Bret Easton Ellis (American Psycho, Less Than Zero) is famous for digging up dirt and tossing it in his audience’s face. He may not be the most commercial or popular write, in fact he’s openly trounced by legions of authorial purists, but he definitely has a staunchly original voice. His name alone generates my...
Apparently the little kerfuffle back in The Avengers where Thor leaped through the air and brought his Godly-powered magical hammer down on Captain America’s shield was horseplay compared to the carnage going down in this sequel, Captain America: The Winter Solider, as the All-Americano custom job on Cap’s shield is chipping away like bargain-bin...
When all is said and done, I asked, "Is that it? Is that really all that they had up their sleeves?" The end result just feels like amateur hour. However…
Ten years after Chan-wook Park’s Korean film Oldboy made waves internationally, American filmmaker Spike Lee‘s remake is closing in on its October release date. Starring Josh Brolin as a man who is kidnapped, held for twenty years and then suddenly released, Oldboy is a bloody story of vengeance. The film co-stars Samuel L. Jackson, Elizabeth...
“Unfinished Song”Directed by Paul Andrew WilliamsStarring Terrence Stamp, Vanessa Redgrave, Gemma Arteton, Christopher Eccleston, Orla HillComedy, Drama, Music93 Mins PG-13 Piggybacking on the recent success of films skewing towards retirees, Unfinished Song is an unabashed play towards the tissue box. The tear-jerking gimmicks are all there; a bout of cancer, strained familial relationships, death...
“The Way, Way Back” Directed by Nat Faxon, Jim Rash Starring Liam James, Sam Rockwell, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Robb Corddry, Amanda Peet, Maya Rudolph, Allison Janney, River Alexander and AnnaSophia RobbComedy, Drama 103 Mins PG-13 While The Way, Way Back has a firm handle on its supporting cast, it leaves the plot to the...
Early word on the Coen Bro‘s Inside Llewyn Davis has been overwhelming positive so I feel confident saying that not only will it be one of the more enjoyable films of the year but will definitely get some Oscar play next March. Joel and Ethan Cohen have a tendency to waffle between the cinematic fare...
In this Dreamworks-financed, Vince Vaughn-led comedy, Vaughn plays an average delivery man with relationship problems who discovers that a mix-up with his sperm bank donations 20 years ago have led to him amassing 533 biological children. On a quest to be a guardian angel of sorts to this small town worth of children, Vaughn’s David...
The true shame is that even with so much talent involved and a massive money-belt, the watered down result is hardly minor enjoyment even in light of some padded but…
It’s been a long, long time since the last edition of Weekly Review so this installment should realistically read more like Monthly Review butlet’s just pretend together here. Aside from some at home viewing that included getting through the first season of BBC’s Luther, which I’ve really begun to enjoy, some easily digestible watching with...