get through the whole movie, especially since Bentley doesn’t show up until twenty-five minutes into it (remember, […]
Entries Tagged as 'Nicolas Cage'
Ghost Rider (2007, Mark Steven Johnson), the extended cut
May 30th, 2007 No Comments
Recommend on MahaloLord of War (2005, Andrew Niccol)
April 23rd, 2006 No Comments
Lord of War fails on quite a few levels–I suppose some of the direction is interesting and some of the puns are funny–but it still surprised me when it attempted to be civic-minded in the end. I should have seen it coming, but I was a little distracted by the end. The last scene and […]
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000, Dominic Sena), the director’s cut
December 6th, 2005 No Comments
I just watched the recent–let’s see what they’re calling it–director’s cut. A director’s cut without director’s audio commentary. It features nine extra minutes, the most noticeable being a few shots where you see tit. Before DVDs, directors’ cuts meant something (even if they weren’t exactly the director’s cut). Blade Runner and Touch of Evil meant […]
Bringing Out the Dead (1999, Martin Scorsese)
November 6th, 2005 No Comments
What to say about Bringing Out the Dead… I remember now why 1999 was the hardest year to make a top ten list for–and I hadn’t even seen Wonderland at that point. Whatever. It’s the best. It’s certainly Scorsese’s best work in the 1990s, puts the rest to a kind of shame (it’s odd, then, […]
